Bolsonaro in Buenos Aires: Brazil leader says yes to Mercosur summit

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed Thursday that he will travel to Buenos Aires on March 26 to attend the Mercosur summit. It will be the first face-to-face meeting between Bolsonaro and Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández, with ties between the two leaders severely strained.  The Brazilian leader is a fierce critic of Peronism in general and … Read more

What we learned this week: February 27 to March 6

THE WEEK IN CORONAVIRUS There were 2,141,854 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 52,784 deaths at press time yesterday, as against 2,098,728 cases and 51,887 deaths the previous Friday. Last weekend there were protests against the “VIP vaccine” scandal which were not as massively attended as expected by the organisers, despite widespread public indignation, especially over … Read more