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peppertree

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4. And they've got Brazil next door - a country with 5 times the population & run by Bolsonaro besides

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 9, 2021, 09:22 PM

Apr 2021

This has become all that much more serious for Argentina due to its very close economic ties to Brazil: Argentina's largest trading partner and top source of foreign tourists.

Given all that, this pandemic - coupled with this virulent Manaus strain now pushing Covid numbers up - is putting Argentina in a near-death situation frankly.

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Argentina curtails leisure, public transport use after hitting new COVID-19 record [View all] peppertree Apr 2021 OP

I think it is still bad all over the earth. We have big business pwb Apr 2021 #1

Look at the graphs for The World BigmanPigman Apr 2021 #2

And they've got Brazil next door - a country with 5 times the population & run by Bolsonaro besides peppertree Apr 2021 #4

True. peppertree Apr 2021 #3

That makes me sad. I recently took a virtual tour around time and the globe, tracking all the Karadeniz Apr 2021 #5

It is, isn't it. peppertree Apr 2021 #6