Brazil

• Thursday, September 21st 2017 - 08:09 UTC

  Why would I like to meet my neighbors in the Falkland Islands?

  

  The Government of the Falkland Islands and the British Embassies in Uruguay, Brazil and Chile invite university students to participate in a regional competition to visit the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 22:26 UTC

  Petrobras recovers significant investment risk and trims debt burden

  

  Petrobras raised US$2 billion from the sale of seven- and 10-year securities, replacing more expensive shorter-dated bonds as it seeks to trim a debt burden that is the largest among major oil firms. Petrobras sold US$1 billion each worth of senior unsecured bonds due in 2025 and 2028, respectively. Market experts said Petrobras sold the January 2025 bond at a yield of 5.3%, and the January 2028 bond at 6%.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 21:58 UTC

  New record for president Temer: 3,4% believe he is doing a great job, according to latest opinion poll

  

  Approval for Brazilian President Michel Temer's government has plummeted, according to a poll published on Tuesday, as the scandal-plagued leader faces new corruption charges and struggles to push his economic reform agenda through Congress.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 08:07 UTC

  Temer: “We need more diplomacy, we need the UN more than before”

  

  The President of Brazil, the first Head of State traditionally to address the annual United Nations General Assembly’s general debate, pledged on Tuesday that his country will sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – reiterating that the nuclear powers undertake additional disarmament.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 08:00 UTC

  Brazil's new top prosecutor reshuffles corruption investigation team: Mensalao “veterans” take over

  

  Brazil's new top federal prosecutor on Tuesday reshuffled the team of investigators in charge of pursuing the biggest corruption probe yet conducted in Latin America's largest nation.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 01:40 UTC

  Odebrecht sells stake of massive subway project in Buenos Aires

  

  Scandal-hit Brazilian construction company Odebrecht said on Sunday it has sold its 33% stake in a massive subway project in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires, but vowed to keep working in the country.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2017 - 20:06 UTC

  Brazil August beef exports increase 34% year on year: 145.822 tons

  

  Brazil’s total beef exports in August rose by 34% year-on-year both by volume and in revenue terms, industry group Abiec said on Monday, indicating the worst of a food safety scandal that rocked Brazil’s protein industry may be over.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2017 - 10:20 UTC

  Brazil's new prosecutor general sworn in: “People will not tolerate corruption and demand results”

  

  The new prosecutor general tasked with leading Brazil's anti-corruption drive was sworn in on Monday, and said she would continue her predecessor's campaign against graft in Latin America's biggest nation.

• Friday, September 15th 2017 - 07:12 UTC

  Brazil's Temer charged with obstruction of justice and racketeering

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer was charged with obstruction of justice and racketeering on Thursday, according to a statement posted on the prosecutor general's office website, threatening to delay the government's economic reform agenda in Congress.

• Thursday, September 14th 2017 - 20:49 UTC

  Brazilian congress advances political reform to streamline parties; 28 have elected members

  

  Brazil's lower house of Congress has given initial approval to a bill to reduce the huge array of political parties that have made it hard to govern the country and contributed to corruption. The chamber voted 384-16 for the establishment of a minimum national vote threshold that parties must reach to get public funding and free radio and television time for their election campaigns. The requirement would be 1.5% of votes in 2018, rising to 3% in 2030.