Brazil

• Tuesday, September 26th 2017 - 11:35 UTC

  Brazil's beef exports recovering strongly: 1.91m tons forecasted in 2018

  

  Brazil's beef exports will return close to a record high net year, encouraged by revived growth in the cattle herd, and the industry's success in avoiding lasting bans from importers over a slaughterhouse scandal.

• Tuesday, September 26th 2017 - 10:45 UTC

  UK praises Brazil for its continued commitment to human rights

  

  The United Kingdom thanked Brazil for its continued commitment to the Universal Periodic Review process, which took place at the Palais del Nations in Geneva, during the 27th Session of the Universal Periodic Review on 21 September 2017. The UPR is a process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council.

• Saturday, September 23rd 2017 - 10:36 UTC

  Brazil elections in 2018, for the first time will be observed by OAS

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) will deploy an Electoral Observation Mission to Brazil’s general elections scheduled for October 2018. It will be the first time the hemispheric organization observes elections in Brazil.

• Saturday, September 23rd 2017 - 10:01 UTC

  Brazilian central bank optimistic about next year; growth 2,2% and inflation 4.3%

  

  Brazil’s central bank trimmed its inflation forecast on Thursday and said it expected economic growth to pick up into next year, painting a rosier picture for Latin America’s largest economy as interest rates approach record lows.

• Friday, September 22nd 2017 - 09:07 UTC

  Brazil fears Venezuelan default on US$ 5bn contracts: it missed US$ 262m payments

  

  Brazilian officials plan to visit Venezuela next week to prevent Caracas from defaulting on contracts worth as much as US$5 billion after falling in arrears on a payment due to infrastructure contractors this month, newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported on Thursday.

• 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.