Tag: Carnival

• Thursday, March 7th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil markets open Wednesday with steep losses

  

  Latin American stocks hovered near 2019 lows on Wednesday led by steep losses in Argentina and Brazil which resumed trading after a two-day Carnival holiday, while currencies of oil exporters in the region fell as crude prices came under pressure. MSCI's index of Latin American stocks fell 1.3%, tracking losses across the region, barring Chile and Colombia which ended higher.

• Thursday, March 7th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Bolsonaro points to Carnival excesses and triggers Twitter controversy

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has provoked controversy by posting an obscene video of two revelers at Carnival, saying he wanted to reveal the truth about the festival. The clip posted on Twitter shows two men engaging in sex acts on top of a taxi shelter during a street party.

• Wednesday, March 6th 2019 - 08:20 UTC

  Cruise industry catering specifically for Chinese market with the delivery of “Costa Venezia”

  

  The Italian brand of Carnival Corporation & plc, this week officially took delivery of Costa Venezia, its first ship designed specifically to offer the best of Italy to the Chinese market. Costa Venezia is part of an expansion plan that includes a total of seven ships being delivered to the Costa Group by 2023.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 08:09 UTC

  Cuba suspends carnival festivities to prevent spread of cholera outbreak

  

  Traditional summer carnivals in the eastern Cuban cities of Bayamo and Manzanillo have been suspended due to an outbreak of cholera in the region, authorities said on Wednesday.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 06:40 UTC

  Brazil sends elite force to quash police strikers entrenched in city of Salvador

  

  Troops locked down the northeast Brazilian city of Salvador on Sunday as an elite unit prepared to besiege the legislature and arrest armed police officers whose strike action has sent homicides spiralling.

• Saturday, March 5th 2011 - 05:29 UTC

  Carnival hangover could bring capital ‘quarantine’ for speculative inflows

  

  The Brazilian government is considering additional foreign exchange measures to contain the rapid appreciation of the Real, a source inside the Finance Ministry told the Sao Paulo Estado news agency Friday.