Stories for March 2020

Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 08:46 UTC
Frustrating Brazilian economic growth in 2019: less than half the forecast at the start of the year

Brazil’s economy expanded by 1.1% in 2019, marking a third straight year of frustrating activity following a massive recession, according to data released on Wednesday.
Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Brazil and Argentina disputing the presidency of the Inter American Development Bank

Brazil plans to push for its own candidate to lead the Inter-American Development Bank, vying with Argentina for the regional lender’s top job, as President Jair Bolsonaro seeks to capitalize on the political alliance with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.
Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 08:30 UTC
Nestlé pledges to plant 3 million tress in Mexico and Brazil in the next 18 months

Nestle SA is launching a reforestation project to plant at least 3 million trees in Mexico and Brazil in the next year and a half as the Swiss food group strives for carbon neutrality by 2050.
Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 08:15 UTC
Boris Johnson clashes with the civil service in defending the Interior minister

Three months after his triumphant re-election, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is battling to save one of his top ministers from a bullying scandal that has exposed tensions at the heart of his government.
Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 08:05 UTC
US Congress farm lobby warns Trump on “mini-trade deals” that do not include agriculture

The Trump administration would face resistance from the U.S. Congress if it tried to push through a mini trade deal with the European Union that did not include agriculture, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said on Wednesday.
Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 07:58 UTC
Covid-19 deaths in US reach 11; California declares emergency and Congress agrees on US$ 8bn to fight the disease

The death toll in the United States from the novel coronavirus rose to 11 on Wednesday, as lawmakers in Congress agreed to provide more than US$8 billion to fight the rapidly spreading disease.
Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 07:50 UTC
Billionaire Bloomberg steps down and endorses Joe Biden in Democrat primaries

Billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ended his US presidential campaign on Wednesday and endorsed new Democratic front-runner Joe Biden, whose campaign for the White House streaked ahead with a string of electoral victories on Super Tuesday.
Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 07:28 UTC
Brazil's newly appointed Culture Secretary sacks six top officials

Seeking to clean up an office embroiled in scandal, Brazil's new culture secretary started her tenure Wednesday by firing six top officials, including one who said rock music pushes people toward Satanism.
Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 07:22 UTC
Boris Johnson announces engagement with girlfriend Carrie, expecting a baby

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds announced that they are expecting a baby and have got engaged. “The Prime Minister and Miss Symonds are very pleased to announce their engagement and that they are expecting a baby in the early summer,” a spokesperson for the couple told British media.
Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 07:16 UTC
Brazil to auction US$ 1 billion forex swaps on Thursday to boost the anemic Real

Brazil’s central bank on Thursday will auction up to US$ 1 billion foreign exchange swaps contracts, it said on Wednesday, the latest FX market intervention in the face of the real’s 12% slide this year to a series of record lows against the dollar.