Brazil

• Thursday, December 1st 2022 - 18:52 UTC

  Petrobras will need to adjust policies to Lula's goals

  

  Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva will make adjustments to the country's state-run oil company Petrobras once he takes office on Jan. 1, it was reported Thursday.

• Thursday, December 1st 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  Milestone UK/Brazil Double Taxation Agreement

  

  The United Kingdom and Brazil signed a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) this week. The Agreement will provide relief from the double taxation of income in both countries and is the most significant development in the trade relationship between the United Kingdom and Brazil in many years and represents a concrete response to demands from business in both countries

• Thursday, December 1st 2022 - 09:05 UTC

  Brazil joins Budapest Convention to fight cybercrime

  

  Brazilian authorities Wednesday announced that the South American country was joining the so-called Budapest Convention whereby it will be granted faster access to electronic evidence produced under foreign jurisdiction.

• Thursday, December 1st 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Brazil exports remain concentrated in commodities and imports in industrial goods, WTO report

  

  Brazil’s integration into the global economy has grown in recent years, but exports are increasingly concentrated in commodities, and imports are dominated by industrial goods, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO) assessment of Brazilian trade policy.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 22:35 UTC

  Football: Brazil waits for Pele, Neymar's recovery

  

  As the Brazilian squad participating in the Qatar 2022 World Cup prepares to face Cameroon Friday without stars Neymar, Danilo, and Alex Sandro due to health issues, the South American country's most iconic player of all times -Edson Arantes do Nascimento, also known as Pele- remains hospitalized in Sao Paulo fighting cancer.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 17:55 UTC

  Lacalle's bold diplomacy compromises future of Mercosur

  

  Mercosur is facing yet a new crisis stemming from Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's eagerness to join any foreign trade alliance no matter what.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Foreign tourists spend record-high amounts in Brazil

  

  Foreign travelers have left behind record-high amounts of money in Brazil, according to a Central Bank (BCB) report released Tuesday.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 10:44 UTC

  New COVID-19 deaths reported in Brazil

  

  Brazilian health authorities Sunday confirmed 20,385 new cases of COVID-19 nationwide and 57 deaths in the last 24 hours, for a total of 35,188,586 detections and 689,536 fatalities since the onset of the pandemic.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Chile targets Brazil to promote and expand exports

  

  Chile is renewing its strategy to increase and diversify exports to the largest economy and market in South America. Spearheaded by ProChile, an arm of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the plan is to expand its network in Brazil with new offices in Brasília and Belo Horizonte.

• Monday, November 28th 2022 - 21:51 UTC

  Environmental crisis resurfaces after accident in Guanabara Bay

  

  The latest in Guanabara Bay off Rio de Janeiro has brought back under the spotlight a decades-long environmental crisis in the area stemming from the abandonment of ships.