Brazil

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 23:04 UTC

  Argentina rejects naval exercise in Brazil because of Falklands' HMS Forth

  

  Argentina has dropped out of this year's UNITAS annual naval exercises sponsored by the United States, with the participation of South American and other extra-region naval units, which are currently taking place in the Atlantic organized by Brazil.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 21:34 UTC

  Brazilian Socialists target Bolsonaro's campaign from abroad

  

  Socialist leaders have requested Brazil's Judiciary to ban President Jair Bolsonaro's appearance in London at Queen Elizabeth's funeral as part of his campaign ahead of the Oct. 2 elections.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 09:05 UTC

  Plenty of fertilizer for Brazilian farmers ahead of 2022/23 soybean-sowing season

  

  Brazilian farmers are preparing for another soybean planting season, the 2022/2023 harvest with the critical component of fertilizers to ensure high productivity and yields, on the tracks.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 08:30 UTC

  Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children in Brazil to become available soon

  

  Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged between 6 months and 4 years will be released as soon as it is cleared by technical experts from the Health Ministry, it was announced in Brasilia during the weekend.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 08:29 UTC

  Bolsonaro expresses his condolences at Lancaster House

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was among the world leaders to sign the book of condolences in London for Queen Elizabeth II's death. The South American ruler is expected to take part in Monday's funeral and then head on to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.

• Saturday, September 17th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  Lula vows to tackle price of food if elected

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (2003-2010), who remains the leading contender for next month's elections against the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, said Friday that if he returns to the Planalto Palace, he will seek to lower the price of food.

• Friday, September 16th 2022 - 19:20 UTC

  Brazil's industry reported to be growing steadily

  

  Brazil's industrial activity has been reported to have increased in August and has a bright future ahead, according to a survey from the National Industry Confederation (CNI).

• Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 19:23 UTC

  Bolsonarists accused of creating “Lulaflix” to spread fake news

  

  Brazilian incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro's campaign team ahead of next month's elections has allegedly set up a website dedicated to spreading fake news about the former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, who is ahead in all polls to return to the Planalto Palace, it was reported Thursday.

• Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 19:20 UTC

  Brazil's economic activity going up, Central Bank index shows

  

  Brazil's economy jumped 1.17% in July from June's figures, according to the Central Bank's Economic Activity Index (IBC-Br) released Thursday based on seasonally adjusted data.

• Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 11:00 UTC

  Port of Santos privatization process begins to move faster

  

  Finally the Brazilian National Waterway Transportation Agency (Antaq) approved on Monday, the privatization terms of the Santos Port Authority, the company that manages the Port of Santos. The project will now go to the Ministry of Infrastructure before being submitted to the Federal Audit Court (TCU).