Brazil

• Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 13:39 UTC

  Argentina categorically rejects students competition to visit the Falkland Islands

  

  It's official. The Argentine government categorically rejects ”the competition organized by the British Embassy in Buenos Aires with the purpose of inviting university students to a paid trip to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Malvinas Question incursion to Brazil: Carmona returns with the book, “Brazil and the Malvinas war: between two fires”

  

  The Malvinas Question, Antarctica and Oceans Cooperation, and the revitalization of the Peace and Cooperation Zone in the South Atlantic, ZPCAS, forum were the main points of the agenda addressed by Argentina's special secretary on Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic affairs, Guillermo Carmona during his four-day visit to Brazil.

• Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Santos outperforms other Brazilian ports, despite a drop in overall throughput

  

  As a lingering consequence of the covid-19 pandemic and a slowdown of the Chinese economy, cargo throughput in Brazilian ports fell by 3.3% in the first half of the year compared to the same period of 2021. On the other hand, the Port of Santos recorded an increase of 5.6% over the same period. The data are included in a report published by Brazil’s National Waterway Transportation Agency (Antaq).

• Saturday, August 20th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Pfizer files for emergency clearance of bivalent C-19 vax in Brazil

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has received a request for the emergency use of Pfizer's newest vaccine against COVID-19 which would be active against both the original and the Ômicron strain, subvariant BA.1.

• Friday, August 19th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Sole bidders granted management of São Paulo's Congonhas airport

  

  The Spanish company Aena has been granted the management of São Paulo's old airport of Congonhas for the next 30 years after being the only company to submit a bid, it was reported Thursday.

• Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 20:52 UTC

  Brazil's Anvisa signals end of mandatory facemasks in airplanes

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has agreed to end the mandatory wearing of facemasks on airplanes, which will be henceforth just “recommended,” it was reported. The measure will become effective as soon as it is published in the Official Gazette.

• Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 08:13 UTC

  Hundreds of Magellan penguins washed ashore by a cyclone in southern Brazil

  

  Hundreds of dead Magellan penguins have been gathered at beaches along the coast of Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil, apparently surprised by a subtropical cyclone when their annual migration from the south of the continent, Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands towards warmer waters with more food.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 21:50 UTC

  Lula to create Ministry of SMEs, if elected

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) Wednesday vowed to create a Ministry for Small and Medium Enterprises if he wins the October elections and returns to the Planalto Palace.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 20:42 UTC

  Bolsonaro fine-tunes terms of Brazil's adherence to ATT

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro has signed a decree extending Congress' role regarding Brazil's adherence to the UN's International Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  De Moraes takes over as Brazil's TSE Chief Justice

  

  Alexandre De Moraes Tuesday received a standing ovation after his speech in defense of democracy upon becoming Brazil's Superior Electoral Court Chief Justice.