Brazil

• Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Rio de Janeiro heavy storm leaves at least 23 dead

  

  Authorities in the Brazilian city of Petropolis in the State of Rio de Janeiro Tuesday reported at least 23 people had died and hundreds had been evacuated from their homes due to heavy rains and subsequent flooding in the city's mountainous area.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Round of hearings for 35-year concession of Brazil's busiest port has started

  

  The round of hearings for the privatization of the Port of Santos in Sao Paulo state, and the busiest of Brazil have started with the participation of the minister of Infrastructure Tarcisio Gomes de Freitas and the different interested parties. It’s basically a 35-year contract project which will demand almost 3,5bn dollars

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  UK/Brazil clash over an Expanded Trade Partnership; beef and other meats the stumbling barrier

  

  Brazil has been reluctant to take forward negotiations for an Expanded Trade Partnership, ETP, with the UK since Brasilia claims that the terms offered were disappointing, and unbalanced since they only contemplated the interests of Britain, “ignoring Brazil's demand to increase its exports to the UK”.

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 21:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro lands in Moscow for talks with Putin

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro turned a deaf ear to the US State Department's advice and has already landed at Moscow, where he is to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid mounting fears of all-out war in Ukraine.

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 07:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro visits new populist friends, “strong man Putin” and Hungary's Viktor Orban

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is scheduled to arrive in Russia on Tuesday for an official visit, which has been described at a highly awkward diplomatic timing, given the stand-off in Ukraine between Moscow and the Western alliance.

• Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 10:34 UTC

  Police raid at Rio favela leaves 8 civilians dead

  

  Eight people were killed Friday after a Rio de Janeiro police raid at a local shantytown (favela). The law enforcement agents were trying to execute an arrest warrant against alleged drug trafficking gang leader Chico Bento.

• Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Brazil: Lula celebrates PT's 42 years of fighting social inequality

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Friday celebrated the Workers' Party (PT) 42nd anniversary and stressed his will to change Brazil following the Oct. 2 elections, when he is favored to return to the Planalto Palace.

• Friday, February 11th 2022 - 23:53 UTC

  Brazilian Amazon shows signs of increasing deforestation despite promises

  

  Despite announcements from the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro that action would be taken to reverse the trend, deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has reached new highs in January of 2022, it was reported Friday.

• Friday, February 11th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Brazilian Senators bring case against Bolsonaro before ICC

  

  The International Criminal Court (ICC) based in the Dutch city of The Hague, has received a complaint from Brazil's Senate against President Jair Bolsonaro for negligence, incompetence, and anti-scientific denialism in handling the COVID-19 crisis.

• Friday, February 11th 2022 - 09:08 UTC

  Bolsonaro speaks of “dictatorship of the pen”

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said “dictatorship of the pen” ruled in his country but failed to elaborate on his comments, which were construed as aimed at the Federal Supreme Court (STF) with which the head of state has been at odds.