Brazil

• Thursday, February 10th 2022 - 21:20 UTC

  Brazilian House passes bill to speed up use of controversial agrochemicals

  

  Brazil's Lower House passed a bill late Wednesday whereby requirements for the certification of chemicals used in agriculture would be eased. The measure was supported by the agribusiness sector and criticized by environmentalists.

• Thursday, February 10th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Brazil aquaculture exports totaled 9,900 tons in 2021

  

  Brazilian farmed fish exports totaled 9,900 tons last year, 49% more than in 2020, according to Embrapa data in partnership with the Brazilian Fish Farming Association (PeixeBR). Revenue from shipments increased 78% to US$20.7 million.

• Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Brazil supports Argentine Malvinas claim but since UK is an 'important partner', authorizes RAF landings

  

  Brazil on Tuesday defended its decision to allow British military aircraft flying to the Falkland Island to call at Brazilian airports, landings that annoyed Argentina. The complaint is not new, and Brazilian policy under different governments over the years has been one of accepting those calls.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Brazil reports first two cases of Omicron subvariant

  

  Brazil's Fiocruz Institute Monday announced the first two cases of the BA.2 sublineage of the SARS-Cov-2 Omicron variant had been detected in the country: one in the State of Rio de Janeiro and the other in the State of Santa Catarina.

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 20:08 UTC

  Brazilians eligible to enter US through speedier process

  

  Brazil's Foreign Ministry Monday announced citizens from that South American countries have become eligible to enter the United States through a speedier admissions program.

• Sunday, February 6th 2022 - 19:49 UTC

  Castillo embraces Conservative values, Bolsonaro says after meeting

  

  Despite mounting opposition against each one of them in their own countries, Presidents Jair Bolsonaro and his Peruvian colleague Pedro Castillo Terrones met last week (Thursday) at the Brazilian Amazonian state of Rondonia, after which both leaders said their differences were a thing of the past.

• Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 04:52 UTC

  Brazil's Electoral Court CJ says Dilma's impeachment was a coup

  

  Brazilian magistrate Luiz Roberto Barroso, who is at the same time a member of the Superior Federal Court (STF) and the Chief Justice at the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), said the impeachment of former President Dilma Rousseff was a coup d'état.

• Thursday, February 3rd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazil rises Selic interest rates amid growing inflation

  

  Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) Wednesday increased its benchmark interest rate (Selic) by 1.5 percentage points, reaching 10.75%, the first time in five years it hit double digits, amid a growing inflation and despite the consequences, this measure may have on economic growth.

• Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Brazil's STF urges Bolsonaro to respect democratic institutions

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Chief Justice Luis Fux Tuesday demanded President Jair Bolsonaro to stop acting against democracy.

• Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Brazil: Guedes favors tax cuts to keep fuel affordable

  

  Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes Tuesday said it was “easier to eradicate poverty than to make gasoline cheaper.” He also raised the possibility of cutting diesel taxes but was against creating a buffer fund.