Brazil

• Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Global Inflation: Brazil's Guedes and Europe's Lagarde have opposing positions

  

  Brazilian economy minister Paulo Guedes said that inflation will become a long-term challenge for Western countries, since “the beast is already out of the bottle”, and central bankers have been caught “sleeping at the driving wheel”.

• Saturday, January 22nd 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  Pelé's health deteriorates, back to chemotherapy

  

  Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, Friday was diagnosed to have three organs affected with cancer, due to which he has returned to undertaking chemotherapy sessions.

• Friday, January 21st 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Bolsonaro's mother dies while the President was on tour in Suriname

  

  Olinda Bonturi Bolsonaro, the mother of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, has died early Friday in the city of São Paulo after being hospitalized last Monday. She was 94.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  International market pushes dollar up in Brazil to R$ 5.56

  

  The commercial dollar traded Tuesday in Brazil at R $ 5.561, a 0.61% increase compared to the previous day after pressure from international markets played their part.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazil's Senate wants to tackle fuel prices

  

  Brazil's Senate Speaker Rodrigo Pacheco Monday said that come February he intends to put up for voting a bill aimed at creating stability in the price of fuel.

• Monday, January 17th 2022 - 20:22 UTC

  Most Brazilians find Bolsonaro a hindrance to vaccinating kids against COVID-19

  

  A Datafolha survey released Monday showed 58% of Brazilians considered President Jair Bolsonaro was a hindrance to vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against COVID-19, while 25% of respondents, thought things were the other way around.

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Bolsonaro is a “threat to democracy,” HRW says

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro represents a “threat” to Brazilian democracy, according to Lawyer Maria Laura Canineu, head of the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) local office.

• Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Record 2021 trade surplus in Brazil, but complaints about the economy becoming commodities dependent

  

  Brazil managed a US$ 61,01 billion surplus in its trade balance in 2021, which is 21% higher than the US$ 50 billion of 2020 and the best performance since current stats were officially recorded beginning 1989.

• Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Bolsonaro “welcomes” Omicron – angers WHO

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday said the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 was “welcome” in Brazil, because it “may point to the end of the pandemic.”

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 19:53 UTC

  Bolsonaro says STF judges biased

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday said two Supreme Federal Court (STF) were taking sides ahead of this year's elections and favoring leftwing contender and former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.