Brazil

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 17:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro discharged from hospital, told to chew food properly

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged Wednesday from the São Paulo clinic where he was admitted early Monday due to recurrent abdominal pain after emergency surgery was ruled out.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Brazil to start vaccinating children this month

  

  Brazilian children aged 5 to 11 will be added to the National Immunization Program against COVID-19, Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga announced Wednesday.

• Wednesday, January 5th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Bolsonaro dodges surgery but stays hospitalized

  

  Physicians treating Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday ruled out a new surgery and said the patient was recovering from yet another intestinal obstruction which required an emergency hospitalization earlier this week.

• Wednesday, January 5th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Rio street carnival called off yet again due to covid-19

  

  The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro has decided to cancel its widely famous carnival street celebrations due to the covid-19 pandemic, which,has made such a large gathering “unfeasible,” according to Mayor Eduardo Paes.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  New Uruguayan FA leader to strengthen ties with leftwing forces abroad

  

  Uruguayan Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) newly-elected leader Fernando Pereira's has announced his international agenda which includes meetings with Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric and Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, whose return to the Planalto Palace seems unstoppable.

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 22:52 UTC

  Bolsonaro hospitalized – emergency surgery not ruled out yet

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was rushed to a hospital in the early hours of Monday with severe abdominal pain, which appeared to be a relapse in his intestine condition stemming from a 2018 stab wound while campaigning for the presidency. It has not been ruled out new surgery might be required.

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Brazil's Sanitary regulator strongly recommends suspending the cruise season: Covid-19 in several vessels

  

  Brazil's National Sanitary Surveillance Agency, ANVISA has advised the suspension of the cruise season because of several covid-19 outbreaks onboard pleasure vessels sailing along the Brazilian coast.

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Bolsonaro under criticism for turning down Argentine aid

  

  Brazilian opposition leaders Thursday criticized President Jair Bolsonao's decision to reject humanitarian aid offered by Argentina to assist the victims of the floods in the state of Bahia, where 24 people have died and over 91,000 other have been displaced from their homes.

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:22 UTC

  Brazil's Industry Confederation expects 1,2% to 1,8% GDP growth in 2022

  

  Brazil's GDP is forecasted to expand by 1,2% in 2022, according to the Brazilian National Industry Confederation (CNI). However since 2022 is an election year and public opinion is strongly divided, the estimate is simply that, an estimate, following on a reasonably dynamic 4,7% growth this year with record exports.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil's government turns down humanitarian aid from Argentina to Bahia

  

  Brazil's Federal Government has denied access into the country to humanitarian aid offered from Argentina to help the victims of the lethal rainfall in the northern state of Bahia, it was reported Wednesday.