Brazil

Friday, August 20th 2021 - 14:09 UTC
Brazil interested in buying gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday announced in his weekly broadcast on social media that his country had started negotiations to purchase gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta. “It is not easy to start importing gas, creating, building pipelines,” Bolsonaro said.
Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 08:44 UTC
São Paulo city to vaccinate teenagers aged 12 to 17, while all restrictions lifted statewide

São Paulo, South America's largest city, is to begin vaccinating teenagers aged 12 to 17 after 100% of its adult population has been given at least one dose of a COVID-19 immunizer, it was announced Wednesday.
Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 20:45 UTC
Brazil tempted by the success of the Suriname and Guyana oil basin developments

Exploration and development of oil and gas resources in the ex Dutch colony of Suriname, now an independent country, was the main point of the agenda addressed by Brazilian foreign minister Carlos Franca and his Surinamese peer Albert Randim, during a meeting held in Brasilia.
Monday, August 16th 2021 - 06:53 UTC
Embraer shares soar as Brazilian aircraft manufacturer shows profits

Stock of Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer went up as the company showed profits last week worth R $ 438.1 million (US $ 87.9 million) despite the pandemic's impact on the airline industry.
Monday, August 16th 2021 - 06:40 UTC
Departure of foreign companies from Argentina and also from Brazil on the rise and with no end in sight

Foreign companies keep leaving Argentina and claiming those moves are part of global strategies. Local analysts are reluctant to believe these explanations, but perhaps they would reconsider their stance if they see a similar exodus also taking place in Brazil.
Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 09:04 UTC
Former Brazilian Deputy arrested for the murder of her husband

Former Brazilian Deputy Flordelis dos Santos de Souza was placed under arrest Friday, just two days after being stripped of her parliamentarian immunity to stand trial for masterminding the killing of her husband.
Friday, August 13th 2021 - 09:34 UTC
Bolsonaro subject to yet another inquiry, this time for releasing secret Brazilian Federal Police reports

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Thursday the opening of a new criminal investigation against President Jair Bolsonaro, for allegedly disclosing secret Federal Police documents while campaigning to discredit the electronic voting system.
Thursday, August 12th 2021 - 08:59 UTC
Rio de Janeiro riddled with cases of Delta variant in Brazil

According to data released Wednesday, Rio de Janeiro accounts for 36% of all coronavirus Delta variant detections in Brazil, making it the epicenter of that particular strain nationwide.
Thursday, August 12th 2021 - 07:39 UTC
Brazilian Deputy stripped of immunity to stand trial for murdering her husband

Brazil's Lower House Wednesday stripped Representative Flordelis dos, Santos de Souza of her parliamentary immunity, almost a year after the prosecution filed charges against her for having her husband murdered.
Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 09:18 UTC
US confident of Brazilian institutions and capacity to hold free and fair elections

“No tampering with elections or election results”, was the message from US president Joe Biden administration to Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro, according to Sao Paulo media following the visit last week of US national security advisor, Jake Sullivan.