Brazil

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Brazil: Lula likens Bolsonaro to former US President Donald Trump

  

  After staging an unprecedented military parade in front of the Planalto Palace, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was heavily criticized by his predecessor and electoral rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who said he wants to imitate Donald Trump.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  Brazilian Deputies give printed voting bill a full red light

  

  Brazil's House of Deputies Tuesday voted against President Jair Bolsonaro's plan to make changes to the electronic voting system, which would have allowed for more reliable monitoring of post-election counting.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 07:54 UTC

  US company owned by Brazilian citizen buys over Amaszonas airline

  

  Nella Airlines Inc., a US company chiefly owned by a Brazilian citizen, has acquired 100% control over the Bolivian airline Amaszonas, it was announced Tuesday. All company workers are to keep their jobs and have nothing to worry about, according to Amaszonas executive president, Sergio de Urioste.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2021 - 17:22 UTC

  Brazil protein giant JBS moves into the fish production industry

  

  Brazil's JBS, one of the world's largest protein processors with interests in three continents is moving into the fish industry following a deal for the purchase of Australia's salmon farming company Huon Aquaculture for the equivalent of US$ 315 million.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2021 - 07:49 UTC

  Brazilian indigenous group APIB files criminal charges against President Bolsonaro before ICC

  

  Indigenous lawyers have filed genocide charges against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro before the International Criminal Court (ICC) based in The Hague, it was announced Monday.

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Bolsonaro fights back fall in opinion polls: promises free LPG bottles to low income families

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is fighting back his collapse in public opinion polls ahead of next year's what seems certain his reelection bid, by reaching out to what he once described as corrupt political parties and system, but also with more handouts to the vulnerable population.

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 08:19 UTC

  Deforestation of Amazonia takes turn for the worse despite Brazilian President's promises

  

  Brazil's National Institute Institute for Space Research (Inpe) has released over this past weekend updated data regarding the deforestation of Amazonia between August 2020 and July 2021.

• Saturday, August 7th 2021 - 07:43 UTC

  Brazil extends until December 2022 waiver to Venezuelan migrants who seek refuge

  

  The Government of Brazil has extended until 2022 a waiver whereby Venezuelans seeking shelter may find it easier to settle in South America's largest country, it was announced Friday.

• Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 20:28 UTC

  Bolsonaro rapidly losing support from the powerful Evangelic churches in Brazil

  

  Brazilian president Jair Mesias Bolsonaro is rapidly losing footing among the powerful evangelists, one of his main electoral supporters and who voted massively for him in 2018. “Bolsonaro's message is no longer the message of Jesus”, according to pastor and gospel singer Kleber Lucas.

• Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Brazil's STF places President Bolsonaro under investigation for casting doubt on the electronic voting system

  

  Brazil's Superior Federal Court (STF) Wednesday ruled President Jair Bolsonaro needed to be investigated for alleged “slander” and “incitement to crime” when he voiced his concerns about the trustworthiness of the electronic voting system.