Brazil

• Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Paraguay needs additional medical oxygen from Brazil

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez Tuesday reached out to his Brazilian colleague Jair Bolsonaro to negotiate the purchase of medical oxygen above the current quota because it is not enough, according to health authorities.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  No mandatory jab for Copa America players in Brazil

  

  Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga Monday announced players taking part in the upcoming Copa América shall not be required to be vaccinated, contrary to what had been announced last week.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 07:10 UTC

  Brazil deploys national guard to contain outbreak of violence in Manaus

  

  Brazil's Justice Minister Anderson Torres Monday gave the green light for national forces to intervene in the capital city of the state of Amazonia, Manaus, which has been ransacked by acts of violence and looting over the past month, was announced.

• Monday, June 7th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Cardoso and Lula da Silva support Argentina in the Mercosur tariff reduction controversy

  

  Former Brazilian presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Lula da Silva signed a statement in which they support Argentina's position in the Mercosur controversy regarding a flat unilateral tariff reduction as sponsored by president Jair Bolsonaro, with the backing of Uruguay, but rejected by President Alberto Fernandez.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Bolsonaro praises SPIEF's role in a world with changing geopolitical demands

  

  Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro Friday hailed the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) during his virtual appearance at Eurasia’s key economic and business event, it was reported.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Anvisa allows for limited imports of Sputnik V and Covaxin into Brazil

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Friday approves, albeit with some restrictions, imports of Covaxin and Sputnik V doses for use in up to 1% of the country's population, it was announced.

• Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  JBS US branch attacked by hackers paralyzing meat processing in US, Canada and Australia

  

  United States branch of Brazilian giant meat processor started to return to a plant in Texas, but with new instructions, get ready to do things a bit differently than normal: work by hand.

• Friday, June 4th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Brazilian Army finds Pazuello did nothing wrong when he joined Bolsonaro's motorcycle caravan

  

  Brazil's Army commander Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira ruled active General Eduardo Pazuello's participation in a motorcycle caravan led by President Jair Bolsonaro was not in breach of any regulations and therefore all disciplinary actions against the former health minister have been dropped, it was announced Thursday.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 08:28 UTC

  Brazil excels at agrifood production and exports, study reveals

  

  A study released Wednesday by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Company (Embrapa) of the national Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply showed the country was the world's fourth-largest grain producers in the world, it was announced.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Record flooding in Brazil's Amazon region; half a million displace

  

  In Brazil's Amazon region the Rio Negro has swollen to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping. More than 450,000 people have been affected state-wide. Residents in Manaus, the biggest city in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, were struggling to cope with severe flooding after heavy rain caused nearby rivers to swell.