Brazil

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Germany and Brazil renew nuclear cooperation agreement; third nuclear plant to be built by 2026

  

  Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, on Thursday ignored pleas from the Green party to scrap a nuclear agreement with Brazil. “Our cooperation in this area has worked well for decades,” Parliamentary State Secretary for the Environment Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) said. “There are currently no plans to cancel the agreement.”

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:42 UTC

  BRICS summit condemns protectionism and pledges to overcome challenges faced by multilateralism

  

  Five of the biggest emerging economies railed against protectionism on Thursday as they vowed to overcome “significant challenges” facing multilateralism, in a swipe at US tariffs and unilateral action.

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  First shipment of Vaca Muerta shale LNG to Brazil

  

  Argentine oil company YPF SA has sold its first commercial liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to Brazilian state energy firm Petrobras, according to media reports in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Brazil discussing a trade deal with Beijing; Chinese company planning US$ 1bn investment in port

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro and Economy Minister Paulo Guedes want to strengthen trade relations with China. Guedes said the creation of a free trade area between the two countries is under negotiation.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Bolsonaro hosts BRICS summit: his heart with Trump but Brazil's economy in need of Beijing

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro will walk a diplomatic tightrope on Wednesday when he hosts his Chinese counterpart, as he seeks to boost ties with Beijing and avoid upsetting key ally Donald Trump.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Amazon native peoples call on EU parliament to protect their communities in Brazil

  

  The European Union should consider sanctions for companies that source materials from protected Brazilian forest reservations and native lands, an indigenous community representative said.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazilian president Bolsonaro will start a new political party by March 2020

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will quit his fractious right-wing Social Liberal Party (PSL) and start a new one by March 2020, PSL lawmakers Daniel Silveira and Bia Kicis said on Tuesday after meeting with the president.

• Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:59 UTC

  Hundreds cheer Lula da Silva as he walks from jail a free man

  

  Brazil's icon Lula da Silva walked free from jail on Friday after a year and a half behind bars for corruption following a court ruling that could release thousands of convicts. The former president, wearing a black T-shirt and suit jacket, pumped his fist in the air as he exited the federal police headquarters in the southern city of Curitiba and was quickly mobbed by hundreds of supporters and journalists.

• Friday, November 8th 2019 - 05:58 UTC

  Brazilian Supreme Court ruling could release Lula and thousands of white collar criminals

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court decided on Thursday to end the mandatory imprisonment of convicted criminals after they lose their first appeal, restoring the previous rule that they should be allowed to exhaust all their appeal options before being locked up.

• Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Bolsonaro's pro-gun legislation watered down by Congress

  

  Lawmakers in Brazil have watered down pro-gun President Jair Bolsonaro's proposal that would have allowed ordinary people to carry weapons in public.