Brazil

• Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil's oil slick heading to unique coral reefs; Navy has cut down possible culprits of the spill to ten vessels

  

  With mystery oil slicks still moving down Brazil's coast, the Brazilian Navy sent more ships on Thursday to try to prevent the pollution of unique coral reefs of the Abrolhos Archipelago marine park, a haven of South Atlantic Ocean biodiversity.

• Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Wildfires ranging across Brazil's Pantanal wetlands

  

  Wildfires are raging across the Pantanal tropical wetlands in southern Brazil, one of the most biodiversity areas in the world and a major tourist destination, regional authorities said on Thursday.

• Friday, November 1st 2019 - 07:57 UTC

  Alberto Fernandez son is an Instagram famous model “Dyhzy”

  

  Argentina's president-elect Alberto Fernández has repeatedly copped backlash over his son Estanislao. The son, 24, works in insurance and studies design and is also an Instagram famous model 'Dyhzy', known for his creative cosplay and drag outfits.

• Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Bolsonaro threatens to cancel broadcaster license on a TV report linking his family to the killing of a Rio councilwoman

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday deplored a TV network’s report linking him with a former police officer accused of killing a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman and threatened to cancel the broadcaster’s license.

• Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil cuts benchmark interest rate to an all time low of 5%; inflation running below target

  

  Brazil's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate to a new all-time low of 5.00% on Wednesday as expected, but signaled that further easing may be less aggressive than it has been in recent months, despite inflation running well below target.

• Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Twitter to ban political advertising globally, beginning 22 November

  

  Twitter announced on Wednesday it would ban political advertising globally on its platform, responding to growing criticism over misinformation from politicians on social media.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  Brazilian food processor expands in Saudi Arabia with chicken plant

  

  Brazilian food processor BRF SA on Tuesday announced an agreement to invest around US$ 120 million to build its first chicken processing plant in Saudi Arabia in a bid to strengthen its position in a key growth market.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  Oil spills on Brazil's northeast beaches, “the worst environmental attack”

  

  Oil spills washing up on beaches along more than 2,000 kilometers of Brazil’s northeast coastline could be the worst environmental “attack” in the country’s history, the CEO of Petrobras said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 08:36 UTC

  Brazil has become a beacon for Big Oil foreign investment in the energy sector

  

  When oil executives arrive in Rio de Janeiro this week for Brazil’s biennial Offshore Technology Conference, they will find themselves in Latin America’s most promising market for Big Oil by far. This signals a dramatic change from only a year ago.

• Tuesday, October 29th 2019 - 19:04 UTC

  Start date for new flights between the Falkland Islands and São Paulo

  

  LATAM Airlines Brazil’s new weekly flight between the Falkland Islands and São Paulo will begin operating on 20 November 2019. This service will allow passengers to make onward connections to multiple destinations in South and North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.