Brazil

Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Brazil Justices debating law that could free scores of convicts including Lula da Silva

Supreme Court judges in Brazil began voting Wednesday on whether to overturn a law requiring convicted criminals to go to jail after losing their first appeal, instead of waiting until the end of the legal process. A favorable ruling could result in the freeing of scores of convicts, including leftist former president Lula da Silva, who is serving eight years and 10 months for corruption.
Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 09:20 UTC
Petrobras contracts' scam: Brazilian prosecutors investigating Argentine construction group Technit

Brazilian police conducted raids on Wednesday in a new phase of the “Car Wash” corruption investigation, targeting alleged bribery by Italo-Argentine group Techint to secure contracts from state-run oil firm Petrobras.
Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Brazil approves pensions' reform: markets soar and stocks hit an all time high

Brazil's Senate on Tuesday gave final approval to a landmark reform of the country's social security system, in a step seen as key to stabilizing public finances and the economy. The text was approved by a vote of 60-19.
Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 09:48 UTC
Conservative Catholics disrupt Vatican Amazon synod and dump in the Tiber “pagan” idols

The Vatican on Tuesday accused ultra-conservative Catholic social media of fomenting hate, a day after militants stole statues they considered pagan idols from a church and dumped them in the Tiber river.
Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Brazil has collected 600 tons of oil from the spill along northeastern beaches

Brazil has collected more 600 tons of oil from its northeastern beaches since Sept. 12, the government said, more than double an estimate of oil and sand collected by state-run oil company Petrobras.
Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 08:58 UTC
Major pre-salt oilfields auction could raise some US$ 50 billion for Brazil

An auction next month of oilfields in Brazil may be the priciest ever held, raising at least US$ 50 billion in licensing fees and compensation. Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell Plc and other energy giants are set to vie for deep-sea deposits that could hold 15 billion barrels of oil, almost twice as much as Norway’s reserves.
Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Venezuelan opposition leader holding “exploratory” talks with Russia and China

Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido has asked China and Russia to help end a political crisis crippling the Latin American country during “exploratory” talks, his diplomatic representative in Brazil said on Monday.
Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Brazilian oil spill: Bolsonaro does not discard a “criminal act” designed to harm a major auction next month

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro questioned whether a far-reaching oil spill on the nation’s northeastern shore may have been a criminal act designed to harm a major oil auction scheduled for November.
Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 08:43 UTC
Bolsonaro's son Eduardo takes over the leadership of PSL party

Lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, took over the leadership of the Social Liberal Party (PSL) in the lower house of Congress on Monday in a bruising struggle for control of the party that is not over.
Monday, October 21st 2019 - 09:27 UTC
Thousands of Brazilians celebrate the canonization into sainthood of Sister Dulce, “mother of the poor”

Tens of thousands of Catholic faithful flocked to a football stadium in Brazil on Sunday to celebrate the Vatican's canonization into sainthood of Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes, dubbed the “mother of the poor.”