Brazil

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Brazilian soy farmers launch “awareness campaign” against Bayer's possible anticompetitive practices

  

  A Brazilian grain growers association has launched a hot line to encourage farmers to report practices on the part of Germany’s Bayer SA that potentially could be anti-competitive, according to statement sent to Reuters on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Four Brazilian banks under investigation on competition issues

  

  Brazil’s antitrust watchdog Cade is investigating four banks in the country for allegedly creating competition hurdles to digital banking newcomer Nubank, the watchdog said in a statement on Monday.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:08 UTC

  Brazilian central bank survey reveals growing expectation about pension reform

  

  Economists continue to slash their forecasts for Brazilian economic growth this year, according to a closely watched survey published on Monday, intensifying the spotlight on a key Congressional vote on pension reform later in the week.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 08:07 UTC

  African swine fever in China: Brazil expects soy exports to fall but no ceiling for meat sales

  

  Brazilian soy exports to China will definitely decline this year as African swine fever in the world’s No. 2 economy cuts demand for the animal feed, but potential growth in meat exports would offset this, Brazil’s agriculture minister said on Monday.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:14 UTC

  Governments' hatred endangers press freedom: the Americas the worst, Reporters without borders

  

  The global press freedom is regressing with more and more countries putting journalists at risk and authoritarian regimes tightening their grip on the media, according to a report released by media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders.

• Friday, April 19th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Brazil to put up new pre-salt oil blocks for auction in October

  

  Brazil will hold an offshore oil deposit auction in October featuring blocks that were the object of a long-running dispute with state energy giant Petrobras. Reuters reports, citing Economy Minister Paulo Guedes, that participants in the auction will need to cough up a signing bonus of a total US$26.9 billion for the four blocks.

• Thursday, April 18th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Transparency International blasts Brazilian Justice for violating freedom of expression

  

  A decision by Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) to demand the suppression of a media report concerning one of the court’s sitting judges violates the freedom of the press, warns Transparency International Brazil. The demand to remove the report from the internet is unacceptable, risks the international image of Brazil and goes against fundamental principles of the democratic rule of law.

• Thursday, April 18th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Petrobras insists it is completely free of political interference and increases diesel price 10 cents

  

  Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras hiked diesel prices on Wednesday, and executives said the firm could expand its already aggressive divestment plan while arguing the company was completely free of political interference.

• Thursday, April 18th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Toyota Brazil to build a Corolla sedan that runs on electricity, ethanol and gas

  

  Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday it will begin building a new version of the Corolla sedan in Brazil that will run on electricity, ethanol and gas, which it says will be the first vehicle of its kind in the world.

• Thursday, April 18th 2019 - 08:22 UTC

  Minister says pension reform will pass within four months, helping the Brazilian economy to grow by 3.5%

  

  Brazil's economic growth may accelerate to a 3.5% annual rate in the second half of the year after the approval of pension reforms, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said in an interview with TV channel Globo news.