Brazil

• Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 06:44 UTC

  American Museum of Natural History will not host a dinner to honor Bolsonaro

  

  The American Museum of Natural History in New York said on Monday that it will not host a planned gala dinner that was set to honor Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro as “Person of the Year.”

• Monday, April 15th 2019 - 17:41 UTC

  Spectacular fireball across the night sky was recorded in southern Brazil

  

  A spectacular fireball was recorded blazing across the night sky over Rio Grande do Sul and the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil around 3:21 a.m. local time (6:21 UTC) on Friday.

• Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:34 UTC

  Brazil fuel-price controversy: Minister Guedes confident he can convince Bolsonaro and overcome the situation

  

  Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said he’ll clear up any confusion from President Jair Bolsonaro’s decision to halt a planned fuel-price hike by Petrobras.

• Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Brazilian president Bolsonaro clarifies his remarks on the Holocaust

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has clarified remarks he made on Friday about the Holocaust which were vehemently condemned by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center and Israel's President Reuven Rivlin.

• Sunday, April 14th 2019 - 08:38 UTC

  NY Museum of Natural History embarrassed over a booking to honor Brazilian president Bolsonaro

  

  New York’s Museum of Natural History said it was “considering its options” after discovering a private function booked to take place there would honour Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

• Sunday, April 14th 2019 - 08:21 UTC

  Brazil's Lower House speaker and supporter of the pensions' reform, under police investigation

  

  Brazilian police have accused Rodrigo Maia, Brazil’s powerful lower house speaker, and his father of receiving bribes totalling at least 1.4 million reais (US$ 361,869), a document on Friday showed. The federal police document was delivered to the Supreme Court, as part on an ongoing investigation into Maia.

• Sunday, April 14th 2019 - 08:14 UTC

  Chinese company interested in taking over Ford's Brazilian plant in Sao Paulo

  

  China’s Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd is eyeing the acquisition of Ford Motor Co’s Brazilian plant in the industrial city of Sao Bernardo do Campo, newspaper Valor Economico reported on Friday.

• Saturday, April 13th 2019 - 07:44 UTC

  Bolsonaro prepares to open Amazon reserve to mining: pledges no bureaucratic impediments

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday the country could open a vast reserve in the Amazon rainforest to mining, a move attempted by his predecessor that was quickly rescinded following an international environmental outcry.

• Friday, April 12th 2019 - 17:32 UTC

  A leading Brazilian coffee exporter files for bankruptcy, hoping to restructure a debt of US$ 282 million

  

  Terra Forte, one of the largest Brazilian coffee exporters, has filed for bankruptcy protection in a Sao Paulo state court, lawyers for the company said. Law firm Freire, Assis, Sakamoto e Violante said Terra Forte was looking to restructure 1.1 billion reais (US$ 288.2 million) in debt.

• Friday, April 12th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Brazil's lower house speaker forecasts pension reform will be approved by next June

  

  Brazil’s pension reform process will pick up momentum after the Easter holidays, staying on track for approval in the lower house in May or June, the lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Thursday.