Brazil

• Friday, August 31st 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  BP, Shell, Total to bid in Brazil's pre-salt auction

  

  Brazil’s oil regulator ANP has approved the applications of six companies—including Big Oil’s BP, Shell, and Total—to bid in next month’s oil auction of four blocks in the coveted pre-salt layer, ANP announced on Wednesday.

• Thursday, August 30th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  Emergency in Brazil: 700/800 Venezuelans cross the border daily, claims Temer

  

  The Brazilian government may restrict entrance of Venezuelans at the border in the remote northwestern state of Roraima, President Michel Temer said on Wednesday, after a flood of migrants has strained local services and sparked violence with residents.

• Thursday, August 30th 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  LATAM plans to replace 1.200 airport based employees in Brazil

  

  Chilean airline LATAM has plans to lay off some 1,200 airport-based employees in Brazil and replace them with workers from a services company in an apparent cost-cutting measure, according to a report in O Estado de S. Paulo on Wednesday. LATAM confirmed there would be redundancies but would not give an exact number.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2018 - 08:33 UTC

  Brazilian currency down on presidential election forecast jitters

  

  The Brazilian Real led losses in Latin America as lingering concerns over presidential elections overshadowed a largely positive environment for emerging market assets. The US dollar ended trading at 4.333 Reales.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 08:21 UTC

  Brazil Supreme Court to decide on freight rates imposed by government

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court will rule as soon as possible on several challenges to the constitutionality of a law imposing minimum freight prices, but no ruling will come on Monday, Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux said.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 07:32 UTC

  Brazil's Supreme Court will rule on Lula's presidential candidacy in September

  

  Brazil’s Supreme Court will weigh in September an appeal by jailed former president Lula da Silva to be set free so he can join the presidential campaign already under way, a court spokesperson said on Monday.

• Monday, August 27th 2018 - 08:27 UTC

  Brazilian minister apologizes: injunction on glyphosate still on appeal

  

  Brazil’s Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi tweeted on Friday that he had incorrectly stated a day earlier that a court had lifted an injunction on products containing the widely used herbicide glyphosate and that a ruling was still pending.

• Sunday, August 26th 2018 - 18:50 UTC

  Tankers with US diesel diverted to Brazil following a fire in a Sao Paulo refinery

  

  At least four tankers loaded with ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD) en route from the U.S Gulf Coast to Europe abruptly changed course this week to Brazil, following a fire at a 415,000-bpd refinery of state oil firm Petrobras on Monday, S&P Global Platts trade flow data showed on Friday.

• Sunday, August 26th 2018 - 18:14 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil agree to merge car production regulations

  

  Argentine and Brazilian representatives on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding to begin merging vehicle production regulations of both countries.

• Sunday, August 26th 2018 - 16:48 UTC

  Massive arrests in Brazil in a coordinated crackdown on murders and femicides

  

  More than 200 people were arrested on murder charges in a single day across Brazil on Friday in a coordinated sweep that emphasized the fight against femicide and other killings, the government said.