Brazil

• Friday, August 17th 2018 - 09:25 UTC

  Tribal chief of the “Guardians of the Amazon” murdered by illegal loggers in Brazil

  

  An indigenous leader has been found murdered in Brazil, exposing the growing threat to tribes fighting illegal logging in the Amazon, campaigners and authorities said. Jorginho Guajajara was found dead in the northern state of Maranhao with his neck broken, rights group Survival International said. Police in Maranhao confirmed on Thursday they were investigating the case.

• Friday, August 17th 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  Lula's ban to run for president expected to be confirmed before August 31

  

  Brazil’s top electoral court must decide whether the country’s most popular politician can run in upcoming elections despite being jailed for corruption. The court is expected to declare former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ineligible in the coming weeks, ahead of the Oct. 7 vote, but that may not stop his Workers Party (PT) winning anyway.

• Friday, August 17th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  Temer endorsing two candidates for October's presidential election

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer is endorsing another party’s candidate as well as his own in October’s presidential election. On the day the campaign took off, Temer said in an interview published on Thursday by the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper that he sees former Sao Paulo Gov. Geraldo Alckmin of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party as a candidate who would carry on with his work.

• Thursday, August 16th 2018 - 22:42 UTC

  Brazil corn production next season could reach a first time 100m tons

  

  Brazilian farmers are expected to plant a record amount of soybean acres this coming season, encouraged by strong demand from China, and yield a record harvest next year, consultancy Céleres said in its first forecast for the new cycle. The next crop cycle in Brazil, the world's No. 1 soybean exporter, begins in September.

• Thursday, August 16th 2018 - 21:15 UTC

  Brazilian food giant JBS hit by a surge in feed costs and trade conflicts

  

  Brazilian food company JBS SA would need to raise product prices by another 7% at its processed foods division Seara to offset a surge in feed costs, executives said on Wednesday. Seara raised prices by 3% in the second quarter, the executives said on a conference calls with analysts to discuss second-quarter results.

• Thursday, August 16th 2018 - 15:43 UTC

  Brazilian economy contracts 0.99% in second quarter because of truckers strike

  

  Brazil's economy contracted nearly one percent in the second quarter due to a truckers' strike, the country's Central Bank said on Wednesday. The nine-day strike that ended in late May caused fuel shortages, cut into food deliveries and backed up exports.

• Thursday, August 16th 2018 - 10:56 UTC

  A defiant Workers Party registers Lula da Silva as presidential candidate

  

  The Workers' Party registered jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as its candidate for president on Wednesday, attempting to muscle him into the race to lead Latin America's largest nation and forcing a showdown with Brazilian electoral authorities.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2018 - 07:30 UTC

  There Is a Right-Wing Coup Underway in Brazil, but Justice will prevail

  

  By Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (*) Curitiba.- Sixteen years ago, Brazil was in crisis; its future uncertain. Our dreams of developing into one of the world’s most prosperous and democratic countries seemed imperiled.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2018 - 07:27 UTC

  Supporters of Lula march on Brasilia to converge at the Supreme Electoral Court

  

  Supporters of former Brazilian president Lula da Silva marched on Brasilia on Tuesday to support his attempt to take part in presidential elections, despite serving a prison sentence for corruption.

• Tuesday, August 14th 2018 - 07:25 UTC

  Pentagon chief in Brazil and Argentina to strengthen bilateral relations

  

  United States Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes of Brazil met on Monday at the Itamaraty Palace in Brazil to reaffirm the long-standing bilateral relationship between their nations, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said.