Brazil

Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 08:33 UTC
Lula pledges to block or undo privatizations if returned to office

Brazilian jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged on Friday to block or undo privatizations if he is returned to the office he held from 2003 to 2010.
Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 22:01 UTC
China wants a long-last relationship with Brazil in agricultural goods

Reports that China wants a “long-last relationship” with Brazil in terms of trade in agricultural goods and other products received attention in Asian markets. The two countries are ready to take their trade relationship “to new levels” amid an escalation of global trade wars, China's ambassador to Brazil Li Jinzhang said during an agribusiness conference in São Paulo on Monday.
Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 21:35 UTC
Brazil willing to open its market to farm products: “you have to give something to get something”

Brazil could benefit by offering access to its domestic markets in exchange for opening new foreign markets to its farm products, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said on Monday, pointing to opportunities in the trade of pork and coffee.
Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 07:00 UTC
EU waters down Mercosur expectations of a trade agreement next September

Despite EU and Mercosur countries remaining committed to reaching a trade agreement, the European Commission did not endorse the South American bloc’s target to reach an agreement by September, as substantial gaps remain between the two sides.
Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 05:39 UTC
Want to beat me? Try at the voting booth

By Lula da Silva, former president of Brazil - I have been imprisoned for more than 100 days. Meantime, unemployment is increasing, more and more fathers and mothers are finding themselves unable to support their families, and an absurd pricing policy for fuel caused a truckers' strike that provoked shortages in Brazilian cities.
Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 02:31 UTC
Police violence in Rio remains as savage as 25 years ago, claims Amnesty

The struggle to protect black Brazilian youths from police violence and deliver justice for the victims of the past remains as vital and relevant as ever, Amnesty International said on the 25th anniversary of the Candelária massacre, in which eight young boys were killed by off-duty police officers in Rio de Janeiro.
Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 02:12 UTC
Brazil combats fake news: media analysis studies compulsory in schools

Brazil has taken a stand against the explosion of “fake news” stories swamping the internet by making media analysis studies compulsory for schoolchildren. Media analysis studies became compulsory in December 2017, but have been offered alongside traditional subjects like mathematics and history for years in some Brazilian schools.
Monday, July 23rd 2018 - 07:09 UTC
Brazilian far right presidential campaign takes off with ex army officer as candidate

Brazil's far-right presidential hopeful, Jair Bolsonaro, officially kicked off his campaign on Sunday, blasting the political center but softening his incendiary stance on gays and blacks three months before wide-open October elections.
Saturday, July 21st 2018 - 08:42 UTC
Brazil big businesses have a presidential ticket: ex Sao Paulo governor and CEO of largest textile group

Business-friendly Brazilian presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin got the strongest boost yet to his campaign after a centrist coalition agreed to back him and chose their potential vice-presidential pick.
Saturday, July 21st 2018 - 07:43 UTC
Capital flight from emerging economies will be on the G20 table, anticipate Brazilian sources

At this weekend's G20 meeting in Buenos Aires, finance ministers and central bankers will address the economic situations threatening a number of emerging markets -- including host nation Argentina, which recently secured a US$50 billion IMF loan to try to stabilize its economy, after the peso plunged 35% between April and June.