Brazil

• Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 11:47 UTC

  Lula's trip to Argentina to include Antarctica deal

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's trip to Argentina next week will include the signing of a treaty for scientific and logistical cooperation between the two countries' Antarctic stations, Agencia Brasil reported. A gas pipeline will also be on the agenda with President Alberto Fernández.

• Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 10:18 UTC

  Brazilian 2022 agribusiness exports totaled US$ 160bn, up 32% from previous year

  

  Brazilian agribusiness exports totaled almost US$ 160 billion in 2022, up 32% over the previous year, influenced by the performance of international prices, according to the Secretariat of Trade and International Relations (SCRI) from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock

• Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  US/Brazil bilateral trade reaches a new record, US$ 88,7 billion

  

  Trade between Brazil and the United States in 2022 reached a historic level of US$ 88.7 billion. An original analysis of Amcham’s “Brazil-US Trade Monitor”, release by Canal Rural, indicates that the value surpassed the previous record set in 2021 by US$18.2 billion (25.8%).

• Friday, January 20th 2023 - 18:37 UTC

  Former Brazilian First Lady regarded as possible presidential contender

  

  Brazilian rightwing politicians are focusing on former First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro to pick up the baton should her husband be disenfranchised and therefore become ineligible to run in future elections.

• Friday, January 20th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Lula announces German Chancellor due in Brazil this month

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva said Thursday in an interview with GloboNews that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz should arrive in Brasilia on Jan. 30 together with members of the European country's cabinet and a group of executives representing large German companies, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Friday, January 20th 2023 - 10:01 UTC

  Brazil: TSE agrees to yet another investigation targetting Bolsonaro

  

  Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Benedito Gonçalves acquiesced Thursday to a request from President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's Workers' Party (PT) to open an investigation against former President Jair Bolsonaro for his abuse of power in the 2022 elections.

• Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 09:59 UTC

  IMF and IDB willing to help Brazil manage spending cap

  

  Brazil's Economy Minister Fernando Haddad said Tuesday after a meeting with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva that the agency was willing to help South America's largest country handle its fiscal situation, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazil's Agriculture GVP 2022, second highest in 34 year period; in 2023 GVP forecast 6,3% higher

  

  Brazil’s Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVP) reached BRL 1.189 trillion in 2022, according to the country’s Ministry of Agriculture with crops generating BRL 814.77 billion and livestock BRL 374.27 billion. This is the second-highest figure on a 34-year-long record.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2023 - 23:49 UTC

  Lula da Silva has the “impression” that Bolsonaro knew about attacks in Brazil

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that after the coup attempt that took place on January 8 he had the “impression” that former president Jair Bolsonaro “knew about everything”, during an exclusive interview with Globonews news channel.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2023 - 20:29 UTC

  Record Amazon deforestation reached last year

  

  According to a report released Wednesday by Brazil's Institute of Man and Environment of the Amazon (Imazon), deforestation in 2022 hit new highs, with 10,573 km² of forest vegetation lost, Agencia Brasil reported. That surface is tantamount to that of nearly 3,000 football fields, it was explained.