Brazil

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 10:52 UTC

  Brazil: Charges against Bolsonarist Congresswoman to proceed

  

  Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) Monday decided by 9 votes to 2 to proceed with charges against Bolsonarist Congresswoman Carla Zambelli for the crimes of illegal possession of a firearm and illegal constraint with the use of a firearm, Agência Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  Brazilian Court sentences hacker to 20 years in prison

  

  Notorious hacker Walter Delgatti was sentenced Monday to 20 years in jail for his involvement in the 2019 Operation Spoofing case, Agência Brasil reported. The decision can be appealed.

• Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 10:33 UTC

  BRICS summit in South Africa has to decide on the access of new members

  

  This week Johannesburg is hosting the 15th summit of the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) when a historic decision is expected, reconfiguring the group with the access of new country members.

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:18 UTC

  Brazil's Petrobras refineries increase gasoline 16,17% and diesel, 25,83%

  

  Brazil's Petrobras this last week increased the price of gasoline and diesel, 16,17% and 25,83% respectively at its refineries. The higher prices were announced following complaints from private refineries that domestic prices were out of line and tendency with the increased situation in international markets.

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:06 UTC

  Brazil limits the purchase of Argentine hake: twenty companies under “Import Alert Regime”

  

  Argentina is taking steps to ease the entry of hake into the Brazilian market following the placement of twenty companies under the “Import Alert Regime” in May. In recent decades, Brazil’s role as an importer of specific animal products, particularly fish and dairy items, has been growing.

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 09:58 UTC

  Brazilian entrepreneurs seek opportunities through BRICS

  

  Some 30 industrialists from South America's largest country are attending this week's Cebric's Encounter, a gathering of businesspeople parallel to the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Summit in Johannesburg until Wednesday, Agência Brasil reported.

• Friday, August 18th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Bolsonaro vows to sue hacker for slander

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's defense team will sue hacker Walter Delgatti for his allegedly slanderous testimony before the Joint Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) investigating the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia, Agencia Brasil reported Thursday.

• Friday, August 18th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

  Lula and Pepe to help Cuba open up

  

  Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica is planning a trip to Havanna together with Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to persuade the Cuban government of Miguel Díaz-Canel to pursue the path of greater openness regarding foreign relations and economy, it was reported Thursday in Montevideo.

• Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

  Brazilian export sectors concerned with the political and financial situation in Argentina

  

  The deteriorating Argentine political and financial situation is already affecting some sectors of the Brazilian economy. Representatives from associations linked to manufactured products reported a decline in exports this year. They expressed concern over potentially worsening shipment figures until December when Argentines will decide on the country’s new president.

• Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 08:59 UTC

  Brazil: Agrarian reform to focus on women

  

  President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday announced during the 7th March of the Margaridas that his government would resume the National Agrarian Reform Program, albeit with priority for rural women in the selection process of families benefiting from public policies, Agencia Brasil reported.