Brazil

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 19:37 UTC

  Brazil: Lula releases final list of future ministers

  

  Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Thursday announced the last 16 names of the people who will join his cabinet after his Jan. 1 inauguration. Lula's third term in office will include a total of 37 ministries.

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Brazilian investigators find Bolsonaro committed incitement to crime

  

  Brazil's Federal Police (PF) has found evidence proving that President Jair Bolsonaro might have committed the crime of spreading false information about the Covid-19 pandemic when he linked the use of vaccines to the development of the AIDS virus

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:21 UTC

  Guns banned in Brasilia during the taking office ceremony of Lula da Silva

  

  Brasilia is on high alert ahead of January first when the president-elect takes office. The Supreme Court has ruled that gun carrying in the Brazilian capital would be banned temporarily until after the swearing-in of Lula da Silva.

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Scioli: Brazil once again Argentina's main trading partner

  

  Argentina's Ambassador to Brazil and former Vice President Daniel Scioli Wednesday highlighted the importance of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's victory and how it will help consolidate trade between South America's two largest countries.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 19:04 UTC

  Bolsonaro to skip Lula's inauguration?

  

  Contradicting press reports are piling up in Brasilia as to the future of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes office on Jan. 1.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  Brazil agribusiness exports US$ 160 billion in '22, but inputs have soared and '23 could see a return of protectionism

  

  Brazilian agribusiness exports should reach a record US$ 160 billion this year, which represents an increase of 32% compared to 2021, and a number that also was surprisingly high last year. But on the other hand input imports have never been so costly because of the international prices with inputs reaching almost US$ 50 billion, up 51% year to year.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 08:38 UTC

  Tebet to head Brazil's future Planning Ministry

  

  Former Presidential candidate and Senator Simone Tebet, who endorsed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the Oct. 30 runoff against the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, has reportedly accepted to become Brazil's next Planning Ministry, according to press reports published Tuesday in Brasilia. The official announcement is to be made Wednesday.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 01:33 UTC

  Brazil sets gradual caps on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro approved the resolution of the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) defining the annual mandatory targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions for the commercialization of fuels over the next ten years, under the National Policy for Biofuels (Renovabio), Agencia Brasil reported Tuesday after the measure was published in the Diário Oficial da União (Federal Official Gazette).

• Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 19:24 UTC

  Brazil makes large payments to international organizations

  

  Brazil has paid off “almost all” of its debts with international bodies such as the United Nations (UN) and the International Labor Organization (ILO), the South American country's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

• Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 10:48 UTC

  President elect Lula da Silva's foreign policy strategy

  

  Foreign policy is among the priorities of the incoming Brazilian administration of president Lula da Silva, who will be taking office next January first. Designated foreign minister, Ambassador Mauro Vieira said Brazil will have a leading role in combating climate change.