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Montevideo, July 5th 2025 - 04:49 UTC

Brazil

  • Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Boric lands in Brazil for 4-day State visit

    Boric and Lula are to discuss several strategic issues for the region

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font landed at the Brasilia Air Base Monday for a four-day state visit, during which he will meet President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasilia to strengthen bilateral ties, among other engagements.

  • Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 10:20 UTC

    At least 14 injured in Petrobras offshore platform incident

    The platform was not profucing any oil at the time of the incident

    At least 14 people were injured when a fire broke out on Petrobras' Platform PCH-1 (Cherne 1) in the Campos Basin, off the coast of Macaé, Rio de Janeiro. One worker was initially reported injured after falling into the sea, but the company later admitted that 13 others had also been affected. The rescued worker is stable, and the others are receiving medical care.

  • Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:31 UTC

    No discharge date yet for hospitalized Bolsonaro

    The former President also condemned Brazil's granting of political asylum to former Peruvian First Lady Nadine Heredia, who was sentenced to 15 years in jail for corruption

    One week after his latest abdominal surgery, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remains in the ICU at DF Star Hospital in Brasilia. He is stable with controlled blood pressure and good clinical progress, but has no set discharge date.

  • Monday, April 21st 2025 - 09:40 UTC

    Brazil resumes export insurance scheme

    The government is acting to ensure that companies are better able to export more, Alckmin said

    Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC) has resumed the post-shipment export credit insurance (SCE) mechanism, which had been discontinued in 2019.

  • Friday, April 18th 2025 - 10:42 UTC

    Paraguayan corn exports boosted by Brazilian demand

    Brazil upped demand after breaking records slaughtering farm animals whose feed has corn as a fundamental ingredient

    Between January and March 2025, Paraguayan corn exports rose by 84,000 tons compared to the same period in 2024, generating US$ 69 million in foreign currency, a US$ 15 million increase.

  • Friday, April 18th 2025 - 10:24 UTC

    Brazil's Fire Monitor detects 70% reduction in burned areas

    Of the total burned areas, 78% were covered by native vegetation

    Brazil reduced its burned areas by 70% yoy in the first quarter of 2025, with fires affecting 912,900 hectares, down from 2.1 million hectares. The reduction is largely attributed to the rainy season, although the Cerrado biome saw a 12% increase in burned areas, surpassing historical averages. The Amazon remained the most affected, accounting for 78% of the total burned area despite a 72% decrease compared to 2024, according to figures released Wednesday by the Fire Monitor, a MapBiomas tool that uses satellite imagery to track fire scars nationwide.

  • Friday, April 18th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Brazil launches pet registration program for cats and dogs

    When we take proper care of the dog and cat population, we avoid zoonoses, Silva noted

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday launched the National Program for the Protection and Ethical Population Management of Dogs and Cats (ProPatinhas) and the National Domestic Animal Registry System (SinPatinhas) during a ceremony at the Planalto Palace.

  • Thursday, April 17th 2025 - 18:22 UTC

    Humala's wife arrives in Brazil, where she was granted asylum

    Brazil has a tradition of granting asylum to high-profile political leaders facing jail time in their countries

    Former Peruvian First Lady Nadine Heredia arrived in Brazil on Wednesday after seeking asylum to avoid serving a 15-year prison sentence handed down on her and her husband Ollanta Humala, who has already been transferred to the Barbadilo prison already housing former heads of State Alejandro Toledo and Pedro Castillo Terrones.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 19:31 UTC

    Brazil more restrictive on gender reassignment procedures

    Overdiagnosis in the past few years has been cited as one of the reasons for changing the medical guidelines

    A resolution by Brazil's Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) revising ethical and technical guidelines for treating individuals with gender dysphoria was published in Wednesday's issue of the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette). The measure introduces key changes, such as banning hormone therapies for individuals under 18 as well as gender reassignment surgeries.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 09:41 UTC

    Brazil's Avisa okays Butantan's chikungunya vaccine

    The approval came after 267,000 suspected cases of chikungunya and at least 213 deaths were reported in Brazil alone in 2024

    Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Tuesday approved the first vaccine against chikungunya, a viral disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also spreads dengue and Zika.