Brazil

• Monday, July 10th 2023 - 10:38 UTC

  Brazilian States of Pernambuco and Alagoas under weather emergency

  

  The Governors of the Brazilian States of Pernambuco and Alagoas issued separate emergency decrees during the weekend due to heavy rains affecting 12 and 29 cities respectively, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Saturday, July 8th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  IBGE finds 8.9% of Brazilians have some form of disability

  

  The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) found through its People with Disabilities module of the Continuous National Household Sample Survey (Pnad Contínua) 2022 that about 18.6 million people aged two years or more (8.9% of this age group), had some form of disability, Agencia Brasil reported. Last year, 47.2% of people with disabilities were 60 years old or older, the study also detected.

• Friday, July 7th 2023 - 10:38 UTC

  Amazon deforestation drops 33.6% in first semester of 2023

  

  Brazil's Real-Time Deforestation Detection System (Deter), of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), reported Thursday that deforestation in the Amazon in the first semester of 2023 had decreased by 33.6 % year on year and 41 % in the last 12 months.

• Thursday, July 6th 2023 - 11:13 UTC

  Brazilian syndicate flooding Europe with cocaine, in fruit shipments, busted in operation led by Europol

  

  A number of actions have been carried out over recent months in Brazil, Spain and Portugal, with the support of Europol, to target the members of a Brazilian highly professional criminal syndicate flooding Europe with cocaine.

• Thursday, July 6th 2023 - 09:53 UTC

  Higher economic growth, less inflation projected in Brazil

  

  Brazil's Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) has revised its forecasts and now foresees larger economic growth and smaller inflation this year, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Thursday, July 6th 2023 - 09:25 UTC

  Pope Francis holds meeting with Bill Clinton and Soros' son

  

  Argentine-born Pope Francis Wednesday welcomed former US President Bill Clinton at his Casa Santa Marta residence. “Thank you very much for visiting me,” the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires said in English as he walked with help from a cane due to his knee problems.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Paraguay, Uruguay urge Mercosur to speak up about situation in Venezuela

  

  Presidents Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay and Mario Abdo Benítez of Paraguay Tuesday spoke against the disenfranchisement in Venezurela of opposition leader María Corina Machado in a move that seems to leave Nicolás Maduro's reelection bid unchallenged.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

  Brazil's beef and pork exports in June represented some US$ 980 million

  

  Brazil's exports of beef and pork have retaken volumes from before the pandemic, as reported by Canal Rural. For example foreign sales of fresh, frozen, or refrigerated beef generated US$ 785.557 million in June (16 working days), with a daily average of US$ 49.097 million. The total amount exported by the country reached 154,625 tons, with a daily average of 9,664 tons, while the average price per ton was US$ 5,080.40.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 10:42 UTC

  Argentina's FM insists “asymmetries” make EU deal untenable

  

  Argentina's Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Monday stressed that the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) is hindered by what he called the “asymmetries” between the two blocs.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 09:19 UTC

  Equal pay bill signed into law in Brazil

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday signed into law a bill granting male and female workers equal pay for the same job position, it was reported in Brasilia. Lula insisted he would “enforce” this measure, which “cannot be violated or circumvented” under any circumstances.