Brazil

Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 10:55 UTC
Lula and Biden agree on the importance of democracy and the environment

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met Friday with his US colleague Joseph Biden at the White House barely over a month after rioters stormed the South American country's capital seeking to promote a coup d'état.
Friday, February 10th 2023 - 10:21 UTC
Lula lands in Washington for Biden meeting

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva arrived Thursday in the United States for a meeting at the White House with his US colleague Joseph Biden Friday, Agencia Brasil reported.
Friday, February 10th 2023 - 10:07 UTC
Child mortality among Yanomamis 10 times higher than Brazil's national rate

Malnutrition due to lack of natural resources is one of the causes of Yanomami children having a mortality rate tenfold that of the whole of South America's largest country, Agencia Brasil reported Thursday.
Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:38 UTC
Lula da Silva will be visiting the White House on Friday: long list of issues in the bilateral agenda

United States President Joe Biden will be receiving Brazilian president Lula da Silva in the White House on Friday. The meeting is intended “to further strengthen the close relationship between the United States and Brazil,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:30 UTC
Brazil concerned with the concentration of its foreign trade: few products and volumes mostly to China

In the last ten years, up until 2021, Brazilian export to China grew at a greater rate that those to rest of the world. From 2012 to 2021, China’s importance as an export destination for the five regions in which Brazil is divided grew exponentially, and of the 27 federal states, 21 saw their sales to China grow above the expansion of their sales to the world. In the period, however, the export basket was negatively concentrated around a few primary products.
Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:02 UTC
France's FM meets with Lula to prepare for Macron's trip

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva met Wednesday in Brasilia with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna in an encounter that has been regarded as a preparation for a summit between the South American leader and his French colleague Emmanuel Macron.
Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 17:25 UTC
Brazilian minister denies single currency: no death sentence for the Real

Argentina and Brazil are looking at ways to stimulate bilateral trade and investments but not eliminate their own currencies, according to Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, who played down the idea of a single shared currency between the two Mercosur partners.
Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 08:06 UTC
Online child porn more sophisticated, researchers at Brazilian NGO warn

A Brazilian non-government organization (NGO) Tuesday said it had documented over 111,000 cybercrimes against children in 2022, Agencia Brasil reported. The announcement was made on the occasion of the Feb. 7 Safe Internet Day, which was celebrated for the 15th time in the South American country and 20th globally.
Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Lula pledges to boost shipyard and oil and gas industries

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Monday his intention to boost the shipbuilding and oil and gas industries with the state-owned Petrobras and the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) as vectors for public investments, Xinhua reported from Rio de Janeiro.
Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:30 UTC
Tourism industry in Brazil expects a 2023 boom year; much bus traveling to discover the huge country

The Brazilian Ministry of Tourism recently released figures indicating the country received 3.1 million international tourists from January to November 2022, which is more than the 2.9 million tourist arrivals in 2020 and 2021.