Brazil

Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Brazil consolidates as China's main supplier of agriculture produce

A new agreement to facilitate exports from the Brazilian agribusiness sector to China has been described by market experts in Sao Paulo as crucial to inaugurating the “biggest era of market openness in the last ten years” between the two countries.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 10:02 UTC
Brazil prepares to celebrate 200 years of independence with the embalmed heart of its first emperor

The embalmed heart of Brazil's first emperor, Dom Pedro I, has arrived in the capital Brasilia to mark 200 years of independence from Portugal to be celebrated next 7 September. The heart, which lies preserved in a flask filled with formaldehyde, was flown on board a military plane from Portugal.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 09:35 UTC
Monkeypox awareness campaign launched in Brazil

Brazil's Health Ministry Monday launched an awareness campaign on monkeypox, to inform the population about transmission, contagion, and symptoms of the malady.
Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 13:39 UTC
Argentina categorically rejects students competition to visit the Falkland Islands

It's official. The Argentine government categorically rejects ”the competition organized by the British Embassy in Buenos Aires with the purpose of inviting university students to a paid trip to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.
Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Malvinas Question incursion to Brazil: Carmona returns with the book, “Brazil and the Malvinas war: between two fires”

The Malvinas Question, Antarctica and Oceans Cooperation, and the revitalization of the Peace and Cooperation Zone in the South Atlantic, ZPCAS, forum were the main points of the agenda addressed by Argentina's special secretary on Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic affairs, Guillermo Carmona during his four-day visit to Brazil.
Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:33 UTC
Santos outperforms other Brazilian ports, despite a drop in overall throughput

As a lingering consequence of the covid-19 pandemic and a slowdown of the Chinese economy, cargo throughput in Brazilian ports fell by 3.3% in the first half of the year compared to the same period of 2021. On the other hand, the Port of Santos recorded an increase of 5.6% over the same period. The data are included in a report published by Brazil’s National Waterway Transportation Agency (Antaq).
Saturday, August 20th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Pfizer files for emergency clearance of bivalent C-19 vax in Brazil

Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has received a request for the emergency use of Pfizer's newest vaccine against COVID-19 which would be active against both the original and the Ômicron strain, subvariant BA.1.
Friday, August 19th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Sole bidders granted management of São Paulo's Congonhas airport

The Spanish company Aena has been granted the management of São Paulo's old airport of Congonhas for the next 30 years after being the only company to submit a bid, it was reported Thursday.
Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 20:52 UTC
Brazil's Anvisa signals end of mandatory facemasks in airplanes

Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has agreed to end the mandatory wearing of facemasks on airplanes, which will be henceforth just “recommended,” it was reported. The measure will become effective as soon as it is published in the Official Gazette.
Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 08:13 UTC
Hundreds of Magellan penguins washed ashore by a cyclone in southern Brazil

Hundreds of dead Magellan penguins have been gathered at beaches along the coast of Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil, apparently surprised by a subtropical cyclone when their annual migration from the south of the continent, Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands towards warmer waters with more food.