Brazil

Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 10:22 UTC
Abundant rainfall in central Brazil helps Paraná River recover navigable level

After years of forcibly lighter shiploads due to the intense down flow of the Parana River, the water level has begun to grow again, especially in the last couple of months. Thus according to the Rosario Grain Exchange, the average shipload of vessels sailing upriver rose 21% in two months and stood at more than 38,000 tons in November. Furthermore, the current water level is 23% above November last year and 19% above the November 2020 average.
Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 09:56 UTC
Director of Brazilian Highway Police sacked

The administration of President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday announced the dismissal of Brazilian Highway Police Director Silvinei Vasques for “administrative improbity” for his actions or inactions in the aftermath of the Oct. 30 runoff which saw Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva elected to return to the Planalto Palace on Jan. 1.
Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Increasing number of wildfires recorded in Amazon after new Forest Code

Wildfires in Boca do Acre, Amazonas, went from 66% in 2012, the year the new Forest Code was approved, to 88% in 2019, according to a report from the National Center for Monitoring and Alerts of Natural Disasters (Cemaden) published Tuesday in partnership with other organizations, Agencia Brasil reported.
Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 20:01 UTC
Putin seeks closeness to South America

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held a telephone conversation Tuesday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Agencia Brasil reported.
Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Airline workers' strike: Delays reported in Brasilia, Porto Alegre, and Fortaleza

After the daily strike between 6 am and 8 am called for by Brazil's National Union of Aeronauts (SNA), 25 delays (14 takeoffs and 11 landings) were reported Monday at Brasilia's Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport.
Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 08:21 UTC
Port of Santos privatization process frozen on request from the Brazilian Audits Court

Three ministers from Brazil's Federal Court of Audits TCU asked last Friday for a reassessment of the privatization process of the Port of Santos administration. The issue should be put back into the discussion in 45 days. The rapporteur, Minister Bruno Dantas, suggested giving preference to the privatization of smaller ports before addressing Santos.
Monday, December 19th 2022 - 19:54 UTC
STF Judge says Lula's planned aid spending not bound by constitutional cap

Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Gilmar Mendes Monday said additional expenditures for the Auxilio Brasil aid program in 2023 do not fall within the constitutional spending cap, thus clearing the way for President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva to fulfill one of his campaign promises once he takes office Jan. 1.
Monday, December 19th 2022 - 19:09 UTC
Slight adjustment to Brazil's inflation projection for 2022

Brazil's National Wide Consumer Price Index (IPCA) is now expected to have grown 5.76% by the end of the year, a marginal drop from the 5.79% projected in the previous Focus Bulletin weekly report by South America's largest country's Central Bank.
Monday, December 19th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Strike at most Brazilian airports still on after court proposal rejected

Brazil's National Union of Aeronauts (SNA) announced that the strike planned for Monday at the main airports nationwide by pilots and flight attendants was still on after they rejected a proposal from the Superior Labor Court (TST).
Monday, December 19th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
Pelé congratulates Messi and Mbappé for historic World Cup final

Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, congratulated Argentina's Lionel Messi on winning the World Cup and France's Kylian Mbappé for scoring four goals during Sunday's final.