Brazil

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 11:44 UTC

  Unicef says Brazil has 32mn children and adolescents in poverty

  

  According to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), 63% of Brazil's boys and girls live in poverty, which is tantamount to around 32 million children and adolescents, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2023 - 09:29 UTC

  Brazil planning beef exports of three million tons by 2030

  

  Brazil ended 2022 as the largest exporter of beef in the world, according to the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporters (Abisec). In effect, Abisec data showed Brazilian beef exports rose 40,8% rose between January and December 2022 compared to the same period in 2021

• Wednesday, February 15th 2023 - 08:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro returning to Brazil next month

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced Tuesday that he would be returning to his country next month after staying in the US State of Florida since hours before finishing his term last year.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2023 - 10:49 UTC

  Brazilian markets relief: Lula da Silva will respect Central Bank's autonomy

  

  Brazil’s Real remained stable after one of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s cabinet members said the administration will respect a law that gives autonomy to the central bank despite the president’s growing attacks against the monetary authority.

• Sunday, February 12th 2023 - 13:24 UTC

  Brazil: Monitoring flight spots lost tribe in the middle of Yanomami lands

  

  A small indigenous community has been detected inside the Yanomami Territory in Roraima, only 15 kilometers from an illegal mining site where garimpeiros pose a threat to their survival and well-being, Agencia Brasil reported Friday.

• Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 15:48 UTC

  Brazil, free of avian flu, so far, exported a record 421.000 tons of poultry meat in January

  

  With poultry prices soaring (a dozen of eggs in California reached eight dollars, yes eight dollars and climbing) because of the intense culling of millions of chickens caused by the avian flu, no wonder then than poultry meat exports from Brazil during January reached 420.900 tons, up 20.6% compared to the same period of the previous year and a record for the month, claimed the ABPA (Brazilian Association of Animal Protein) this week.

• Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 11:10 UTC

  Despite war in Ukraine and the Chinese lockdown, Brazilian ports overall had a positive performance

  

  Despite the negative effects of a hectic year with unexpected events such as the war between Russia and Ukraine and the lockdowns imposed by China throughout 2022, Brazilian ports handled 1.209 billion tons last year. The figure was released by the National Waterway Transport Agency (Antaq), this month in Brasília.

• Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

  Half of Brazil's judges have suffered life threats

  

  According to a study undertaken by the Judicial Research Center of the Association of Judges of Brazil in partnership with the Latin American Federation of Judges and the Institute of Social, Political and Economic Research (Ipespe), South America's largest country ranks second only to Bolivia in the number of magistrates whose lives have been threatened, Agencia Brasil reported this week.

• 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.