Brazil

• Monday, June 27th 2022 - 08:37 UTC

  Slain British reporter buried in Rio de Janeiro

  

  British reporter Dom Phillips, who was murdered earlier this month while venturing into Amazonia to gather material for a book, has been laid to rest in Niterói, in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro.

• Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Local transmission of monkeypox confirmed in Brazil

  

  The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro Friday confirmed the existence of local transmission of the monkeypox virus, after two more cases were detected in men aged 25 and 30 without either a recent travel record or contact with anyone with one.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 21:11 UTC

  Former Bolsonarist minister released in corruption probe

  

  A Brazilian Federal court in Brasilia has ordered the release of former Education Minister, Pastor Milton Ribeiro from jail after being arrested Wednesday on a preemptive basis for allegedly diverting public funds for his own benefit and collecting bribes from municipal authorities.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Brazil: Lula might win in the first round, Datafolha study shows

  

  Brazilian opposition presidential hopeful Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva would win the Oct. 2 elections over the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by a margin wide enough to make a runoff unnecessary, according to the latest Datafolha survey published Thursday.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  BRICS Summit sees new role for the bloc in a changing world

  

  In a move to strengthen cooperation and promote economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, BRICS countries agreed this week during the bloc's virtual Summit to launch the BRICS Business Forum, which they regard as an effective tool to achieve the association's goals.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 00:20 UTC

  Brazil: Inflation and GDP projections up from March figures

  

  Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) Thursday announced it projected a 1.7% increase in the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the end of 2022, thus improving a previous forecast released in March, which mentioned merely 1%.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 08:35 UTC

  Aerolíneas Argentinas, GOL announce SAO-BUE air shuttle

  

  Argentina's flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas and Brazil's GOL have announced a Buenos Aires-São Paulo air shuttle between Aeroparque Jorge Newbery and Guarulhos, in addition to increasing their codeshare operations linking the two countries, starting in August.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 08:12 UTC

  Lula's team releases government plan

  

  Brazil's opposition presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva has released his government plan, which includes international cooperation, new labor legislation, and differentiated taxation on the wealthiest.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 10:25 UTC

  The “communist” map that irked nationalists because Malvinas are Falklands and don't figure as Argentine

  

  When it's not the father, president Jair Bolsonaro, it's one of his sons, in this case Eduardo Bolsonaro, federal lawmaker who is involved in a controversy over his interpretation of South America's political mood and trend, which he described as mostly pure red communist.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 09:28 UTC

  Bolsonarists looking for strategies to halt fuel price increases

  

  While Brazil's Energy Minister Adolfo Sachsida appeared Tuesday before the Lower House to answer questions about the current situation regarding the state-owned oil company Petrobras, the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro is concocting other strategies to curb the neverending increases in the price of fuel.