Brazil

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 07:39 UTC

  Brazil's central bank raises Selic rate to 13,75%, hoping to contain inflation

  

  Brazil's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the 11th straight time on Wednesday, bringing the Selic rate to 13,75%, in an attempt to contain inflation in Latin America’s biggest economy.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 22:01 UTC

  Brazilian Senate to oversee Amazonia investigations

  

  Brazil's Senate Monday approved an initiative to create a temporary committee to oversee the probe into the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips, a correspondent for The Guardian, and his indigenist guide Bruno Araújo Pereira, a National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) official on leave.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Brazilian scientists trace more transmissible COVID-19 strains

  

  Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Rio de Janeiro has identified, by genomic analysis, the replacement of strain BA.1 by strain BA.2 in samples analyzed between May 20 and June 2. Both are subvariants of Omicron.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 10:25 UTC

  Brazil's trade balance positive, but below last year's figures

  

  Brazil's trade balance for the first five months of the year accumulates a surplus of US$ 25.128 billion, it was reported Monday.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 09:26 UTC

  Brazilian team releases outlook ahead of BRICS Summit

  

  Brazil's Center for International Relations (CEBRI) Monday released a report on the country's expectations regarding its involvement in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) bloc.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 20:55 UTC

  UK journalist and guide in Amazonia said to have been found dead – Police denies it

  

  Despite versions from family members that two bodies had been found belonging to missing British reporter Dom Phillips and indgenist expert Bruno Araújo Pereira, Brazilian Federal Police in the state of Amazonas deny any such discoveries.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 20:39 UTC

  Third case of monkeypox confirmed in Brazil

  

  Brazilian health authorities Monday confirmed the third case of monkeypox nationwide had been detected. It was a 51-year-old Porto Alegre resident who had returned from Portugal last week.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Uruguay, Brazil agree on zero-tariff for certain products

  

  While the spotlight at the Summit of the Americas was focused on heads of state not shaking hands and some countries being excluded, the Foreign Ministers of Uruguay and Brazil agreed on a zero tariff in free trade zones and special customs areas for an unlimited period of time.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Bolsonaro sees himself jailed after leaving office, “like Áñez”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said from Orlando in the United States that he feared he might end up like former Bolivia's Jeanine Áñez when he leaves office.

• Saturday, June 11th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Bolsonaro meets Biden one-on-one at LA Summit

  

  Presidents Joseph Biden of the United States and Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil Friday held a one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles.