Brazil

• Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:07 UTC

  Six people missing after shipwreck off Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro

  

  Wind-chill temperatures in Rio de Janeiro reached 58°C Saturday before a storm broke out, leaving eight people missing following a shipwreck off Guanabara Bay. It was the highest temperature since 2009 when wind-chill measurements started to be taken. By Sunday the temperature dropped to 41.1 °C amid a strong storm. The boat capsized at sea off Paquetá Island in the middle of the storm.

• Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

  Garimpeiros leave Yanomami land before armed forces takeover

  

  Illegal miners known as garimpeiros are beginning to leave the lands of the Yanomami indigenous peoples after a federal raid to evict them was announced by President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara told reporters Sunday.

• Sunday, February 5th 2023 - 08:57 UTC

  São Paulo aircraft carrier sank despite ecologists' opposition

  

  Brazil finally sank in a controlled manner the hull of what once was the pride of the South American country's Navy: the aircraft carrier São Paulo, also known as Foch during her time with the French Navy.

• Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 11:44 UTC

  De Moraes orders probe into Senator Do Val's statements regarding coup

  

  After Senator Marcos Do Val (Podemos-ES) claimed to have participated in a meeting with former President Jair Bolsonaro to discuss a coup d'état, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes ordered Friday an investigation into such allegations.

• Friday, February 3rd 2023 - 10:01 UTC

  Brazilian Navy announces Sau Paulo carrier to be sunk despite environmental protests

  

  The Government of Brazil plans to sink the decommissioned French-built Sao Paulo aircraft carrier in the middle of the Atlantic ocean after the depleted structure has spent months wandering with no port to dock for scrapping due to the presence of toxic materials in the hull, it was reported Thursday.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Uruguay cattle breeders fear 'monopoly conditions' as Brazilian companies control most of the beef industry

  

  Brazil's protein producer giant Minerva Foods issued a note to the market communicating the purchase of state-of-the-art Breeders and Packers Uruguay (BPU Meat) abattoir and processing plant for USD 40 million. The conclusion of the deal is still pending approval by the Uruguayan authorities.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 10:44 UTC

  “Lula won't last long,” Bolsonaro warns

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday during a speech before a group of his followers in the US State of Florida that the current administration of President Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva might have its days numbered.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 10:28 UTC

  Brazil Central Bank leaves benchmark rate unchanged at 13,75%; warns about fiscal policy

  

  Brazil's Central Bank on Wednesday left the Selic benchmark interest rate at 13,75%, but in the adjoining release, the bank's rate setting committee, Copom said the high interest rate policy is expected to last longer than market expectations because of fiscal risks

• Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  Southern Brazil pork and poultry farmers concerned with Chinese demand for “overpriced” corn

  

  Expectations of large Brazilian corn exports to China in 2023 are worrying Brazil’s meat companies, according to a statement from Santa Catarina’s meat processors lobby Sindicarne this week. The group said competition from Chinese buyers is already reducing local supplies and making corn used to feed poultry and pork an “overpriced” commodity.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Lira reelected Speaker of Brazil's Lower House by overwhelming majority

  

  Congressman Arthur Lira (PP-AL) was reelected Wednesday as Speaker of Brazil's Lower House for the next two years. It will be Lira's fourth term on the post after garnering a record 464 votes. The second most-voted candidate was Deputy Chico Alencar (PSOL-RJ) with 21 votes, followed by Deputy Marcel Van Hatten (Novo-RS) with 19 votes. There were also five blank votes.