Brazil

• Monday, January 9th 2023 - 21:02 UTC

  Brazil's three branches of gov't sign pro-democracy statement

  

  The heads of Brazil's three branches of government Monday issued a joint document defense of democracy and against Sunday's “terrorist acts, vandalism, criminals and coup plotters,” Agencia Brasil reported.

• Monday, January 9th 2023 - 20:58 UTC

  Brasilia Governor suspended for 90 days

  

  Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes has suspended Brasilia Governor for 90 days after Sunday's violent events at the headquarters of the three branches of government in the capital of South America's largest country.

• Monday, January 9th 2023 - 20:51 UTC

  Bolsonaro hospitalized in the United States

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted at AdventHealth Celebration, a hospital located near Orlando in the US State of Florida with severe abdominal pain, according to O Globo quoting the blog of journalist Lauto Jarmin.

• Monday, January 9th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Federal intervention decreed on Brasilia's public security secretariat

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Sunday issued a decree providing for federal intervention in the public security area of the Federal District (GDF) until January 31, 2023.

• Monday, January 9th 2023 - 10:51 UTC

  Bolsonarist demonstrators storm gov't buildings in Brasilia

  

  Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday staged a demonstration throughout Brasilia during which the National Congress, the Planalto Palace, and the Supreme Court (STF) building were stormed. At least 260 were arrested, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Monday, January 9th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

  Brazilian prosecutors want former Justice Minister arrested over Sunday's riots

  

  Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU) Sunday requested the arrest of former federal Justice Minister Anderson Torres and of “all public agents responsible for the acts and omissions” during the demonstrations that caused havoc to the headquarters of the three branches of government.

• Saturday, January 7th 2023 - 11:27 UTC

  Lula to be in Montevideo the day after CELAC summit

  

  Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is to visit Montevideo on Jan. 25 after spending two days in Buenos Aires, it was announced Friday.

• Saturday, January 7th 2023 - 11:15 UTC

  Theme cruise ship from Brazil due in Buenos Aires after calls in Uruguay

  

  The luxury cruise ship Azamara Pursuit is due Saturday in Buenos Aires after departing from Brazil and making calls in Montevideo and Punta del Este. Unlike other vessels looking similar on the surface, this particular case is reported to have 564 passengers onboard, most of whom are swinger couples from the United States seeking new experiences with like-minded people.

• Saturday, January 7th 2023 - 07:03 UTC

  Uruguayan organic beef, processed in Brazil successfully shipped to US

  

  The Brazilian food processing corporation Marfrig announced that it started to process organic meat at its unit located in Hulha Negra, in Rio Grande do Sul, (Southern Brazil) with raw material coming from the company’s plant in Uruguay.

• Saturday, January 7th 2023 - 07:00 UTC

  Port of Santos goal, becoming one of ten largest container ports, and definitively, “no privatization” under Lula

  

  Recently appointed Brazilian Minister of Ports and Airports, Márcio França, said that his goal is to make the Port of Santos one of the ten largest ports in terms of container movement in the world. The statement was made at a press conference after the ceremony in which he took office, in Brasília.