Brazil

• Friday, January 6th 2023 - 19:30 UTC

  Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon hit record highs in Bolsonaro's last year

  

  Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon during 2022, the last year of rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro in office, reached a surface akin to that of a country such as Lebanon, it was reported Friday.

• Friday, January 6th 2023 - 19:15 UTC

  Brazil's Federal Gov't recognizes emergency in inner São Paulo state

  

  Brazil's National Secretariat for Protection and Civil Defense Friday recognized Friday in documents published in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette) that a situation of emergency existed in storm-hit Araraquara, in the state of São Paulo, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Friday, January 6th 2023 - 10:31 UTC

  Brazil provides 20% of the world's cotton supply, and is second global exporter

  

  Brazil provides 20% of the world’s cotton supply, making it the second largest cotton exporter in the world. Cotton represents Brazil’s seventh-largest export product in terms of value: in the market year 2021/2022 alone, 1.68 thousand tons were exported, generating more than USD 3.2 billion in cash. The stats were supplied by the industry association Abrapa.

• Thursday, January 5th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  Brazil: Environment Minister announces National Authority for Climate Security

  

  São Paulo Deputy-elect Marina Silva was sworn in Wednesday as Brazil's new Environment Ministry, almost 15 years after leaving that office during President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's second term in office.

• Thursday, January 5th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Judge De Moraes seizes passports of Bolsonarist journalists

  

  Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes ordered the seizure of the passports belonging to Jovem Pan radio reporters Rodrigo Constantino and Paulo Figueiredo, who are well-known for their allegiance to former President Jair Bolsonaro and are under investigation for spreading fake news and for their alleged involvement in the demonstrations calling for a coup d'état.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2023 - 21:16 UTC

  Brazilian VP says tax reform key to reindustrialization

  

  Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin insisted Tuesday that reshaping the country's tax scheme was vital to the reindustrialization of South America's largest economy.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2023 - 12:44 UTC

  Integration and common currency, according to Argentine ambassador in Brazil

  

  Argentine ambassador in Brazil, Daniel Scioli said that with president Lula da Silva now in office integration between Argentina and Brazil will move faster, and mentioned both countries are considering a common currency for bilateral trade probably extensive to all Mercosur members.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2023 - 12:41 UTC

  Brazil ended 2022 with a US$ 62bn surplus and overall trade turnover plus US$ 600bn

  

  Brazil's trade balance closed the year 2022 at a record surplus of US$ 62.3 billion. Compared with the previous year, when the positive balance totaled US$ 61.4 billion, there was an increase of 1.5%.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Pelé laid to rest after procession through streets of Santos

  

  In a private ceremony attended only by relatives and close friends, Brazil's football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known to the world as Pelé, has laid to rest Tuesday afternoon at the Memorial Necropolis Ecumenical in Santos, the seaside city of São Paulo where he rose to stardom.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2023 - 09:39 UTC

  UK might contribute to Brazil's Amazon Fund

  

  The United Kingdom might join Germany and Norway as a donor to Brazil's Amazon Fund to boost sustainability in the rainforest, British Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey said.