Brazil

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazilian pork exports in a recovery tendency: China remains the main market

  

  The Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA) has reported that pork exports (all products, raw and processed included) reached 91.4 thousand tons in March, which is 16.3% lower than the February 2021 record with 109,2 thousand tons.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Brazil moves towards permanent joint police force with Paraguay

  

  Brazil and Paraguay have agreed to bolster their efforts against organized crime after Justice and Public Security Minister Anderson Torres visited his colleagues in Asunciuón Tuesday.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 23:12 UTC

  New pricing system puts Brazil closer to joining OECD, says Guedes

  

  Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes Tuesday said his country was a step closer to joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) after a new transfer pricing system was introduced.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Brazil gaining ground in the US beef market: main exporter in first two months of 2022

  

  Brazil in the first two months of this year became for the first time ever, the main supplier of beef to the United States. In January the US took 45,400 tons of Brazilian beef and in February 25,600, totaling 71,000 tons, ahead of more traditional suppliers such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico, according to US Agriculture Department released early April.

• Monday, April 11th 2022 - 23:42 UTC

  Brazil's military spends large amounts on Viagra and baldness drugs

  

  A Brazilian opposition congressman has demanded Monday that the Ministry of Defense delivers a plausible explanation for the purchase of 35,000 Viagra pills in addition to hair loss medication as shown in military budget documents.

• Monday, April 11th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Brazil discussing with US sanctions on Teheran to help liberate Iranian fertilizers

  

  Brazil is in discussions with the United States for a truce that would allow Brazilian companies to buy fertilizers from Iran. Because the United States has imposed sanctions on Iran, Brazilian firms are hesitant to purchase Iranian fertilizers as doing business with Iran might provoke a reaction from the US.

• Monday, April 11th 2022 - 09:32 UTC

  Brazil's inflation for March 2022 disclosed: highest in 28 years

  

  Brazilian economic authorities have last week disclosed the monthly inflation for March of 2022: It was 1.62%, the highest for the same period in the last 28 years, making the year-on-year accumulation reach 11.30%, way above expectations.

• Saturday, April 9th 2022 - 16:39 UTC

  Lula officially announces Alckmin will be his running mate

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT, left) Friday announced in an official manner that his former rival in the 2006 elections, Geraldo Alckmin, will be his running mate Oct. 2.

• Saturday, April 9th 2022 - 08:08 UTC

  Petrobras lowers price of cooking gas

  

  Brazil's state-run Petrobras Friday announced a reduction in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) sold to distributors and which is used for cooking and heating in households.

• Saturday, April 9th 2022 - 07:33 UTC

  Brazil's overall crop expected to reach 258,9 million tons

  

  IBGE, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics cut the country's cereals, pulses, and oilseeds output estimate. According to the Statistics of Agricultural Production, conducted in March, Brazil will harvest an output of 258.9 million tons in 2022, 1% below (2.7 million tons less) than anticipated in February.