Brazil

Monday, September 12th 2022 - 19:17 UTC
Bolsonaro plans to attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed he will be attending Queen Elizabeth II's funeral next Monday in London, from where he will fly straight to New York for the United Nations General Assembly the following day. Traditionally, the Brazilian president's speech opens the conference.
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
Bolsonaro not allowed to use Independence Day celebrations for political gain

Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Benedito Goncalves partially granted a petition from former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva requesting incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro be banned from using images of the September 7 celebrations for his own political campaign ahead of next month's elections.
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:14 UTC
Turkey rejects scrapping Brazilian air carrier because of undeclared hazardous materials

The decommissioned Brazilian navy air carrier Sao Paulo, originally the Foch, a French Clemenceau-class carrier, built in the late 1950s and commissioned in 1963 is being towed back to Rio do Janeiro, unable to reach Turkey to be scrapped.
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:12 UTC
RAF AirTanker heading to Brize Norton from MPA lands in Rio do Janeiro

An Airbus A330-200 from AirTanker, on contract with the Royal Air Force (RAF), has reportedly made an unscheduled landing at the Galeao airport in Rio do Janeiro. The aircraft took off from the Falkland Islands on Friday (09/09) afternoon, on a regular flight to Brize Norton, with a stopover in Cape Verde, but ended in Rio.
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:04 UTC
Wind energy and green hydrogen projects in Rio Grande do Sul target 13% of power demand

The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with Neoenergia, a subsidiary of the Spanish giant electricity energy corporation Iberdrola, for the development of offshore wind power, plus a project for the production of green hydrogen.
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:01 UTC
Hearing for the privatization of Brazil's major port again postponed

The public hearing for the privatization of Brazil's largest and most dynamic port terminal has been again postponed, for a third time, following on an announcement from the Brazilian National Social Development Bank (BNDES). The purpose of such an action, referred to the Port of Santos, is to give time to more recommendations from the private sector to improve tender conditions.
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 09:34 UTC
At least 22 killed as speedboat sinks in Brazilian state of Pará

Brazilian authorities Sunday confirmed two more bodies had been retrieved after a boat sank Thursday morning near Cotijuba Island, in Belém, but it was not until this weekend that the accident has been reported.
Saturday, September 10th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Many Brazilian parents no longer vaccinate children against controlled diseases

Brazilian scientists have expressed their concern over a recurrent attitude among parents who have ceased to vaccinate their children against diseases that have been eradicated but which might return without proper care.
Friday, September 9th 2022 - 17:09 UTC
Lula likens Bolsonaro's Independence Day ceremony to the Ku Kux Klan

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva likened the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro's Independence Day parade (Sept. 7) to a Ku Klux Klan show in which the current head of state just “lacked the hood.”
Friday, September 9th 2022 - 09:41 UTC
Trump shows full support for Bolsonaro ahead of elections

Former US President Donald Trump expressed his full support for the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's elections to be held next month, because he “is a wonderful man and has my complete and total endorsement.”