Brazil

Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Bolsonaro's popularity coming around ahead of presidential elections

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro sees his chances of reelection in October improve after a drop in unemployment announced Friday helped him narrow the gap against the former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.
Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Brazilian judge bans Telegram app nationwide

Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Friday ordered the smart telephone application Telegram banned nationwide, claiming it did not help authorities fight the so-called spread of “fake news.”
Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 20:53 UTC
Increase in fuel price, a crime against Brazilians, says Bolsonaro

Brazil's oil company Petrobras came under heavy criticism Wednesday from President Jair Bolsonaro, who claimed the decision to raise the price of fuel at pumps was both “absurd” and “a crime against the population.”
Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 09:32 UTC
Bolsonaro awarded medal for “indigenist merit”

Brazil's Justice Ministry Wednesday awarded President Jair Bolsonaro the medal for “indigenist merit,” a distinction which is granted to outstanding personalities who stand for the good of the native communities. The head of state was deemed worthy of such an accolade “in recognition of the relevant services of altruistic character, related to the welfare, protection, and defense of the indigenous communities” despite his notorious actions regarding the economic exploitation of the native ancestral lands.
Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 22:55 UTC
Brazil's Central Bank raises interest rate to 11.75%, highest since 2017

Brazil's central bank (BCB) on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by 1 percentage point to 11.75%, a high in nearly five years, in a bid to curb inflation that “continued to surprise” amid pressures exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. Last time with such a high inflation was last April, 2017.
Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 21:16 UTC
Brazil's health minister recants Deltacron findings announcement

Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga Tuesday went back on his steps and now said the two cases of Deltacron COVID-19 he had announced a day earlier are in fact still under investigation.
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 20:10 UTC
Cases of Deltacron confirmed in Brazil

Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga Tuesday confirmed two cases of the Deltacron variant of COVID-19 had been detected in the country.
Saturday, March 12th 2022 - 04:06 UTC
Brazilian telemarketers have identification prefix added to their lines

Brazilian telemarketing companies have been forced to add a prefix to their telephone numbers since March 10, which allows recipients to decide whether they want to take incoming calls.
Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:29 UTC
Native Brazilians to tell UN violence, illegal mining on the rise

Groups of native Brazilians are to appear before the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) to condemn the increase of illegal mining and violence in their communities, including death threats, raids, and forced displacements, the Missionary Indigenous Council (CIMI) announced this week.
Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
Brazil outlines 30-year plan to cut fertilizer overseas dependency

Agricultural power Brazil faced with an insufficient stable supply of fertilizers for its farmers, and given the current volatility of international prices because of the war in Ukraine has made public the goals of its National Fertilizer Plan, which includes some sharing with Mercosur partners.