Brazil

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 10:48 UTC

  Presidential debate in Brazil almost ends up in a fistfight

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro took center stage Sunday in a TV presidential debate featuring all candidates due to participate in the upcoming October 2 elections.

• Saturday, August 27th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Brazil estimates a grains and oilseeds 2022/23 harvest of 308 million tons

  

  Brazil's government CONAB, (National Supply Company) anticipated that the 2022/23 grains and oil seeds harvest would reach 308 million tons, given the good performance and strong international demand for corn, soybean, rice, beans and cotton.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 17:46 UTC

  Brazil greenlights import of vaccine, drug against monkeypox

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Thursday cleared the Health Ministry in separate but unanimous decisions to import and use the Jynneos / Imvanex vaccine and the drug Tecovirimat, both against monkeypox.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 17:37 UTC

  Lula calls Bolsonaro the court's jester

  

  Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Thursday admitted in a TV interview that there were cases of corruption during his consecutive terms as President of Brazil (2003-2010).

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  Russia replacing Brazil as one of China's main oil suppliers

  

  Russia has become China's main oil supplier for the third month running during July, according to information from Hong Kong market analysts. Apparently independent refiners stepped up purchases of discounted supplies while cutting shipments from rival suppliers such as Angola and Brazil.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 19:26 UTC

  Voters carrying cell phones into booths may be arrested, Brazil's TSE rules

  

  Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Thursday issued a plenum ruling banning the use of cell phones within voting booths in the October presidential elections, even if the device is turned off.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:38 UTC

  Brazilian presidential election: opinion polls show Bolsonaro closing in on Lula, but still not enough

  

  The poll from Instituto Parana Pesquisa was released 24 August and compared to the previous one from August second, the difference which stood at 5,5 percentage points has now fallen to 4,7 percentage points.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  Second corn crop helps Brazil achieve a harvest of 271 million tons, and target 300 million tons in a near future

  

  Brazil is forecasted to break another crop record in 2022 with the largst grain harvest in history, particularly because of the second crop of corn in Brazil, or safrinha. Previously considered merely a way to keep the soil in use between two important harvests, corn’s second crop gained importance as production became more sophisticated with the aid of technology.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Fertilizer congress reveals Brazil's efforts in accessing the input and the need to promote a national industry

  

  The ninth edition of the Brazilian Fertilizer Congress, organized by ANDA, (Brazilian National Fertilizers Organization) underscored the main difficulties faced by the agriculture sector in having access to fertilizer at a time of global logistics chaos caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Brazilian law enforcement seize cocaine attached to the hull of a vessel in Santos bound for the Netherlands

  

  In recent articles, MercoPress has informed on the seizure of several significant drug shipments to European ports from Mercosur countries, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It seems policing has become more efficient or drug smugglers are running out of options.