Brazil

• Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 21:32 UTC

  Bolsonaro says voting for Lula is like hiring traffickers to fight drug dealing

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro likened his predecessor and electoral rival Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and the latter's running mate to notorious local drug traffickers.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 08:47 UTC

  Brazil's cities have more poor people

  

  The number of people below the line of poverty in Brazil's 22 largest cities has reached 19.8 million in 2021, it was reported Monday by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), the Metropolis Observatory, and the Network of Observatories of Social Debt in Latin America (RedODSAL).

• Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 07:32 UTC

  Slight improvement in Brazil's inflation forecast

  

  Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) released a new study whereby this year's National Wide Consumer Price Index (IPCA) projections for this year fell from 7.15% to 7.11%, in what became the sixth consecutive forecast reduction.

• Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  German consul in Rio arrested over husband's murder

  

  Germany's Consul in Rio de Janeiro Uwe Herbert Hahn has been arrested over the death of his Belgian husband of 23 years, who fell from his Ipanema apartment after suffering a sudden illness, it was reported.

• Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Brazil launches multi-vaccination campaign

  

  In a move to make up for time lost during COVID-19 lockdowns, Brazilian health authorities Sunday launched a multi-vaccination campaign focused on polio and other diseases targetting children and adolescents who have failed to take the immunizers.

• Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Brazil's Lower House passes bill to donate arms to Uruguay's Army

  

  Brazilian defense authorities are moving ahead with their plans to donate military equipment to Uruguay consisting of M108 howitzers and Urutu vehicles after the Lower House passed a bill in that regard which has now been sent over to the Senate.

• Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 05:13 UTC

  Small party adds key votes to Lula's campaign

  

  Presidential candidate Andrés Janones of the moderate Avante party Thursday stepped down from the race in order to support former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's bid to succeed the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

• Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 05:07 UTC

  Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon still high despite ongoing decline

  

  According to satellite imagery data released Friday, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon remained high despite a slight decline.

• Friday, August 5th 2022 - 08:47 UTC

  Brazil soybean exports down 8,87% in first half of 2022 compared to 2021

  

  Brazil shipped 55.1 million tons of soybeans in the first half of 2022, which is 8.87% less than in the same period of 2021 (60.5 million tons), according to the National Association of Cereal Exporters. (Anec).

• Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 22:43 UTC

  Uruguayan senator said that Argentina's crisis is “because it is full of Argentines” and caused a controversy

  

  The Senator for the left-wing coalition Frente Amplio (Broad Front), Daniel Caggiani, was interviewed by local Channel 12’s Desayunos Informales about the regional situation and the negotiation for an eventual Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Uruguay and China, which has generated tensions between Mercosur partners.