Brazil

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazil wants to team Guyana and Suriname oil and gas in a regional energy corridor

  

  Brazil is betting strongly to become the main player in the development of oil and gas production in its northeast corner, where the state of Amapá shares proximity with French Guiana, Suriname, and Guyana, these two of which are set to become significant players in the hydrocarbons business.

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  At least 18 killed in São Paulo heavy rains

  

  Brazilian authorities Sunday reported at least 18 people had died in the state of São Paulo following heavy rains which also left nine other people injured and over 500 families homeless. Among the fatal victims, there were seven children and other four people who were missing, São Paulo Governor Joao Doria explained.

• Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Brazil: Police report says Bolsonaro's guilt proven in voting system leak

  

  Brazilian Federal Police (PF) said President Jair Bolsonaro's “direct” and “conscious” action had been established when leaking confidential data about the country's electronic voting system.

• Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Brazil's Anvisa outlines differences between pediatric COVID-19 vaccines

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Friday released a statement warning of the differences between COVID-19 vaccines for children to highlight the specifics of newly-released drugs.

• Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Young woman calls Bolsonaro a “farce”

  

  A 19-year-old girl Wednesday upset Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at his usual greeting before followers at the Alvorada Palace to recite a biblical verse, demand answers, and call him “a farce,” something which visibly irritated him.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 20:21 UTC

  COVID-19 hospitalizations pushing Brazil's health system to its limits

  

  Brazil's National Council of Secretaries of Health (Conass) Wednesday reported that intensive care units (ICUs) at eight States were full up to over 80% of their capacity with COVID-19 patients and that the situation was likely to worsen in the coming days.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 14:28 UTC

  Uruguay and Chile, the least corrupt “in a corrupt continent”

  

  Corruption in Latin America is one of the most notorious problems on the region's agenda after a decade of major judicial operations that exposed corruption schemes involving governments and companies alike. According to Transparency International (TI), corruption has been entrenched in Latin America for more than a decade with little progress and many setbacks in terms of democracy and human rights.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  OECD to evaluate Argentina, Brazil and Peru as potential members

  

  The Council of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has decided to discuss the admission into the group of Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, it was announced Tuesday.

• Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Global Inflation: Brazil's Guedes and Europe's Lagarde have opposing positions

  

  Brazilian economy minister Paulo Guedes said that inflation will become a long-term challenge for Western countries, since “the beast is already out of the bottle”, and central bankers have been caught “sleeping at the driving wheel”.

• Saturday, January 22nd 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  Pelé's health deteriorates, back to chemotherapy

  

  Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, Friday was diagnosed to have three organs affected with cancer, due to which he has returned to undertaking chemotherapy sessions.