Brazil

Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Travel mate of first Omicron case in Brazil found on Paraguayan border

Sanitary authorities have detected one man who lives in neighboring Foz do Iguaçu and works in Paraguay had boarded the same flight from South Africa Nov. 27 carrying a man infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 at a time Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) warnings were not yet in force.
Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:54 UTC
Latin American left wing leaders expecting progressive victories in Chile and Brazil

The Puebla Group, a gathering of left-wing leaders from Latin America and Spain held a meeting in Mexico on Tuesday to celebrate the victory of Xiomara Castro in the Honduran presidential election and looked forward to similar triumphs by Chilean candidate Gabriel Boric in December and hopefully Lula da Silva next year in Brazil.
Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:53 UTC
Brazil reports first two cases of Omicron Covid-19 variant

Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Tuesday reported having detected the first two local cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, which are also the first two infections of this kind in the entire South American continent.
Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 18:18 UTC
Bolsonaro joins Liberal Party with 2022 elections in mind

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has joined the Liberal Party (PL) under which he will be able to seek reelection in October, next year. With Tuesday's move, Bolsonaro has left behind his discrepancies with the party leadership, most specifically with party chairman Valdemar da Costa Neto.
Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 09:33 UTC
Former Sao Paulo Governor Alckmin asked to run for Brazil's VP job alongside Lula

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and former São Paulo State Governor Geraldo Alckmin were said Monday to have been working on a possible ticket for next year's presidential elections.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 21:54 UTC
Brazil closes borders on six African countries due to Omicron variant

The Government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday decided to shut down the international borders to travelers from six African countries where the new coronavirus Omicron variant of concern has been detected.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
“Auxilio Brasil” intended to benefit 17 million families with monthly payments approved in Congress

The massive social welfare program, Auxilio Brasil, promoted by the administration of president Jair Bolsonaro was passed this week in the Lower House and is expected to be approved in the Senate where leaders have promised to address it as a priority.
Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:54 UTC
Macron's support for Lula “a provocation” says Bolsonaro

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said that Former President Luiz Inácio Lulas Da Silva being received by France's head of state Emmanuel Macron last week was a “provocation.”
Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Presidents of Brazil and Paraguay meet in Brasilia but reach no agreement on Itaipú rates

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday did not concede an iota of what his Paraguayan counterpart Mario Abdo Benítez was seeking during a bilateral Summit in Brasilia to discuss Annex C of the Itaipú agreement regarding fees.
Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:42 UTC
A slight opening of Chinese market to Brazilian beef; Russia increases the list of abattoirs certified to export

China's Administration of Customs, GACC announced on Wednesday it was authorizing the unloading of Brazilian beef, certified before September 4th., the date when the suspension was caused by the confirmation of two atypical cases of “mad cow” disease in Brazil, (in Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso), became effective.