Brazil

• Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 20:30 UTC

  Brazilian port of Santos handles growing volumes of trade

  

  The state-owned Santos Port Authority (SPA) reported over the weekend that volumes handled through the largest seaport in Brazil grew 2.3% between April and June of 2022, reaching 42 million tons of goods.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 08:27 UTC

  Lula wants BRICS to broker ceasefire in Ukraine

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who leads all polls to return to the Planalto Palace after the October elections, met with Russia's Ambassador to Brasilia Alexei Labetski and suggested the BRICS group the two countries share with India, China and South Africa should broker a cease-fire in Ukraine.

• Monday, August 15th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Russia almost doubles exports' value to Brazil in first half of 2022: mainly fertilizers and fuel

  

  Russia almost doubled the value of its exports to Brazil in the first half of this year and has climbed to fifth supplier of Latin America's largest economy. This despite the trade, financial and diplomatic sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom following its invasion of Ukraine.

• Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Brazil: Bolsonaro insists he is not planning a coup

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday replied to an initiative by opposition parties and movements signing a letter in defense of democracy, which they argue is under threat by the incumbent head of state who might not acknowledge electoral defeat in October.

• Friday, August 12th 2022 - 21:02 UTC

  Non-Bolsonarist Brazilians sign open letter in favor of democracy

  

  Over 900,000 Brazilians from various political ideas including scholars, business people, and artists Thursday warned against “authoritarian setbacks” through an open letter which included former Presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva among its signatories.

• Friday, August 12th 2022 - 09:32 UTC

  Rosa Weber voted to become Brazilian STF's next Chief Justice

  

  Judge Rosa Weber is to take over as Brazil's new Supreme Federal Court (STF) Chief Justice on September 12 after Wednesday's voting when the incumbent Luiz Fux completes his two-year term.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 20:45 UTC

  Google sets eyes on Las Toninas for transoceanic internet cable

  

  Argentina's National Communications Agency (Enacom) has authorized Google Infraestructura Argentina SRL to install a fiber optic system called Firmina through Argentine Sea waters, which “will be the longest in the world” providing internet connectivity.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Retail sales drop but use of credit cards grows in Brazil

  

  While according to Brazil's Insitute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), retail sales fell below expectations in June, payments with credit and debit cards were on the rise, it was reported Wednesday.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Cyclone causes havoc in southern Brazil

  

  A subtropical cyclone has left substantial damage and many people injured in the Brazilian southern state of Santa Catarina, where the seaside resorts have been placed under alert amid landslides.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2022 - 19:38 UTC

  Brazil and Paraguay cut down energy prices at Itaipu

  

  Authorities from Brazil and Paraguay have announced a reduction in the price of energy from the binational Itaipu power plant from US$ 22.60 to US$20.75 per kilowatt.