Brazil

Thursday, November 17th 2022 - 10:29 UTC
Brazil's largest port privatization clears the decisive Audits Court

The privatization of Brazil's largest and busiest sea terminal, the Port of Santos clears another barrier. In effect the final report released by the Brazilian federal court of audits TCU did not express major reservations over the privatization process.
Thursday, November 17th 2022 - 10:18 UTC
Lula wants to host COP30, announces Ministry of Indigenous People

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced during his appearance at the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, that he will create a ministry of native peoples so that indigenous people “are not treated as bandits.”
Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 09:24 UTC
Brazil signs biodiversity deal with Indonesia and Congo

Brazil's Foreign Ministry announced that the South American country had reached a biodiversity agreement with Indonesia and Congo to preserve their respective tropical rainforests, which are the largest in the world.
Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
South Korea and Brazil developing space rocket industry; first launch next month

A South Korean space startup for small launch vehicles, Innospace has signed a commercial contract to launch a Brazilian military payload, a symbolic win for the burgeoning space exploration industry from the Asian country.
Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:41 UTC
Brazil's navy ex-flagship, carrier Sao Paulo has become a roaming “ghost ship”

A Federal Court in Pernambuco, northeast of Brazil issued an emergency injunction ordering the country's Navy to immediately suspend the forced berthing of the tugboat transporting scrap metal from the “São Paulo” aircraft carrier. The convoy has been on the coast of Pernambuco since early October and has been identified as “ghost ship.”
Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
World's largest meat producer slowdown begins to reflect in Mercosur cattle prices

Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest meat producer reported last Friday that quarterly profit plunged 47.1%, with results still beating analysts’ estimates as higher revenues helped offset shrinking margins in its U.S. beef division.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 18:05 UTC
Former Brazilian lawmaker gets 50-year jail term

Former Brazilian federal Congresswoman Flordelis dos Santos has been sentenced to 50 years and 28 days in prison for the June 16, 2019, murder of her husband, Pastor Anderson do Carmo.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon hits record highs

Brazil's Amazon lost 903.8 square kilometers of forest during the month of October of 2022, which is tantamount to 3% more than in the same period last year, the National Institute of Special Research (INPE) reported during the weekend.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Leftwing newspaper HQs in Brazil attacked

An unidentified assailant has fired several shots with a handgun at the headquarters of the leftwing leaning Rondoniaovivo newspaper in the city of Porto Velho, in the Brazilian State of Rondônia.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:25 UTC
Brazil's auto industry production and exports in solid recovery

In the first ten months of 2022, Brazil exported 406 thousand car units, representing an increase of 32.4% compared to the same period in 2021. In this context, exports to countries such as Chile, Colombia, and Mexico stood out as the main export destinations for the Brazilian automotive industry.