Brazil

• Friday, September 17th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Bolsonaro says he will attend UN General Assembly despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday insisted he will attend the UN General Assembly next week in New York despite not having taken a COVID-19 vaccine.

• Friday, September 17th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Brazil installs sanitary control facilities near Paraguayan border

  

  Brazil health authorities Thursday set up a huge awning about 50 meters from the International Friendship Bridge crossing into Paraguay to carry out quick COVID-19 tests. The campaign will span for two weeks and will not be mandatory.

• Friday, September 17th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  São Paulo Mayor wants Guarani to become city's 2nd language

  

  São Paulo Mayor Ricardo Nunes Thursday sent a by to the local City Council whereby Guarani would be declared the second official language of South America's largest city.

• Thursday, September 16th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Brazil’s STF suspends revisiting case involving ancestral lands

  

  Brazil's Federal Superior Court (STF) Wednesday decided to call off debating a land case which involves requests from indigenous groups, at the request of one Justice, who asked for “more time”

• Wednesday, September 15th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Brazilian Senate repeals Bolsonaro decree against social media alleged censorship

  

  Brazil's Senate Speaker Rodrigo Pacheco Tuesday repealed a Law-decree issued last week by President Jair Bolsonaro concerning censorship on social media.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Pelé discharged from ICU but stays hospitalized

  

  Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known worldwide as Pelé, has been discharged from São Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital's Intensive Care Unit Tuesday but will remain in the institution to continue with his recovery from a colon tumour surgery.

• Tuesday, September 14th 2021 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazil's STF may sentence Bolsonaro to pay fine over homophobic statements

  

  A lawsuit filed against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro for statements made in March 2011 during a TV show at the time he was a deputy Monday reached the country's Federal Superior Court (STF).

• Tuesday, September 14th 2021 - 09:33 UTC

  Relief in Brazilian markets, on the truce between Bolsonaro and the Justices

  

  Brazil's Sao Paulo stock exchange recovered on Monday, helped by the positive climate in global markets plus the relative truce following the political-institutional clash of last week between president Jair Bolsonaro and the Supreme Federal Tribunal, even when questions persist among financial operators.

• Monday, September 13th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Demonstrations in Sao Paulo call for dismissal of Brazil's president

  

  Protesters marched Sunday along Sao Paulos Avenida Paulista demanding the removal from the office of President Jair Bolsonaro, whom they perceive to be a threat to the rule of law.

• Saturday, September 11th 2021 - 10:16 UTC

  Azul returning to Uruguay in November from Porto Alegre

  

  Brazilian carrier Azul will resume flights to Uruguay as of November 10 with the reopening of the Porto Alegre-Montevideo route four times a week.