Brazil

• Saturday, September 11th 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  With mediation of ex president Temer, Bolsonaro tries to mend relations with the Supreme Court

  

  Justice Alexandre de Moraes, from the Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal, received on Friday the visit from Justice and Public Security minister Anderson Torres, following on the mediation from ex-president Michel Temer. The meeting was held in Sao Paulo and lasted four hours.

• Friday, September 10th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Brazilian truckers agree to lift blockades but remain mobilized in support of Bolsonaro

  

  Lorry drivers who support Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's personal quest against the Federal Superior Court (STF) Thursday agreed to lift the road blockades they had set up in at least 15 states.

• Friday, September 10th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  BRICS issues New Delhi Declaration calling for investigations on coronavirus to be free from political influences

  

  Leaders of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Thursday agreed on the use of science-based methods to determine the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes COVID-19.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 12:48 UTC

  Brazil imports record volumes of Argentine corn to feed poultry and pork

  

  While Brazil is complying with the last shipments of corn contracted earlier and at a lesser rhythm and volume than a year earlier, imports of the grain compared to 2020, have more than doubled this year, mainly from Argentina.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazil terminates bilateral shipping agreements with Argentina and Uruguay

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has decided to terminate both bilateral maritime transport agreements with Argentina and Uruguay, it was announced.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Brazilian Supreme Judges react to Bolsonaro and call for his impeachment; markets plunge

  

  The leading index of Sao Paulo's stock exchange Bovespa dropped on Wednesday 3,78% to 113,413 points in reaction to Tuesday's “anti-democratic” speeches from Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, and his attacks on the Federal Supreme Court, STF, precisely on Tuesday 7 September, Independence Day.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Truckers support Bolsonaro, block many roads all across Brazil

  

  Brazilian lorry drivers were placing their vehicles to block the country's main roads in the sign of protest as well as in support of President Jair Bolsonaro after Tuesday's speeches during the Independence Day celebrations.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  STF Chief Justice vows to defend Brazil's highest court against any attack

  

  Brazil's Federal Superior Court (STF) Chief Justice Luiz Fux Wednesday replied to President Jair Bolsonaro's comments from Tuesday's Independence Day celebrations saying that disrespecting the Judiciary's decisions were a crime of responsibility that must be analyzed by Congress.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Bolsonaro speaks against STF Judge De Moraes during Brazil's Independence Day celebrations

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro insisted on his verbal onslaught against the Federal Supreme Court (STF) during Tuesday's politically motivated celebrations of National Independence Day.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Opposition also stage demonstrations against Bolsonaro in Brazil: law scholars say President should be impeached

  

  Brazilian opposition supporters convened Tuesday to stage their rallies across at least some 160 cities nationwide and express their dislike for President's Jair Bolsonaro's Independence Day celebrations in Brasilia and Sao Paulo.