Brazil

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 20:55 UTC

  UK journalist and guide in Amazonia said to have been found dead – Police denies it

  

  Despite versions from family members that two bodies had been found belonging to missing British reporter Dom Phillips and indgenist expert Bruno Araújo Pereira, Brazilian Federal Police in the state of Amazonas deny any such discoveries.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 20:39 UTC

  Third case of monkeypox confirmed in Brazil

  

  Brazilian health authorities Monday confirmed the third case of monkeypox nationwide had been detected. It was a 51-year-old Porto Alegre resident who had returned from Portugal last week.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Uruguay, Brazil agree on zero-tariff for certain products

  

  While the spotlight at the Summit of the Americas was focused on heads of state not shaking hands and some countries being excluded, the Foreign Ministers of Uruguay and Brazil agreed on a zero tariff in free trade zones and special customs areas for an unlimited period of time.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Bolsonaro sees himself jailed after leaving office, “like Áñez”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said from Orlando in the United States that he feared he might end up like former Bolivia's Jeanine Áñez when he leaves office.

• Saturday, June 11th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Bolsonaro meets Biden one-on-one at LA Summit

  

  Presidents Joseph Biden of the United States and Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil Friday held a one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles.

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Food insecurity hits nearly 60% of Brazilians, study shows

  

  A study from the Brazilian Research Network on Food Sovereignty and Security released Wednesday showed that 58.7% of Brazilians lived with food insecurity, which replicated data not seen since 1993.

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Amazonas police make arrest in British reporter case

  

  Brazilian authorities have arrested a suspect in the case of British journalist Dom Phillips and his local indigenous affairs expert friend Bruno Araújo Pereira who went missing in Amazonia earlier this week. Phillips and Araújo were last seen Sunday after leaving Sao Rafael in a boat on Sunday on their way to indigenous enclaves where they planned to collect materials for a future book.

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  First case of monkeypox confirmed in Brazil

  

  A 41-year-old man from São Paulo who had just returned from Spain has been confirmed Wednesday as Brazil's first case of monkeypox. The patient is now in isolation at the Emilio Ribas Hospital in South America's largest city, which is also monitoring a 26-year-old woman, also in isolation, but with no travel record.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  BRICS countries agree to deepen financial, customs cooperation

  

  Following a virtual meeting Tuesday, dignitaries of all five BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) have pledged to deepen financial and customs cooperation.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Bolsonaro prays for missing British reporter to be found

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday said anything could happen in the case of a British journalist and a local expert on indigenous affairs who went missing Sunday in Amazonia's Javari Valley.