Brazil

• Tuesday, April 20th 2021 - 10:30 UTC

  Uruguay leads freedom of press in South America; Brazil falls down to red zone in RSF ratings

  

  With no South American country among the top 12, the Non-Government Organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF - the acronym for Reporters sans frontières) Monday lowered Brazil's freedom of the press rankings to 111th, thus placing it within the red zone.

• Monday, April 19th 2021 - 21:41 UTC

  Brazil's GDP on track to better results than expected

  

  Brazil's Economic Activity Index (IBC-Br), released by the Central Bank and believed to be an omen of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose 1.70% in February 2021, against January's figures, it was announced Monday.

• Friday, April 16th 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  Brazil: Supreme Court upholds ruling allowing Lula to run for president in 2022

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's convictions were annulled Thursday by the country's Supreme Court (STF) in an 8-3 ruling which clears the Workers Party (PT) iconic figure to seek a new term in 2022.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2021 - 15:36 UTC

  Brazil: Senate to investigate Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic

  

  Brazil's Senate Tuesday created a Parliamentary Investigation Commission (CPI) to evaluate President's Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2021 - 16:59 UTC

  To curb spread of Manaus coronavirus strain, France bans flights to Brazil

  

  France's government has banned all flights to/from Brazil effective following the increase of covid-19 cases of the Manaus strain detected in the European nation.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2021 - 08:29 UTC

  Brazil STF Justice Weber halts Bolsonaro's easing on firearms, pending plenum ruling

  

  Justice Rosa Weber of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF), Monday issued a provisional preemptive injunction against parts of decrees from President Jair Bolsonaro which enabled or facilitated the acquisition and use of firearms by regular people.

• Monday, April 12th 2021 - 10:13 UTC

  Brazil “falls” to third place among covid-19 affected countries behind the U.S. and now India

  

  Brazil has been displaced from its shrine as the world's second-worst country regarding coronavirus infections. Its place has been taken over by India.

• Saturday, April 10th 2021 - 10:58 UTC

  Brazil's Anvisa to check Russian Sputnik V manufacturing plant as need for vaccines soars

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) will be sending a delegation to Russia next week to conduct an onsite review of the facilities where the Sputnik V vaccine is manufactured, it was announced Friday.

• Saturday, April 10th 2021 - 10:16 UTC

  Brazil: Ex-President Cardoso says Bolsonaro wants to run for presidency against Lula; and will win

  

  Former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-2002) said in a newspaper interview that Jair Bolsonaro wanted to take on ex-President Lula da Silva in the next elections. And he would beat him.

• Friday, April 9th 2021 - 10:54 UTC

  Brazil Vice-President dubs Argentina “an eternal beggar”

  

  In a statement supporting the government's proposed fiscal adjustment, Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao Thursday labelled Argentina an “eternal beggar,” which might spark another diplomatic incident, of which the administration of President Alberto Fernández has had a handful in the past few days.