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Montevideo, June 13th 2026 - 13:06 UTC

Brazil

  • Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 09:28 UTC

    Bolsonarists looking for strategies to halt fuel price increases

    Bolsonarist lawmakers are looking for ways around legislation from the Temer era to have more control over the price of fuel

    While Brazil's Energy Minister Adolfo Sachsida appeared Tuesday before the Lower House to answer questions about the current situation regarding the state-owned oil company Petrobras, the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro is concocting other strategies to curb the neverending increases in the price of fuel.

  • Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:28 UTC

    Phillips's boat found in Amazonia river

    Police now need to determine whether the perpetrators acted alone or if it was a contract killing

    The boat British reporter Dom Phillips and local indigenist Bruno Araújo Pereira were riding when they were ambushed and killed on June 5 has been retrieved from the bottom of a river, Amazonas Civil Police announced Monday.

  • Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:14 UTC

    Brazil confirms 8th case of monkeypox in man with no travel record

    Of the eight confirmed cases in the country so far, four were in São Paulo, two in Rio Grande do Sul, and two in Rio de Janeiro

    Brazil's Health Ministry Monday confirmed the 8th case of monkeypox nationwide. The patient is a 25-year-old man from Maricá, in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, who does not have a travel record but has been in contact with foreigners.

  • Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 09:21 UTC

    Petrobras CEO Coelho bows to pressure and resigns

    Exploration and Production Chief Fernando Borges has been appointed interim president

    After barely 40 days on the job, José Mauro Coelho resigned as CEO of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras due to pressure from President Jair Bolsonaro and other politicians over a recent increase in the price of fuel, which drives inflation upwards ahead of the Oct. 2 elections. Bolsonaro had dubbed the price hike a “betrayal” of the Brazilian people.

  • Monday, June 20th 2022 - 20:42 UTC

    Third suspect arrested, five others at large in Phillips/Araújo murder

    Mourão told newscrews at the Planalto Palace that Araújo seemes to have been the target

    Brazilian authorities have confirmed that following scientific assessments, British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenist expert Bruno Araújo Pereira were killed in Amazonia “with typical hunting ammunition.” Forensic experts also completed the identification of Pereira's body.

  • Saturday, June 18th 2022 - 11:54 UTC

    Bolsonaro lashes out at Petrobras for new fuel price increase

    The president wants a parliamentarian committee to review Petrobras leadership's decisions

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said the state-run oil company Petrobras' profits were “irrational” in the current global scenario following a 14% increase in the price of diesel fuel and 5% in naphtha.

  • Saturday, June 18th 2022 - 11:53 UTC

    Brazil's Police confirm body was that of Phillips

    The body was identified through forensic anthropology and dental records analysis

    Brazil's Federal Police Friday confirmed the remains flown to Brasilia from Amazonia belonged to British reporter journalist Dom Phillips, who was murdered earlier this month along with local indigenist expert Bruno Araújo Pereira.

  • Saturday, June 18th 2022 - 11:44 UTC

    Seventh case of monkeypox confirmed in Brazil

    All patients have a history of traveling to Europe, it was reported

    Brazil's Health Ministry Friday announced the seventh case of monkeypox had been confirmed in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, while reports from the State of Minas Gerais said a local case under investigation since Wednesday came out negative.

  • Friday, June 17th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

    UN tells Brazil to be impartial in Amazonia murder probe

    The authorship of the crime has not yet been fully revealed, Minister Torres argued

    Brazil's government has been advised by the United Nations to conduct an “impartial” investigation into the murders of British journalist Don Phillips and local indigenist expert Bruno Araújo Pereira in Amazonia earlier this month.

  • Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 20:09 UTC

    Bolsonaro says Jesus would have bought a gun, had he got the chance

    It is “not possible for someone who says such nonsense to say that he believes in God,” Lula argued

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Jesus did not buy a gun because there were none available in his time. The head of state made those controversial remarks during a conversation with religious people at the Alvorada Palace.