Brazil

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 18:19 UTC

  Bolsonaro says Brazil part of the solution, not the problem regarding climate change

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro insisted his country was a part of the solution and not of the problem of climate change. Bolsonaro's remarks came after the participation of Environment Minister Joaquim Leite in a side event at the UN COP 26 Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, which the Brazilian head of state chose not to attend and stay in Italy instead.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Brazil's Labour Ministry bans sacking of unvaccinated workers

  

  Brazil's Labour Minister Onyx Lorenzoni has signed a resolution banning the dismissal of workers because they are not vaccinated against COVID-19. The ministerial document also labels such a requirement on the part of employers as “discriminatory.”

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 21:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro tells WHO boss he was the only leader under investigation for genocide regarding COVID-19

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was recorded telling World Health Organization (WHO) Director Tedros Adhanom he was the only head of state charged with crimes against humanity for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation is said to have taken place on the sides of the G20 Summit in Rome.

• Sunday, October 31st 2021 - 08:27 UTC

  Bolsonaro keeps domestic agenda in mind while in Rome for G20 Summit

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was harshly critical Saturday of the recent Brazilian Stock Exchange movements and said he had a Plan B in case the Lower House does not agree on budget proposals recently put forward by the Executive.

• Saturday, October 30th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Brazil's VP says Bolsonaro would be greeted with stones at Glasgow's climate summit

  

  Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao said that if President Jair Bolsonaro was to attend the COP 26 climate change summit in Glasgow he would be greeted with stones.

• Saturday, October 30th 2021 - 08:51 UTC

  Argentina lifts capacity ban ahead of a football match against Brazil

  

  Argentine authorities have lifted all capacity restrictions on outdoor events as of Nov. 16, Health Minister Carla Vizzotti announced Friday. It is also the day Argentina's national football team is to clash with Brazil in a World Cup qualifier.

• Saturday, October 30th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Costa Cruises cancels its 2021/22 season in Uruguay and Argentina

  

  As happened with MSC Cruises, Costa Cruises announced on Friday the cancellation of its 2021/2022 cruise season in Uruguay and Argentina. Last-minute differences with Brazilian officials forced the Italian cruise company which belongs to the Carnival Group, to redraft the itinerary of Costa Fascinosa that was expected in Uruguay and Argentina.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 20:21 UTC

  Bolsonaro loyalist want to make him Senator for life

  

  As charges to be filed against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro get increasingly threatening, political allies of the head of state are said to be looking for ways to shield him from a possible conviction.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 11:46 UTC

  Brazilian minister expects reopening of China beef market: negotiations in final phase

  

  Brazil's Minister of Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, denied that diplomatic relations with China are strained and said that she does not see the continuation of the Chinese ban on Brazilian beef, which has lasted for nearly two months, as a political act.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil: Bolsonaro hints appointing STF judges involved “gifts”

  

  Video footage portraying Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro asking how much it would cost to appoint a Supreme Federal Court (STF) judge has gone viral Thursday.