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Montevideo, June 13th 2026 - 12:11 UTC

Brazil

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

    Bolsonaro meets Biden one-on-one at LA Summit

    ”I came (to power) through democracy. And I am certain that I will also leave it democratically,” Bolsonaro told Biden, although there was no handshake

    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

    “We have gone back 30 years in the fight against hunger,” said one of the researchers carrying out the research

    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

    Pelado said he only had visual contact with Phillips and Araújo

    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

    Anvisa has recommended a return to COVID-19 sanitary precautions

    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

    China is this year’s chair of BRICS

    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

    Dom Phillips and Bruno Araújo Pereira had had threats recently

    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.

  • Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 20:54 UTC

    Job openings in Brazil show positive figures in April

    “The numbers are in line with the recovery process of the Brazilian economy,” said Dalcolmo.

    Brazilian authorities have announced nearly 197,000 new formal jobs had been created in the month of April, according to the General Cadastre for Employed and Unemployed (Caged), released Monday by the Labor Ministry.

  • Monday, June 6th 2022 - 19:13 UTC

    If re-elected, Bolsonaro might create three more ministries

    The size of Brazil justifies doing this,” Bolsonaro explained

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Monday said he would most likely create three new ministers if he is reelected this year: Public Security, Fisheries, and Foreign Trade.

  • Monday, June 6th 2022 - 09:26 UTC

    Brazil: Mr. and Mrs. Lula test positive for COVID-19

    Lula had recovered from a bout of COVID-19 in late 2020 when he made a trip to Cuba.

    Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his wife Janja tested positive Sunday for COVID-19, due to which all campaign engagements have been suspended, the candidate's press office announced.

  • Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 23:04 UTC

    Argentina's Alberto Fernández to attend Los Angeles Summit

    Bolsonaro will also be attending despite his discrepancies with Biden

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández finally confirmed he will be attending the ninth Summit of the Americas convened for next week in Los Angeles following a 25-minute telephone conversation with his US colleague Joseph Biden, during which they also agreed on a bilateral meeting for July 25.