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Montevideo, February 15th 2026 - 07:02 UTC

Brazil

  • Tuesday, April 5th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

    Death toll from Rio de Janeiro rains reaches 17

    Six weeks ago, 233 people had been killed in heavy rains also in the State of Rio de Janeiro

    The number of casualties left behind by heavy rains that hit the Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro between late Friday and early Saturday has gone up to 17, local authorities reported Monday.

  • Tuesday, April 5th 2022 - 09:18 UTC

    Brazilian Air Force receives more Gripen F39E fighter bombers

    According to images released by FAB and Saab, the Gripen aircraft are identified as FAB 4101 and FAB 4102

    The Brazilian Air Force has reported that it has started to incorporate the first F/39E Gripen Saab fighter bombers, which were unloaded last Friday at the Porto de Navegantes terminal in the state of Santa Catarina.

  • Friday, April 1st 2022 - 22:22 UTC

    Bolsonaro praises 1964 coup yet again

    “Calm the fuck down, shit!” Bolsonaro said.

    Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said his country would be a precarious republic had it not been for the military coup d'etat staged in 1964.

  • Friday, April 1st 2022 - 22:16 UTC

    Brazil's Central Bank workers go on indefinite strike

    BCB's Campos Neto is in Miami since Thursday

    Employees of Brazil’s Central Bank (BCB) Friday went on strike to demand better wages. The workers have announced that their measure will continue until an answer has been achieved. The new circumstances affect local payments and other services, it was reported.

  • Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:17 UTC

    Brazilian bus plunges off cliff leaving at least 10 dead, many injured

    The driver lost control on a sharp bend in the road amid heavy rains

    A bus, which had departed from the city of Tres Lagoas, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul bound for Telemaco Borba, in the State of Paraná fell off a cliff, killing at least 10 people, while 21 others were injured, local authorities said Thursday.

  • Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 20:13 UTC

    New Brazilian ministers sworn in

    “Are you sure about this decision?,” Bolsonaro asked the departing officials who will run for various offices later this year

    Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has reshuffled his ministerial cabinet and those appointed took their oaths of office Thursday at Brasilia's Planalto Palace. Those who left their offices will be able to run in the upcoming elections for various posts.

  • Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:16 UTC

    Brazil's military brass praise 1964 coup

    The joint declaration of the Minister of Defense and the Armed Forces chiefs is to be read at all military units on the 58th anniversary of the uprising

    Brazil's Defense Minister General Walter Braga Netto, who is most likely to run for the vice-presidency behind Jair Bolsonaro in the Oct. 2 elections, has signed a document together with the Armed Forces chiefs saying the 1964 coup d'état strengthened the country's democracy.

  • Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 09:11 UTC

    Brazil: STF's stance on “green agenda” awaited Thursday

    If the STF rules against the Government, it will have to warn the National Congress

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) is expected to make announcements Thursday on the multi-front environmental case known collectively as the “green agenda.” The STF magistrates are to make their stances known after an opening statement from the Prosecution, Chief Justice Luiz Fux told reporters.

  • Wednesday, March 30th 2022 - 22:31 UTC

    French branch of fast-food chain on notice over Brazilian supplies

    Brazilian firms supplying coffee and other inputs were said to be involved in deforestation and even slave labor

    French labor unions CGT, the UGT, and CUT Wednesday put McDonald's France “on notice” that it needs to submit a vigilance plan attesting to its compliance with local laws, while the company's Brazilian suppliers have been placed under scrutiny for their alleged poor social and environmental practices.

  • Wednesday, March 30th 2022 - 21:32 UTC

    Brazilian lawmaker hides in Congress to avoid court order

    Silveira was arrested last year after he released a video through social media with serious threats and insults against the STF judges

    Bolsonarist Deputy Daniel Silveira Wednesday tried to avoid a court order by stonewalling law enforcement agents at Brasilia's Parliament building. The officers were there to enforce him wearing a tracking anklet because he is under judiciary probe for threatening democratic institutions and making statements that were construed as an apology for dictatorships.