Brazil

• Friday, July 16th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro averts chances of emergency surgery

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said from his hospital bed in São Paulo that the chances that he might require to undergo surgery were “very remote.”

• Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Brazil: Bolsonaro flown to São Paulo for possible emergency surgery

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been rushed late Wednesday from Brasilia to a São Paulo hospital after being diagnosed with an intestinal obstruction which might require emergency surgery, it was reported.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Brazilian President supports Cuban demonstrations, signs privatization of Eletrobras

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday expressed his support for the Cuban people protesting against their living conditions under the Communist Government of Miguel Díaz-Canel.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Lack of semiconductors and electronic components limiting Brazil's car production

  

  Brazil's Association of Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers, ANFAVEA announced that export expectations for 2021 should reach 389,000, a significant increase over the previous estimate of 353,000. Furthermore, overseas sales will stand at 20% over the 2020 figure.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro is “speechless” from persistent hiccups

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has been fighting persistent hiccups for days but no treatment seems to work, it was reported Tuesday.

• Monday, July 12th 2021 - 08:23 UTC

  Brazil: São Paulo's elderly unable to cope with inflation, study shows

  

  More than 50% of São Paulo's senior citizens interviewed during a survey have admitted they could not make ends meet.

• Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 08:25 UTC

  Bolsonaro calls judge opposing printed ballots “an idiot”

  

  One day after saying he could not care less -but with a harsher vocabulary- about the Senatorial Committee (CPI) investigating his management of the coronavirus pandemic, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Luís Roberto Barroso “an idiot.”

• Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 07:53 UTC

  Fourth case of Delta variant in Brazilian state of Paraná concerns Paraguayan authorities

  

  Paraguayan authorities Friday voiced their concern over the appearance of four cases of the coronavirus Delta variant in the Brazilian neighboring State of Parana due to the daily crossing of people through the Friendship Bridge linking Foz do Iguazu with Ciudad del Este.

• Friday, July 9th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Bolsonaro refuses to answer questions regarding alleged corruption in purchase of vaccines

  

  Brazil's Senatorial Committee (CPI), which is investigating the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Thursday sent a letter to President Jair Bolsonaro asking him to address the allegations surrounding an obscure overpriced deal to purchase Covaxin immunizers.

• Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Uruguay swears allegiance to Mercosur, but will negotiate independently with third countries

  

  On the eve of Thursday's Mercosur summit, Uruguay informed its partners that it will proceed with negotiations, expecting to reach trade agreements with third parties or blocks, outside of the four founding members group.