Brazil

• Friday, February 18th 2022 - 21:32 UTC

  Eduardo Bolsonaro says Milei's role should be reassessed

  

  Brazilian Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of President Jair Bolsonaro, Thursday praised his Argentine colleague Javier Milei, whom he found way different from former President Mauricio Macri, it was reported.

• Friday, February 18th 2022 - 14:36 UTC

  Death toll keeps rising in Rio de Janeiro State

  

  Relief work in Petropolis had to be halted Thursday due to new rains but the death toll continued to increase from previous figures, reaching 117 fatalities and at least 116 people missing.

• Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro, Putin discuss strengthening bilateral trade and cooperation

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin Wednesday underlined the future importance of the BRICS partnership (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and called for a more fluent dialogue between the Mercosur and the Eurasian Economic union (EAEU), according to a joint statement released after their meeting in Moscow.

• Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Tall ships gather at Rio de Janeiro for naval parade

  

  Ships from all navies in the region keep arriving at Río de Janeiro for the Velas Latinoamérica 2022 (Latin American Sails 2022) parade scheduled for Feb. 22

• Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Brazil: Death toll at Petropolis reaches 80

  

  Rio de Janeiro authorities Wednesday spoke of at least 80 casualties as relief work continued following Tuesday's mudslides and floods in the Petropolis area.

• Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Rio de Janeiro heavy storm leaves at least 23 dead

  

  Authorities in the Brazilian city of Petropolis in the State of Rio de Janeiro Tuesday reported at least 23 people had died and hundreds had been evacuated from their homes due to heavy rains and subsequent flooding in the city's mountainous area.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Round of hearings for 35-year concession of Brazil's busiest port has started

  

  The round of hearings for the privatization of the Port of Santos in Sao Paulo state, and the busiest of Brazil have started with the participation of the minister of Infrastructure Tarcisio Gomes de Freitas and the different interested parties. It’s basically a 35-year contract project which will demand almost 3,5bn dollars

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  UK/Brazil clash over an Expanded Trade Partnership; beef and other meats the stumbling barrier

  

  Brazil has been reluctant to take forward negotiations for an Expanded Trade Partnership, ETP, with the UK since Brasilia claims that the terms offered were disappointing, and unbalanced since they only contemplated the interests of Britain, “ignoring Brazil's demand to increase its exports to the UK”.

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 21:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro lands in Moscow for talks with Putin

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro turned a deaf ear to the US State Department's advice and has already landed at Moscow, where he is to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid mounting fears of all-out war in Ukraine.

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 07:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro visits new populist friends, “strong man Putin” and Hungary's Viktor Orban

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is scheduled to arrive in Russia on Tuesday for an official visit, which has been described at a highly awkward diplomatic timing, given the stand-off in Ukraine between Moscow and the Western alliance.