Brazil

• Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  Brazil surging out of recession strongly, according to Q3 activity data

  

  Brazil is emerging from a recession caused by the coronavirus, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said hours after the publication of a closely-watched indicator showing activity surged in the third quarter.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 08:11 UTC

  Brazilian state of Sao Paulo extends lockdown until December 16

  

  Brazil's l state of Sao Paulo, the most populous and hardest hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic decided to extend lockdown until December 16, due to a rise in hospitalizations, according to a decree published on Tuesday in the Government Gazette.

• Tuesday, November 17th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Brazil is emerging as the world's leading offshore oil producer

  

  By Matthew Smith for Oilprice.com – Sharply weaker oil prices, the COVID-19 pandemic, and heightened geopolitical uncertainty have done little to blunt Brazil’s epic offshore oil boom. By September 2020 Brazil had soared to be the third-largest supplier of crude oil to China, the world’s second-largest economy.

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  More than 54 million Covid-19 cases worldwide, John Hopkins Center

  

  More than 54 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed around the world, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported on Sunday.

• Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  During September for the fifth month running economic activity is picking up in Brazil

  

  Economic activity in Brazil rose in September for the fifth month, a central bank survey showed on Friday, more than economists had expected, pointing to a solid recovery in the third quarter from the worst of the COVID-19 shock earlier in the year.

• Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 07:30 UTC

  Brazil record rice exports and imports during October

  

  Data from SECEX (foreign trade secretariat) compiled by ABIARROZ (Brazilian rice industry association) shows that Brazilian rice exports (husk base) totalled 153,500 tons in October, a volume 84% higher than in the same month of 2019 (83,570 tons).

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:23 UTC

  For Bolsonaro, US elections are not over, “Have they really finished?”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of Republican President Donald Trump and one of the few prominent world leaders still not to have congratulated Democratic President-elect Joe Biden on his election win, asked on Thursday whether the vote in the U.S. was really over.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:42 UTC

  Bolsonaro's clash with Sao Paulo governor over the Chinese vaccine tainted with politics

  

  Brazil’s national health regulator allowed clinical trials of a Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine to resume on Wednesday, two days after suspending them in what critics called a decision tainted by politics.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:26 UTC

  Brazil forced to import rice to help keep domestic prices down given the expected smaller crop

  

  Brazil’s rice production is expected to shrink and the challenge will be to limit exports in order to supply domestic demand and contain domestic prices.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 08:09 UTC

  Santiago/Punta Arenas/Falklands' airlink will be reviewed next January

  

  The Falkland Islands Government continues to closely monitor the situation regarding the suspension of commercial air links with Chile and Brazil, in light of the ongoing pandemic.