Brazil

• Wednesday, September 15th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Brazilian Senate repeals Bolsonaro decree against social media alleged censorship

  

  Brazil's Senate Speaker Rodrigo Pacheco Tuesday repealed a Law-decree issued last week by President Jair Bolsonaro concerning censorship on social media.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Pelé discharged from ICU but stays hospitalized

  

  Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known worldwide as Pelé, has been discharged from São Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital's Intensive Care Unit Tuesday but will remain in the institution to continue with his recovery from a colon tumour surgery.

• Tuesday, September 14th 2021 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazil's STF may sentence Bolsonaro to pay fine over homophobic statements

  

  A lawsuit filed against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro for statements made in March 2011 during a TV show at the time he was a deputy Monday reached the country's Federal Superior Court (STF).

• Tuesday, September 14th 2021 - 09:33 UTC

  Relief in Brazilian markets, on the truce between Bolsonaro and the Justices

  

  Brazil's Sao Paulo stock exchange recovered on Monday, helped by the positive climate in global markets plus the relative truce following the political-institutional clash of last week between president Jair Bolsonaro and the Supreme Federal Tribunal, even when questions persist among financial operators.

• Monday, September 13th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Demonstrations in Sao Paulo call for dismissal of Brazil's president

  

  Protesters marched Sunday along Sao Paulos Avenida Paulista demanding the removal from the office of President Jair Bolsonaro, whom they perceive to be a threat to the rule of law.

• Saturday, September 11th 2021 - 10:16 UTC

  Azul returning to Uruguay in November from Porto Alegre

  

  Brazilian carrier Azul will resume flights to Uruguay as of November 10 with the reopening of the Porto Alegre-Montevideo route four times a week.

• Saturday, September 11th 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  With mediation of ex president Temer, Bolsonaro tries to mend relations with the Supreme Court

  

  Justice Alexandre de Moraes, from the Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal, received on Friday the visit from Justice and Public Security minister Anderson Torres, following on the mediation from ex-president Michel Temer. The meeting was held in Sao Paulo and lasted four hours.

• Friday, September 10th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Brazilian truckers agree to lift blockades but remain mobilized in support of Bolsonaro

  

  Lorry drivers who support Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's personal quest against the Federal Superior Court (STF) Thursday agreed to lift the road blockades they had set up in at least 15 states.

• Friday, September 10th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  BRICS issues New Delhi Declaration calling for investigations on coronavirus to be free from political influences

  

  Leaders of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Thursday agreed on the use of science-based methods to determine the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes COVID-19.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 12:48 UTC

  Brazil imports record volumes of Argentine corn to feed poultry and pork

  

  While Brazil is complying with the last shipments of corn contracted earlier and at a lesser rhythm and volume than a year earlier, imports of the grain compared to 2020, have more than doubled this year, mainly from Argentina.