Brazil

• Monday, September 28th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Bolsonaro released from hospital following surgery to remove a bladder stone

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was released from the hospital Saturday, the government said, a day after he underwent surgery to remove a bladder stone.

• Saturday, September 26th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Bolsonaro recovering from a planned operation to remove a bladder stone

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro underwent an operation to remove a bladder stone on Friday, the government said, the latest in a series of health issues for the far-right leader.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Relentless Covid-19: Rio de Janeiro's carnival festivities indefinitely postponed

  

  Rio de Janeiro's world-famous carnival parades became the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday as officials announced they were indefinitely postponing the February 2021 edition, with Brazil still reeling from COVID-19.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  VW Brazil agrees US$ 6,5 million compensation for persecution of ex workers during the 1964/85 dictatorship

  

  Volkswagen will pay about 36 million reais (US$ 6.5 million) in compensation and donations to atone for the persecution of former employees during Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, the automaker said.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 08:09 UTC

  First of 36 Saab F-39E Gripen fighter aircraft arrives in Brazil

  

  The first Saab F-39E Gripen fighter arrived on a ship in the port of Navegantes, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, on 20 September. The Brazilian variant of the Gripen E/F will be used for a flight-testing campaign, Saab said on 23 September, according to a report from Flight Global.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  EU/Mercosur trade deal ratification delay: Brazil accuses France of “protectionist interests”

  

  Brazil hit back Tuesday at European reluctance to finalize a trade deal between the EU and Mercosur blocs over concerns about Amazon deforestation, saying a French report on the issue was motivated by “protectionist interests.”

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  Brazil on course to post a record budget primary deficit of US$ 147 billion

  

  Brazil’s government is on course to post a primary budget deficit of 861 billion reais (US$ 157 billion) this year, the Economy Ministry said in its bimonthly revenue and expenditure report on Tuesday, factoring in extended emergency transfers to the poor through the end of December.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  US Asphalt Company pleads guilty to paying bribes to South American leftist governments to win contracts

  

  A major U.S. asphalt company agreed to pay US$16.6 million in fines while pleading guilty Tuesday to federal charges that it paid millions in bribes to officials in Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela for almost a decade to win lucrative contracts.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  Bolsonaro claims Brazil is victim of the most brutal disinformation campaign

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro defended his administration’s record protecting the Amazon rainforest, telling the United Nations’ virtual meeting of global leaders on Tuesday that his country has been wrongly portrayed as an environmental villain. Bolsonaro’s critics were quick to pick apart his claims.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  Brazil buying Uruguayan soybeans to compensate for lowest stockpiles in decades

  

  With stockpiles of oilseed at their lowest in decades, Brazil's Bunge SA is processing soybeans from Paraguay, and now also from Uruguay, which also plants over a million hectares of the oilseed.