Brazil

• Monday, August 17th 2020 - 09:56 UTC

  Half of Brazilians think Bolsonaro has “no responsibility at all” for the 100,000 pandemic's dead

  

  Almost half of Brazilians think President Jair Bolsonaro bears “no responsibility at all” for the country’s more than 100,000 dead from the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s second-highest death toll, according to a new Datafolha poll.

• Monday, August 17th 2020 - 09:53 UTC

  Latin America coronavirus cases exceed six million and continue to accelerate

  

  Coronavirus cases in Latin America, the region of the world worst-affected by the pandemic, exceed six million and continued to accelerate, according to the WHO figures, as most of its nations begin to relax lockdown measures.

• Saturday, August 15th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro's approval ratings on the rise while disapproval plunges ten points

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro received the best approval rating of his term on Friday, boosted by his popularity among recipients of COVID-19 stimulus payments despite the carnage the pandemic has caused in Brazil.

• Friday, August 14th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  China suspends poultry imports from a plant in Brazil following chickens' wings test positive for Covid-19

  

  A sample of frozen chicken wings imported into the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen from Brazil has tested positive for coronavirus, the city government said on Thursday, raising fears that contaminated food shipments could cause new outbreaks.

• Thursday, August 13th 2020 - 07:36 UTC

  Brazilian Executive and Legislative reaffirm economic reforms' commitment

  

  A series of high-profile resignations from Brazil’s economic team have left Economy Minister Paulo Guedes shaken but committed to keep pushing for reforms in the government. The losses are also the most visible sign yet that Guedes’ ambitious economic agenda is suffering a downgrade in size and scope, although his austerity drive received a crucial backing from President Jair Bolsonaro and congressional leaders.

• Thursday, August 13th 2020 - 06:57 UTC

  Brazil expects a record wheat crop, and considerable reduction of imports

  

  Brazil's National Supply Company (Conab) said the current wheat crop (2019/20) has the potential to be a record. As a result, Brazilian cereal imports should fall. The agency believes that production should reach 6.8 million tons, 21.2% more than in the previous harvest.

• Thursday, August 13th 2020 - 06:44 UTC

  Record debt in Brazil, but only 3% is in foreign currency and government trusts rock bottom rates global

  

  Brazil is amassing a record debt that has evoked memories of crises past in South America's largest economy, but some economists say rock-bottom interest rates and low foreign debt mean the government can continue to spend its way out of recession.

• Thursday, August 13th 2020 - 06:42 UTC

  Sao Paulo governor tested positive for the coronavirus

  

  The governor of Sao Paulo, the state with the highest COVID-19 death toll in hard-hit Brazil, said on Wednesday he had tested positive for the new coronavirus and would continue working from quarantine.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Brazilian Parana state abattoirs facing repeated outbreaks of Covid-19

  

  A single BRF SA unit accounted for about 29% of COVID-19 cases at slaughterhouses in Brazil’s Parana state, according to the most recent data available, underscoring the challenges for stemming outbreaks at meat plants.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Bolsonaro denies fires in the Amazon rainforest and calls reports a “lie”

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a “lie”, despite data produced by his own government showing that thousands of fires are surging across the region.