Brazil

• Tuesday, February 9th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  Biden administration aims to closer economic and trade ties with Brazil

  

  The president Joe Biden administration aims to keep strengthening US economic ties and trade with Brazil, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday during the daily meeting with the media.

• Monday, February 8th 2021 - 10:14 UTC

  Brazil's OECD membership blocked by Bolsonaro's environmental policies

  

  OECD’s environmental policy committee canceled a planned discussion this week about upgrading Brazil’s status in the group, the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper reported, citing a document.

• Friday, February 5th 2021 - 18:26 UTC

  Brazil anticipates bumper soybean and corn crops despite late drought

  

  Brazil expects to harvest bumper soybean and corn crops in spite of planting and harvesting delays in 2020. A drought late last year delayed sowing of Brazil’s soybeans, and excess rainfall disrupted harvesting in January. This delayed delivery of grain to trading companies and affected Brazil’s ability to export.

• Friday, February 5th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Fernandez and Bolsonaro expected to share a family photo on the 30th anniversary of Mercosur

  

  Argentine ambassador in Brazil, Daniel Scioli, has confirmed what was advanced by Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou during this week's meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro, a meeting of Mercosur heads of state, sometime at the end of March. The summit will coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the trade block, which also includes Argentina and Paraguay.

• Friday, February 5th 2021 - 08:57 UTC

  Mining giant Vale signs US$ 7bn settlement deal over Brumadinho disaster that killed more than 270 people

  

  Brazilian mining giant Vale signed a settlement deal on Thursday to pay 37.7 billion reais (US$ 7 billion) to the state of Minas Gerais, following the collapse of a dam two years ago that devastated the city of Brumadinho and killed more than 270 people.

• Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  Brazil ends the Car Wash anti corruption unit, which sent top politicians and business leaders to jail

  

  Brazil’s Car Wash anti-corruption unit has officially been disbanded putting an end for a team of prosecutors that sent dozens of Brazilian and regional political and business leaders to jail, including several former presidents.

• Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Brazil industrial production down 4,5% last year, auto and clothing worst hit

  

  Brazil’s industrial output plunged by 4.5% last year as the coronavirus pandemic battered Latin America’s largest economy, particularly the auto and clothing industries, the national statistics institute reported on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Uruguayan president will share lunch with Bolsonaro in Brasilia on Wednesday

  

  Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou will be flying to Brasilia on Wednesday to share an informal lunch with his peer Jair Bolsonaro, his first overseas trip since taking office, but also a clear balancing act of the country's foreign policy regarding its two huge neighbors.

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Brazilian teamsters strike to protest fuel prices fizzles out

  

  Brazil independent truckers strike got off on Monday to a weak start because of internal divisions on how to protest fuel prices. The government said traffic was flowing freely on all of the country's highways far from fears of a repeat of the 2018 protest that disrupted food and fuel supplies.

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Falklands Latam's links to Chile and Brazil suspended until June

  

  The Falkland Islands Government can confirm that commercial air links with both Chile and Brazil will remain suspended for a further three months until 29 June 2021.