Brazil

• Saturday, July 31st 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  “Only a miracle can save Argentina's economy,” says Brazilian President Bolsonaro

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said in his social media broadcast that “only a miracle will save the Argentine economy,” as he referred to the administration of his colleague Alberto Fernández as “a regime that did not work anywhere in the world.”

• Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 08:47 UTC

  Cold wave brings snow to several Brazilian cities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul

  

  At least 13 cities in the Brazilian State of Río Grande do Sul Wednesday recorded snowfalls, a rare event for the region, but one that has come to be due to this year's harsh winter temperatures.

• Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 08:31 UTC

  Nogueira chosen to head Brazil's Civil House

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday has picked Senator Ciro Nogueira to head of the Government's Civil House, a position similar to that of Cabinet Chief or Minister of the Presidency in other countries.

• Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 07:38 UTC

  Brazil plans to start vaccinating youngsters aged 12 to 17 and reducing spell between Pfizer doses soon

  

  Brazil's health authorities Tuesday announced vaccination of teenagers aged 12 to 17 years against Covid-19 will commence after the entire population aged 18 years and over has received at least one dose.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2021 - 07:31 UTC

  Community case of Delta coronavirus variant detected in Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul

  

  The Brazilian State of Rio Grande Do Sul, where President Jair Bolsonaro said last week they should get ready to welcome Argentine refugees, has instead Monday confirmed the community transmission of the coronavirus Delta variant in addition to three cases detected previously.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 17:50 UTC

  Brazil targets 300 million tons of grain for the 2024/25 harvest

  

  Brazil should collect more than 300 million tons of grain by the 2024/25 harvest, three seasons earlier than initially planned, according to new projections by the Ministry of Agriculture. The previous forecast was to reach the target in the 2027/28 cycle.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Lacalle the best, Maduro the worst - says survey of how LatAm Presidents have handled the covid-19 pandemic

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou was Latin America's best president when it came down to handling the coronavirus pandemic, a study by the international consulting firm Ipsos released over the weekend has shown.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 04:50 UTC

  Brazil's Miss Bum Bum, crazy about Messi has an anal tattoo in honor of the football star

  

  Suzy Cortez, the 2019 Miss Bum Bum winner in Brazil, where Lionel Messi won the Copa America with Argentina earlier this month, has honored the occasion by showing off a freshly-inked anal tattoo on subscription site OnlyFans.

• Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  “The cancer of Brazil is corruption... democracy is solid rock”, outgoing US ambassador

  

  Outgoing United States ambassador before Brazil, Todd Chapman said in an interview with O Estado de Sao Paulo that the threat of not holding elections in 2022, as expressed by some top officials from the president Jair Bolsonaro administration is not a serious problem. “Democracy is a solid rock in Brazil, the cancer is corruption”.

• Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  New force launched to help fight fires in Brazil's jungles and forests

  

  Brazil's Ministry of Justice and Public Security Thursday announced that more than 6,000 so-called “guardians of the biome” will be deployed for the prevention of repression and investigation of fires in jungles and forests throughout the country.