Brazil

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 11:19 UTC

  Brazil coronavirus death toll climbs to over 60,000: southern states with the worse record

  

  Brazil surpassed 60,000 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health reported, citing a recent wave of contamination in southern and mid-western areas of the country.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 10:13 UTC

  Food delivery drivers take to the streets in Sao Paulo to protest working conditions

  

  More than a thousand food delivery drivers on motorcycles gathered in São Paulo on Wednesday to protest their work conditions, set by Uber Technologies Inc and makers of other apps, as their services remain in high demand due to coronavirus lockdowns.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 09:07 UTC

  Brazil restricts the entrance of foreigners for 30 days fearing the second wave of Covid-19 cases

  

  Brazil's government will restrict the entrance of foreigners to the country for 30 days due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, it said in a decree late on Tuesday in its official gazette.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  Cyclone in south Brazil causes death, flooding, power cuts and disruption in major port operations

  

  Windstorms and storms recorded this week in the south of Brazil caused deaths in Santa Catarina, Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul leaving a trail of destruction in the three states of the region, with fallen trees and power posts, flooded homes, lack of energy and road blocks.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 08:12 UTC

  Brazil's WhatsApp payment messaging service lifts antitrust ruling, but still faces central bank objections

  

  Brazilian antitrust watchdog Cade on Tuesday said it was revoking its previous decision suspending Facebook Inc’s recently launched WhatsApp payments messaging service in partnership with card processor Cielo SA.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 08:07 UTC

  Integration bridge connecting Paraguay with Brazil in under construction

  

  Construction work is being carried out for the Puente de la Integracion bridge connecting Paraguay with Brazil. The bridge spans the Parana River and connects Presidente Franco in Paraguay with Foz de Iguazu in Brazil.

• Wednesday, July 1st 2020 - 10:34 UTC

  Macron in a rally declares he opposes the trade agreement of EU with Mercosur

  

  French president, Emmanuel Macron, declared his opposition to the free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur. In addition, 265 civil society organizations were also mobilized against the agreement. The decision follows the defeat of Macron in the municipal elections and the strong advance of the Greens.

• Wednesday, July 1st 2020 - 08:36 UTC

  Chinese May imports of Brazilian soybeans at their highest level in two years

  

  Beijing customs data indicates that Chinese soy imports from Brazil (now its largest supplier), reached its highest level in two years in May. China is the world’s largest importer of soy.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 10:03 UTC

  WHO calls on Brazil to do more and integrate efforts at different levels of government

  

  Brazil still faces a “big challenge” to curb the coronavirus pandemic and should do more to integrate its efforts at different levels of government, a top World Health Organization official said on Monday.

• Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:29 UTC

  Massive support in Brazil for democracy, and only 10% for a military dictatorship

  

  Some 75% of Brazilians support the country's current democracy, a poll by Datafolha released on Sunday showed, while just 10% of citizens support a dictatorship, the highest and lowest levels of support for the two forms of government in at least 30 years.