Brazil

Monday, November 30th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Brazil's municipal runoffs confirm voters rejected Bolsonaro and Lula da Silva's supported candidates

Brazilian voters in 57 cities including 18 state capitals returned to the polls for run-off mayoral elections on Sunday amid a surge in cases of COVID-19 and violence involving assassinations and attacks on candidates.
Monday, November 30th 2020 - 09:35 UTC
Bolsonaro will wait “a little bit longer” to recognize a winner in the US election

Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday he will wait “a little bit longer” to recognize a winner in the U.S. presidential election, suggesting there was evidence of fraud in the process.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:19 UTC
Brazilian municipal runoffs in 57 cities with plenty of “wild west” shooting and killings in campaigns

Brazilians return to the polls in 57 cities on Sunday for the runoffs of municipal elections that have seen surging violence involving assassinations and physical attacks on candidates.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:18 UTC
Major sanitary data leak in Brazil: personal records of 16 million patients infected with Covid-19 exposed

Personal details of millions of Brazilians infected with Covid-19 have been exposed after passwords to systems from the Ministry of Health (MoH) were openly published online, it has been revealed.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:14 UTC
Europol busts Brazilian/European drug trafficking network: 52 tons of cocaine

Forty-five people have been arrested in a major international operation against a drug-trafficking network between Brazil and Europe, Europol announced on Friday. The European police agency also revealed that more than 52 tons of cocaine were also seized by law enforcement agencies.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Record unemployment in Brazil, 14,4% and underemployment, 30,3%

The number of registered Brazilians out of work and the national unemployment rate rose to the highest on record, official figures showed on Friday, as the easing of COVID-19 lockdown measures encouraged people to look for work again.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 08:52 UTC
Producer inflation in Brazil rose 3,4% in October and 19,1% in twelve months

Producer price inflation in Brazil jumped to its highest on record in October, figures showed on Thursday, led by another month of rising food prices, which will likely stir the debate further on the wider outlook for inflation and interest rates.
Friday, November 27th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
Bolsonaro said he will refuse vaccination against Covid-19: “it's my right”

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he would refuse a coronavirus vaccine, the most recent of his vaccine-skeptic statements. “I'm telling you, I'm not going to take it. It's my right,” he said in remarks aired over several social media platforms.
Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 09:15 UTC
Beijing accused Eduardo Bolsonaro of harming relations between Brazil and China

China’s embassy in Brazil said a son of President Jair Bolsonaro had harmed relations between the two countries with critical comments about telecommunications equipment firm Huawei.
Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Consumer confidence in Brazil fell in November: concern over Covid-19 and end of emergency transfers

Consumer confidence in Brazil fell in November for the second month in a row, a survey showed on Wednesday, reflecting growing concern over the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the economy, and the looming end of emergency government income transfers.