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Montevideo, April 7th 2026 - 08:08 UTC

Brazil

  • Friday, April 2nd 2021 - 09:37 UTC

    Brazil appoints new chiefs-of-staff for three armed forces

    Braga Netto called for unity in fighting the pandemic.

    Brazil's Defense Ministry appointed late Wednesday the new chiefs of staff for its three armed forces following the decision of their predecessors to turn in their resignations in support of deposed Defense Minister Fernando Azevedo e Silva, who has been replaced by Walter Braga Netto in a major cabinet reshuffle by President Jair Bolsonaro over the past week.

  • Friday, April 2nd 2021 - 09:29 UTC

    Jail time of up to 2 years for stalkers in Brazil

    Stalking may later “become gradual or suddenly more serious,” said Cunha

    Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro signed into law a bill of Congress that makes internet stalking a crime punishable by jail time, it was published on Thursday in the Federal Official Gazette.

  • Thursday, April 1st 2021 - 09:59 UTC

    Brazil's VP hails 1964 coup as lawmakers seek Bolsonaro's impeachment

    ”The greatest desire (of Bolsonaro) is to be a dictator (...), he has an extreme vocation for authoritarianism,” said Doria.

    Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao Wednesday commemorated the 57th anniversary of the last coup d'etat in the country as lawmakers pressed for the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Thursday, April 1st 2021 - 09:50 UTC

    New variant of Manaus coronavirus strain detected in Brazil

    Dimas Covas explained studies are under way to determine whether the new variant was present in other patients.

    Coronavirus experts in Brazil Wednesday admitted a new variant of the coronavirus' Manaus version had been identified, as concern about a worsening situation mounted.

  • Wednesday, March 31st 2021 - 09:13 UTC

    Brazil needs to appoint new brass after mass resignation

    “The Armed Forces will always side with legality,” said VP Mourao (Pic Veja)

    Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday accepted the resignations of the current heads of the three armed forces – General Edson Pujol (Army), Admiral Ilqes Barbosa (Navy) and Brigadier Antonio Carlos Bermudes (Air Force) just one day after dismissing Defense Minister Fernando Azevedo and appointing Walter Braga Netto as his successor.

  • Tuesday, March 30th 2021 - 09:22 UTC

    Bolsonaro reshuffles Brazil's cabinet, apparently to take on Covid-19 from a different angle

    Last week, Bolsonaro also appointed the cardiologist Marcelo Queiroga to become the fourth Health Minister in a year

    Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Monday ordered a sizeable reshuffle of his cabinet by accepting resignations from six top aides and appointing their successors. The most significant changes involved Foreign Affairs, Defense and Justice, at a time when the government's image is weakened and under pressure due to the way the coronavirus pandemic has been handled.

  • Sunday, March 28th 2021 - 08:53 UTC

    Mercosur has no raison d’être if members go rogue according Argentine Foreign Ministry top official

    Lacalle's words were inappropriate while Mercosur was celebrating its 30th anniversary, said Chaves

    In the aftermath of Friday's presidential clash between Alberto Fernández and Uruguay's Luis Lacalle Pou over the Mercosur's alleged lack of “flexibility,” Argentine Foreign Ministry's Cabinet Chief Guillermo Chaves said Saturday in a radio interview that the bloc's fundamental identity was to negotiate jointly on behalf of all members, but if each partner was allowed to hold deals individually, the association would lose its raison d'être.

  • Saturday, March 27th 2021 - 10:23 UTC

    Presidents of Uruguay, Argentina clash during Mercosur online summit

    “We're nobody's burden,” Fernández told Lacalle during the 30th Anniversary Summiy

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández told his Uruguayan counterpart Luis Lacalle Pou his country did not want to be “a burden on anyone” when the latter called for signs of “flexibilization” on the part of Mercosur to allow member states to seek unilateral foreign trade agreements elsewhere without the bloc's approval.

  • Saturday, March 27th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

    Butantan develops 100% Brazilian covid vaccine

    “ButanVac will be delivered to Brazil in 2021. Great news,” said the Butantan Institute on Twitter.

    The Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo has reportedly developed a vaccine of its own against covid-19 and is awaiting clearance from the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) to start clinical trials in humans.

  • Friday, March 26th 2021 - 10:48 UTC

    Argentina halts all flights to/from Brazil, Chile and Mexico

    Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero's decision aims at preventing or minimizing the effcts of a second coronavirus wave.

    Starting this coming Saturday, no passenger flights will be allowed into Argentina from covid-ridden Brazil, Chile and Mexico, in a move to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, particularly the Amazon or P1 strain as well as the British variant which is also causing havoc in the country's health system.