Brazil

Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 22:01 UTC
Brazilian Senate to oversee Amazonia investigations

Brazil's Senate Monday approved an initiative to create a temporary committee to oversee the probe into the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips, a correspondent for The Guardian, and his indigenist guide Bruno Araújo Pereira, a National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) official on leave.
Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Brazilian scientists trace more transmissible COVID-19 strains

Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Rio de Janeiro has identified, by genomic analysis, the replacement of strain BA.1 by strain BA.2 in samples analyzed between May 20 and June 2. Both are subvariants of Omicron.
Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 10:25 UTC
Brazil's trade balance positive, but below last year's figures

Brazil's trade balance for the first five months of the year accumulates a surplus of US$ 25.128 billion, it was reported Monday.
Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 09:26 UTC
Brazilian team releases outlook ahead of BRICS Summit

Brazil's Center for International Relations (CEBRI) Monday released a report on the country's expectations regarding its involvement in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) bloc.
Monday, June 13th 2022 - 20:55 UTC
UK journalist and guide in Amazonia said to have been found dead – Police denies it

Despite versions from family members that two bodies had been found belonging to missing British reporter Dom Phillips and indgenist expert Bruno Araújo Pereira, Brazilian Federal Police in the state of Amazonas deny any such discoveries.
Monday, June 13th 2022 - 20:39 UTC
Third case of monkeypox confirmed in Brazil

Brazilian health authorities Monday confirmed the third case of monkeypox nationwide had been detected. It was a 51-year-old Porto Alegre resident who had returned from Portugal last week.
Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:40 UTC
Uruguay, Brazil agree on zero-tariff for certain products

While the spotlight at the Summit of the Americas was focused on heads of state not shaking hands and some countries being excluded, the Foreign Ministers of Uruguay and Brazil agreed on a zero tariff in free trade zones and special customs areas for an unlimited period of time.
Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:26 UTC
Bolsonaro sees himself jailed after leaving office, “like Áñez”

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said from Orlando in the United States that he feared he might end up like former Bolivia's Jeanine Áñez when he leaves office.
Saturday, June 11th 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Bolsonaro meets Biden one-on-one at LA Summit

Presidents Joseph Biden of the United States and Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil Friday held a one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles.
Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Food insecurity hits nearly 60% of Brazilians, study shows

A study from the Brazilian Research Network on Food Sovereignty and Security released Wednesday showed that 58.7% of Brazilians lived with food insecurity, which replicated data not seen since 1993.