Brazil

Monday, January 20th 2020 - 08:37 UTC
Massive escape from notorious Brazilian gang members from Paraguayan jail

At least 75 inmates, many of them members of a notorious Brazilian gang, escaped from a Paraguayan prison in a border town on Sunday, according to authorities who said they immediately fired the prison’s director. Officials said they discovered a tunnel and found cells filled with as many as 200 bags of earth.
Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:59 UTC
Brazilian Culture secretary resigns after a speech with quotes Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels

Brazil's culture secretary Roberto Alvim resigned on Friday over a speech in which he appeared to quote Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
Friday, January 17th 2020 - 16:11 UTC
Amazon deforestation soared 85% in twelve months of 2019, Brazil's Space Research

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85% in 2019, compared with the previous year, official data showed Tuesday. The 9,166 square kilometers cleared was the highest number in at least five years, according to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research.
Friday, January 17th 2020 - 16:09 UTC
Third person dies of contaminated craft beer in Brazil

A third person has died in Brazil of suspected poisoning from a batch of craft beer contaminated with a toxic chemical used in antifreeze and other products, police in the state of Minas Gerais said on Thursday.
Friday, January 17th 2020 - 12:03 UTC
Amazon indigenous leaders summit to form alliance against Bolsonaro's environmental policy

Dozens of Amazon indigenous leaders have gathered in the heart of the threatened rainforest to form an alliance against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy and his threats to throw their homelands open to mining concerns.
Friday, January 17th 2020 - 10:32 UTC
Brazil steps out from Celac, because of its failure “to protect democracy”

Brazil has decided to suspend its participation in the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, a leftist regional body established by Venezuela, due to its failure to protect democracy, Brazil's foreign minister said on Thursday.
Thursday, January 16th 2020 - 19:15 UTC
Brazilian Antarctica base reopened from its ashes after eight years

Brazil Wednesday reopened its scientific Comandante Ferraz base in Antarctica, which had been destroyed in a fire in 2012. In the incident two soldiers died and more than two thirds of the facilities were destroyed.
Thursday, January 16th 2020 - 08:49 UTC
Brazil planning to sell assets worth some US$ 36,3 billion during this fiscal year

Brazil hopes to sell assets worth 150 billion reais (US$ 36.33 billion) in 2020, privatizations secretary Salim Mattar said, adding that the focus this year will be on selling subsidiaries of Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (ELET6.SA).
Thursday, January 16th 2020 - 08:28 UTC
“Contaminated drinking water” in Rio: run on bottled-water in supermarkets

Widespread complaints over foul-smelling drinking water in Rio de Janeiro have triggered a run on supermarket bottled water, though the public utility denied any health risk on Wednesday.
Wednesday, January 15th 2020 - 09:55 UTC
US supports Brazil as first bid to join OECD, ahead of Argentina

The United States' change of stance to support Brazil's bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ahead of Argentina was welcomed by the Brazilian government on Tuesday.