Brazil

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  Brazil's coronavirus death toll surpassed 25,000 as the pandemic accelerates

  

  Brazil's death toll from the new coronavirus surpassed 25,000 on Wednesday, as the country emerged as the latest epicenter in the pandemic. The health ministry said it had confirmed 1,086 new deaths in the past 24 hours, the fifth time the daily toll has exceeded 1,000 since the crisis accelerated in Brazil a week ago.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 08:19 UTC

  LATAM Airlines files for bankruptcy in US; Brazil and Argentina subsidiaries out of the request

  

  LATAM Airlines Group, the continent's largest carrier, filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection, Chapter 11, on Tuesday, becoming the world's largest carrier so far to seek an emergency reorganization due to the coronavirus pandemic. The filing includes Latam Peru, Chile, Ecuador, and Colombia, but leaves out Latam Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 08:17 UTC

  Brazil Federal police raid residences of Rio governor on alleged corruption probe

  

  Brazilian federal police on Tuesday raided the residences of Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel as part of a COVID-19 corruption probe, targeting one of President Jair Bolsonaro's political foes as the pandemic sweeps the nation.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Coronavirus reaches the oil rigs off the coast of Brazil

  

  Norway's Equinor ASA and Anglo-French firm Perenco are among at least five oil producers that have registered coronavirus cases among employees or contractors at facilities off the coast of Brazil, according to industry and regulatory sources.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro puts pressure on Supreme Court to end investigation

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro expects the Supreme Court to find no wrongdoing and end an investigation into potential political interference in the federal police, according to a statement from the presidential palace on Monday.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:51 UTC

  White House brings forward two days restrictions on travel to the US from Brazil

  

  The White House on Monday brought forward by two days restrictions on travel to the United States from Brazil that were announced after the Latin American country became the world's No 2 coronavirus hotspot.

• Monday, May 25th 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Mother of all scandals: “King” Bolsonaro and cabinet caught with their pants down

  

  On Apr 22, Brazil was fast becoming a new coronavirus flashpoint, but President Jair Bolsonaro and his cabinet barely mentioned the pandemic in a videotaped meeting that has triggered outrage and fuelled a potentially explosive investigation.

• Monday, May 25th 2020 - 08:53 UTC

  Non US passenger traveling from Brazil banned from entering United States

  

  The White House on Sunday (May 24) said it was prohibiting most non-US citizens from traveling to the United States if they had been in Brazil in the last two weeks, two days after the South American nation became the world No. 2 hot spot for coronavirus cases.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  South America becomes a new epicenter of Covid-19 pandemic

  

  South America has become “a new epicenter” of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, following a surge in the number of Covid-19 infections.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Brazil second only to US as coronavirus hotspot with 330,890 Covid-19 cases confirmed

  

  Brazil became the world No 2 hotspot for coronavirus cases on Friday, second only to the United States, after it confirmed that 330,890 people had been infected by the virus, overtaking Russia, the Health Ministry said.