Brazil

• Friday, November 29th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Brazil prosecutors given access to confidential financial information on Bolsonaro's son

  

  Brazil’s police and prosecutors can access confidential tax and financial information without a court order, the country’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, clearing the way for authorities to reopen an investigation of the president’s son.

• Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Bolsonaro minister “military scare” phrase backfires and forces an apology

  

  Two of Brazil’s former presidents, a chief justice and heads of both chambers of Congress repudiated the country’s economy minister for saying the government might take draconian steps if leftist opponents stirred up protests such as those in Chile.

• Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  Brazil: foreign investors remain cautious, fearful of divisive politics and weak growth

  

  This year has already been the biggest in a decade for share offerings from Brazilian companies, but there has been little sign of the foreign investor appetite that fueled prior rallies, as weak growth and divisive politics keep many on the sidelines.

• Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 08:45 UTC

  Brazil nominates career diplomat to be ambassador in US; Bolsonaro's son wish over

  

  Brazil’s government on Tuesday sent to the Senate the nomination of career-diplomat Nestor Forster to be ambassador to the United States, ending a saga in which President Jair Bolsonaro tried to nominate his own son for the role.

• Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazil: Investigation into one of Bolsonaro's sons using public funds to hire “ghost staff”

  

  Brazilian prosecutors have started a new investigation into the eldest son of President Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he embezzled public money by hiring “ghost employees”, officials said.

• Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazilian police arrest volunteer firefighters; civic leaders claim it's a campaign to blame NGOs for Amazon fires

  

  Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested four volunteer firefighters accused of intentionally setting fires in the Amazon rainforest, but civic leaders said the arrests amounted to government harassment of environmental groups.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 10:55 UTC

  The strange passivity of Jair Bolsonaro, according to The Economist

  

  The presidents of Brazil’s two houses of congress live side by side in modern mansions in Brasília, the capital. In May they built a door in the wall that divides their gardens, so they could meet without attracting notice. The political mood was fevered.

• Monday, November 25th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Brazilian oil spill keeps advancing and has reached the north of Rio do Janeiro state

  

  Oil from a spill that has contaminated a stretch of Brazil's coast was detected in Rio de Janeiro state, the navy said over the weekend, as President Jair Bolsonaro warned the country was preparing for the worst.

• Monday, November 25th 2019 - 09:38 UTC

  Brazilian government alert and prepared for social unrest, Bolsonaro warns

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday his government is alert and prepared for any possible social unrest after weeks of protests that have sent shockwaves across the region in recent weeks, but added he was not concerned.

• Saturday, November 23rd 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Swiss investigation helps expose corruption network involving Vitol, Trafigura and Petrobras

  

  Swiss investigators have executed search warrants at addresses linked to Vitol and Trafigura, their counterparts in Brazil said on Thursday, as a sprawling probe into the global commodity trading industry intensifies.