Brazil

Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:50 UTC
A fifth of Brazilian soy exports to EU may have come from illegally deforested land

A study published by Science magazine on July 16 indicated that a fifth of Brazilian soy imports received by the European Union may come from land that has been illegally deforested.
Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:46 UTC
Brazil death toll surpasses 80,000; WHO says outbreak has reached a plateau

Brazil's coronavirus death toll surpassed 80,000 on Monday, according to health ministry figures, as the country hit second-hardest in the world continued struggling to control the pandemic.
Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:43 UTC
Two Brazilian ministers join Bolsonaro in testing positive for Covid-19

Two more Brazilian government ministers said on Monday they had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, underscoring a struggle to limit the world's second-worst outbreak even among the political elite.
Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:45 UTC
Bolsonaro insists that the virus lockdown measures “kill” and have “suffocated” the economy

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that lockdown measures used to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus “kill” and have “suffocated” the country's economy.
Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Virus moving south: Brazilian state of Santa Catarina reimposes strict confinement measures

The southern state of Santa Catarina, which borders with the Argentine province of Misiones decreed on Saturday strict confinement measures following a record death toll from the coronavirus pandemic.
Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Wind power in Brazil represents 9% of the energy matrix

Wind energy is advancing in Brazil and now represents 9% of the energy matrix the state of Ceará, northeast, ended 2018 with 2,050.5 MW of installed wind power capacity, in 80 wind farms.
Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:29 UTC
Brazilian oil industry showing resilience to coronavirus pandemic despite fall in investment

By Matthew Smith for Oilprice.com – Before the outbreak of COVID-19 and the oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, an oil boom of monumental proportions was underway in Brazil, Latin America’s largest economy. Economists and industry analysts as far back as 2018 were speculating that it would be the largest in Latin America’s history. There were even signs that Brazil’s burgeoning oil production could challenge OPEC’s wanning supremacy.
Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:25 UTC
JBS installs “ultraviolet germicidal” ventilation to combat Covid-19 in slaughterhouses

One of the world's largest meatpackers said they have installed ultraviolet air cleaning equipment in some US plants, as pressure mounts on food companies to protect workers amid growing concerns about airborne transmission of the coronavirus.
Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:02 UTC
Amazon indigenous leader defender stable after blood transfusion in hospital

Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, one of the Amazon rainforest's best-known defenders, is “stable” after receiving a blood transfusion in hospital, his institute said on Sunday. Raoni, chief of the Kayapo people in northern Brazil, has been hospitalized since Thursday for weakness, shortness of breath, poor appetite, and diarrhea.
Monday, July 20th 2020 - 08:24 UTC
Brazilian meat plants perfect “coronavirus breeding centers”, according to Labor Ministry

Meat plants have been a major factor in the spread of coronavirus in at least three different regions of Brazil, according to the country’s experts. According to the new study conducted by the federal prosecution department the Public Ministry of Labour (MPT), the conditions at the meat plants have directly contributed towards the rapid transmission of the virus.