Brazil

Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 18:07 UTC
Bolsonaro's haircut a coarse gesture from Brazil to France's FM

Brazil's authorities maintained Friday President Jair Bolsonaro's haircut was not the reason for leaving France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in the lurch and argued it was all a matter of agenda.
Friday, August 2nd 2019 - 19:20 UTC
Brazil agrees to review secret Itaipu deal that nearly cost Paraguay's President Abdo his job

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he was open to reviewing the controversial recent energy agreement with Paraguay, which cost dignataries from the latter country their jobs and left President Mario Abdo Benitez on the brink of impeachment.
Friday, August 2nd 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Bolsonaro names military officers to the truth committee investigating dictatorship disappearances

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday appointed two members of the armed forces to a commission investigating deaths and disappearances during the 1964-81 military dictatorship.
Friday, August 2nd 2019 - 09:54 UTC
Brazil already engaged in trade talks with United States, says minister Guedes

Brazil has begun negotiating a trade agreement with the United States, the South American country’s economy minister said, kicking off knotty talks between longstanding competitors whose leaders want closer commercial ties.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Trump declares Brazil a trusted major non-NATO ally of the US

President Donald Trump on Wednesday boosted Brazil's status as a US military ally, easing the path for the Latin American giant to buy more sophisticated weaponry. In a notice sent to the State Department, Trump said, “I hereby designate the Federative Republic of Brazil as a major Non-NATO Ally of the United States,” referring to the powerful North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Brazilian tribal chief allegedly murdered will be exhumed for an autopsy

The body of a tribal chief allegedly murdered deep inside the Amazon in northern Brazil will be exhumed for an autopsy, officials said on Wednesday following international outcry over his death.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Brazilian miner Vale reports quarter loss: US$ 2bn write-downs to compensate for deadly dam bursts

Brazilian miner Vale SA on Wednesday said it swung to a quarterly loss as the company announced more than US$2 billion in fresh write-downs related to two deadly dam bursts suffered by the company over a period of less than four years.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:13 UTC
Brazil's central bank cuts main interest rate to 6%, confident of “reforms' process”

Brazil's central bank slashed interest rates to a record low on Wednesday in response to the worsening outlook for Latin America's biggest economy. The bank cut its main rate to 6% from the previous historic low of 6.5%, which had been unchanged since March 2018.
Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 10:53 UTC
Journalists organization question Bolsonaro's remarks regarding The Intercept Brazil

The Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday condemned Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's remarks that Glenn Greenwald, the co-founder and editor of The Intercept Brasil, could “do jail time” and suggesting that he had married a Brazilian citizen to avoid deportation, as reported by a local outlet.
Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Trump after a trade deal with Brazil, but Brasilia says any tariffs agreements must include Mercosur members

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will pursue a U.S. trade agreement with Brazil, suggesting a friendly relationship with President Jair Bolsonaro could help lower trade barriers between the two biggest economies in the Americas.