Brazil

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 10:09 UTC

  Brazil death toll climbs to 40,000 and could overtake Britain this Friday

  

  Brazil has surpassed 40,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 800,000 cases, according to the latest figures from the health ministry on Thursday. The news came as the number of Latin American cases of the virus broke through the 1.5 million barrier.

• Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 12:47 UTC

  Brazil resumed publishing the country's total death toll from Covid-19

  

  Brazil's government resumed publishing the country's total death toll from the coronavirus pandemic, after facing accusations of trying to hide the magnitude of its raging health crisis.

• Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 12:22 UTC

  Impeachment proceedings against Rio do Janeiro Governor for allegedly funds' embezzlement

  

  The Rio de Janeiro state legislature voted on Wednesday to open impeachment proceedings against Governor Wilson Witzel over accusations he embezzled funds for fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

• Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Petrobras record exports of fuel oil, low in sulphur content

  

  Brazil's oil and gas giant Petrobras during the month of Maye exported 1.11 million tons of fuel oil, surpassing the previous record set in February 2020 by 10%. The amount of fuel oil exported was 231% above the volume exported in May last year.

• Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Record twelve month deforestation in Brazil's Amazon: area equivalent to Lebanon

  

  Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon rainforest was worse than previously reported in 2019, revised government data showed, during the first year of President Jair Bolsonaro, who is keen to develop the forest crucial to curbing global warming.

• Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 08:13 UTC

  Flash flood of shoppers in Sao Paulo despite record number of Covid 19 deaths

  

  Brazil's most populous state Sao Paulo reported a record number of COVID-19 deaths for the second day running on Wednesday even as its metropolis allowed shops to resume business and prepared to reopen its malls.

• Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Brazil forecasted to harvest 245,9 million tons of cereals and oil seeds

  

  According to the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), released on Tuesday, June 9th, by the IBGE, the country will harvest 245.9 million tons of cereals, legumes and oilseeds by the end of the year, up 1.8% (4.4 million tons more) compared to 2019.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2020 - 13:54 UTC

  Brazilian government banks suspended payment of states and municipalities debts

  

  Brazilian development bank BNDES has suspended the payment of interest and principal on debt owed by municipalities and states through the end of the year, Chief Executive Gustavo Montezano said, citing the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2020 - 05:34 UTC

  Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Deforestation of more than 10,000 square kilometers in one year

  

  The Brazilian Amazon has never lost so many square kilometers in eleven years. Between August 2018 and July 2019, 10,129 square kilometers of jungle were lost, according to the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe).

• Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 11:59 UTC

  Brazil central bank survey shows economy forecasted to contract 6,5% this year

  

  The outlook for Brazil’s economy deteriorated for a 17th week in a row, with Latin America’s largest economy now expected to shrink by 6.5% this year, a central bank survey of economists showed on Monday.