Brazil

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:34 UTC

  Bolsonaro and Economy minister cell phones hacked: four suspects arrested

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's cell phones were allegedly targeted by a group of hackers who are also accused of breaching the devices of the investigators in a massive corruption probe, the justice ministry said on Thursday.

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Armed men steal US$ 40 million in precious metals from Brazil's busiest airport

  

  Armed men stole US$40 million of gold and other precious metals on Thursday from a Sao Paulo cargo terminal at South America's busiest airport, taking two hostages, police said. Several of the suspects arrived at the Guarulhos airport in a black pickup truck with livery resembling Brazil's federal police, according to security footage.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  Teheran threatens to cut Brazilian imports if Iranian vessels are not refueled

  

  Iran has threatened to cut its imports from Brazil unless it allows the refuelling of at least two Iranian ships stranded off the Brazilian coast, a sign of the global repercussions of U.S. sanctions on the Islamic republic.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  Four people arrested in Brazil for hacking ministers and judges' phones

  

  Brazil's federal police arrested four people for allegedly hacking the phone of Justice Minister Sérgio Moro, a key member of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's Cabinet who had previously been a renowned anti-corruption judge.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 05:24 UTC

  China opens dairy market to 24 Brazilian plants

  

  The Brazilian farm ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that China has authorized 24 plants to export dairy products including powder milk and cheese to the Asian country.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 05:09 UTC

  Frosts in south Brazil will help foreign exporters of wheat

  

  Brazilian wheat imports are poised to increase this year as a frost-damaged part of the crop in key producing regions of Paraná, which accounts for roughly half of the country's output, according to state government agency Deral.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2019 - 10:05 UTC

  Bolsonaro plans to visit China and Arab countries next October

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro plans a round of official foreign visits in late October, including to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and China, the government said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazilian vice-president supports Bolsonaro's son as ambassador in Washington

  

  Brazil’s vice president said he didn’t see “any problems” with President Jair Bolsonaro’s possible nomination of his son as ambassador to the United States, rebutting accusations that nepotism had tainted the appointment process for a coveted diplomatic posting.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Brazil seizes record volumes of cocaine, mostly in the Santos port hub

  

  Brazil seized 25.3 tons of cocaine bound for Europe and Africa in the first half of 2019, up more than 90 percent on the same period last year, officials said on  Monday. Nearly half of the drugs were found at Santos port in southern Brazil, not far from where police recently arrested two men suspected of belonging to Italian mafia 'Ndrangheta'.

• Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Bolsonaro again criticizes the state agency monitoring the Amazon forest

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro again criticized a state agency that monitors the Amazon, saying on Sunday that its latest report on increased deforestation damages Brazil’s reputation amid what he says is an “environmental psychosis” overseas about environmental protection in South America’s biggest nation.