Brazil

• Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  More Iranian bulk carriers stranded in Brazil, since Petrobras refuses to refuel them fearing US sanctions

  

  Two more Iranian bulk carriers that came to Brazil carrying urea and were expected to return home with corn could be left without enough fuel, as Brazil's Petrobras refuses to provide them with bunker fuel due to U.S. sanctions.

• Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  Bolsonaro again denies Amazon deforestation and says Brazilian official data “I'm convinced, is a lie”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday accused the state body responsible for tracking deforestation levels of disclosing false data, after preliminary numbers showed a dramatic rise in July.

• Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 07:47 UTC

  Bolsonaro denies hunger in Brazil; FAO says 5.1 million are “undernourished”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday there was no hunger in the country, citing the lack of “poor people in the street with a skeletal physique” as evidence. Speaking to foreign journalists, Bolsonaro blamed “populists” for propagating “a big lie” that some of Brazil's 209 million people did not have enough to eat.

• Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  Bolsonaro's 200-day administration stimulus package will be announced 24 July

  

  Brazil’s government is expected to detail its plans to release funds from the workers’ severance fund, known as FGTS, on July 24, the presidential chief of staff Bolsonaroaid. In a press conference organized to mark 200 days of Jair Bolsonaro’s administration, Lorenzoni added the government wants to make sure that the release of part of the assets in the workers’ funds will not hurt home financing. FGTS accounts for almost half of the funds allocated to the financing of homes in Brazil.

• Friday, July 19th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  
Huawei is not restricted in Brazil, says VP Hamilton Mourao

  

  China's Huawei will not be restricted in Brazil where plans are underway to launch a 5G network, the country's vice president said, defying US pressure to shun the firm.

• Friday, July 19th 2019 - 08:14 UTC

  Two Iranian vessels stranded in Brazil with no fuel because of US sanctions

  

  Two Iranian vessels have been stranded for weeks at Brazilian ports, unable to head back to Iran due to lack of fuel, which state-run oil firm Petrobras refuses to sell them due to sanctions imposed by the United States.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 12:14 UTC

  Montevideo gas workers lift strike after government's announcements

  

  As the Uruguayan state has vowed to take over the administration of departing Montevideo cooking gas suppliers Montevideo Gas and Conecta and jobs have been secured, the UOEGAS workers' union has agreed to end the strike, starting this Friday.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 12:04 UTC

  Bolsonaros behind transnational alliance of conservative leaders, Brazil's FM says

  

  In an interview before traveling to the Argentine city of Santa Fe for the Mercosur Summit and published Wednesday by the BBC, Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo admitted he discussed a possible Conservative-Liberal Alliance with lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, the president's son and likely to become the next ambassador to the United States.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 10:22 UTC

  Textile giant Alpargatas quits Argentina

  

  Although founded in Argentina, textile giant Alpargatas, now owned by Brazilian investors, has announced it will leave its country of origin due to financial difficulties.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  What did the Mercosur’s leaders say about Venezuela in Santa Fe?

  

  The political and economic crisis in Venezuela was the center of the political debate among the heads of state that, this Wednesday, met in Santa Fe, Argentina in the Mercosur semi-annual summit, a block from which the Caribbean country is currently suspended. Neither Uruguay, Bolivia nor Chile addressed a word regarding the Venezuelan situation.