Brazil

• Wednesday, May 20th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  British supermarkets and EU investors warn Brazil if an Amazon contentious bill is approved in congress

  

  British supermarkets have warned Brazil they might have to boycott its products if lawmakers there pass a contentious bill that could enable faster destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

• Wednesday, May 20th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Trump threatening with a travel halt from Latin America because of worsening coronavirus outbreaks in the region

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is considering imposing a halt on all travel coming from Latin America amid worsening coronavirus outbreaks in the region.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Brazil has the third largest number of coronavirus cases in the world

  

  Brazil has the third-highest number of novel coronavirus cases in the world, according to official figures released on Monday, a troubling surge for a country struggling to respond to the pandemic.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Desperate efforts to save indigenous people from tribes in the Amazon rainforest

  

  The novel coronavirus is spreading so fast among the indigenous people in the furthest parts of Brazil's Amazon rainforest that doctors are now evacuating critical COVID-19 patients by plane to the only intensive care units in the vast region.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro disregards public health advice while Sao Paulo struggles with a healthcare system virtually collapsed

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro again disregarded public health advice amid the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday to snap photos with lockdown protesters, as the country’s largest city of Sao Paulo struggles to keep its healthcare system afloat with public hospitals at 90 percent capacity.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  Brazilian agribusiness exports to China booming

  

  In the first four months of this year, Brazilian agribusiness exports totaled US$31.40 billion, marking a 5.9% increase year-on-year. The growth of agribusiness exports resulted in an increase in volumes 11.1%, while the index price suffered a drop of 4.7%.

• Saturday, May 16th 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  Brazil's second Health minister in a month resigns: “incompatibility” with Bolsonaro

  

  Brazilian Health Minister Nelson Teich resigned on Friday after less than a month on the job over what an official said was “incompatibility” with President Jair Bolsonaro's approach to fighting the country's spiraling coronavirus crisis.

• Saturday, May 16th 2020 - 07:56 UTC

  Brazilian indigenous groups at risk of decimation because of the coronavirus

  

  The coronavirus pandemic has hit 38 indigenous groups in Brazil, raising fears for populations that have a history of being decimated by outside diseases, the Brazilian Indigenous Peoples' Association (APIB) said on Friday.

• Saturday, May 16th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro's erratic administration keeps Brazilian corporations from issuing fresh bonds

  

  As Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro kept his name in the headlines over the last weeks by firing ministers and attacking governors, the Supreme Court and Congress, investors fretted over the prospect of a political crisis on top of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Saturday, May 16th 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  Lula fears Bolsonaro is steering Brazil to “chaos” and “genocide”

  

  Former president Lula da Silva says he fears a “genocide” in Brazil because of fierce opposition to coronavirus containment measures by current President Jair Bolsonaro, whom he said should be impeached. Lula is a former union leader who fought Brazil's military dictatorship (1964-1985), then became one of the country's most popular presidents with an anti-poverty crusade.