Brazil

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil's trade surplus of US$ 3.28bn in August and US$ 31.76 in eight months

  

  Brazil posted a trade surplus of US$ 3.28 billion last month, the widest surplus for August since 2017 and almost 20% wider than the US$ 2.28 billion surplus in August last year, the Economy Ministry said.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Polls bash Bolsonaro: 38% say the president is doing “a bad or terrible job”

  

  Brazilians saying that President Jair Bolsonaro is doing a “bad or terrible” job rose to 38% from 33% previously, in the first major poll since the government faced global outcry over its handling of record fires in the Amazon rainforest.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Bolsonaro ready to speak about Amazon fires at the UN General Assembly

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he was eager to speak about the Amazon fires that have drawn world attention at the next U.N. General Assembly in September, as the issue appeared to erode his support at home.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Brazilian top official threatens to “choke” Macron as “a chicken” and further insults the French First Lady

  

  Brazil's tourism ambassador and former Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter, Renzo Gracie, has posted a video on Twitter threatening to “choke” French President Emmanuel Macron - along with insulting his wife Brigitte.

• Monday, September 2nd 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Lula da Silva accuses Bolsonaro of stupidity and tarnishing Brazil's reputation

  

  Ex Brazilian president Lula da Silva has accused the incumbent leader Jair Bolsonaro of “stupidity” and of been guided ideologically by someone that doesn't believe the world is round, all of which has thrown into the drain, the country's reputation.

• Monday, September 2nd 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro will undergo hernia surgery

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will have surgery on a hernia that developed following previous operations after he was stabbed at a campaign rally a year ago, hospital authorities said.

• Saturday, August 31st 2019 - 17:57 UTC

  Brazil planning to privatize public TV and radio network

  

  Brazil will add public TV and radio network Empresa Brasil de Comunicação to government-owned companies to be privatized, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

• Saturday, August 31st 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazil thanks Trump for being “on the same page” in the Amazon controversy: no foreign interference

  

  Brazil and the United States believe the international community should have no say in confronting fires raging in the Amazon rainforest, Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo said on Friday after meeting President Donald Trump.

• Saturday, August 31st 2019 - 09:26 UTC

  Thousands of new fires ignited in the Amazon; Bolsonaro says Europe has nothing to teach Brazil on environment

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that Europe has “nothing to teach” Brazil about preserving the environment, as data showed thousands of new fires were ignited on the first day of a ban on burning.

• Saturday, August 31st 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  Bolsonaro bans the use of Bic pens because they are French

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday he will stop using disposable pens made by France's Bic to sign official documents, while a diplomatic spat continues over fires in the Amazon basin.