Brazil

• Friday, January 10th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazilian judge orders Netflix to stop showing a movie depicting Jesus as gay

  

  A Brazilian judge ordered the streaming entertainment service Netflix to stop showing a controversial movie depicting Jesus as a gay man, according to court documents made public. In the ruling against Netflix, the state court judge said: “The right to freedom of expression... is not absolute.”

• Friday, January 10th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Fires in the Amazon rainforest grew 30.5% in 2019; below the historic average

  

  The number of fires in the Amazon rainforest grew 30.5% in 2019 from the previous year, according to data released by space research agency INPE. The agency said the number of fires detected in the Amazon region was 89,178 in 2019 compared with 68,345 fires in 2018.

• Friday, January 10th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazilian industrial production surprise slump in November

  

  Brazilian industrial production slumped in November after rising for three consecutive months, marking the weakest performance for the month in four years, the government statistics agency IBGE said on Thursday.

• Thursday, January 9th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil after other markets if US and China agree on farm deal, mainly soybeans

  

  Brazil could lose some recent gains it made in the global soy market during the US-China trade war if those two countries reach a deal to end their dispute, a Brazilian Agriculture Ministry official said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, January 9th 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  Brazil anticipates record 2019/20 oilseed and grains crop: some 250 million tons

  

  Brazil's 2019-20 crop of grains and oilseeds is expected to reach a record of nearly 250 million metric tons, mainly driven by a sharp recovery in soybean production, even as inclement weather in southern regions of the country is raising concerns about the corn crop.

• Wednesday, January 8th 2020 - 09:23 UTC

  Australian bushfires smoke reaches Uruguay and the South of Brazil

  

  Smoke from bushfires raging across Australia reached Brazil on Tuesday, an arm of the National Institute for Space Research said on Twitter. Referring to satellite images, the agency's Department of Remote Sensing said the smoke had arrived in Brazil's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul.

• Tuesday, January 7th 2020 - 22:11 UTC

  Warning to Falkland Islanders traveling to Brazil: vaccinate against yellow fever

  

  With the establishment of the new airlink to Brazil, the Stanley hospital has issued a reminder to travellers from the Falkland Islands to ensure they are vaccinated against yellow fever before they head north.

• Tuesday, January 7th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro supports Trump and combating terrorism; Teheran summons Brazilian ambassador

  

  Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro offered his support to US counterpart Donald Trump on Monday amidst widespread criticism for the killing of a top Iranian commander.

• Tuesday, January 7th 2020 - 09:18 UTC

  Bolsonaro will submit to Congress bill reducing the size of government

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro told journalists on Monday that his administration will likely submit to the Congress in February a reform to reduce the size of the government, aiming to cut public spending.

• Tuesday, January 7th 2020 - 09:08 UTC

  Brazil: mining company agrees to compensation for 17.000 relocations in a capital city

  

  Brazilian petrochemical producer Braskem SA has agreed to a 2.7 billion reais (US$ 667 million) settlement with federal and state authorities in the northeastern state of Alagoas to cover damage caused by a salt mining project there.