Brazil

Wednesday, September 11th 2019 - 09:29 UTC
Latin America's two largest economies begin talks on a free trade deal

Brazil and Mexico have begun talks on a free trade deal, officials announced seeking to deepen commercial ties between the two largest economies in Latin America as trade tensions threaten to undermine global growth.
Wednesday, September 11th 2019 - 09:24 UTC
Brazilian officials cautiously say the worst of recession is over, but anticipate no easing of austerity

Brazil’s government on Tuesday slightly raised its 2019 economic growth forecast and said the worst for the economy is probably behind it but showed no sign it is willing to ease up on its commitment to austerity and strict fiscal discipline.
Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Brazil and China closer: Bolsonaro visits Beijing in October and Xi travels to Brasilia in November

Brazil’s Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Monday that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Brazil in November, as the two nations seek to strengthen political and economic ties at a time of global trade tensions.
Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
August inflation in Brazil below target, with room for further rate cuts

Consumer price inflation in Brazil was well contained in August, as forecast, reinforcing expectations of deeper interest rate cuts by the central bank as it tries to fire up economic growth.
Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 09:47 UTC
Bolsonaro announces he'll be back in office next Thursday

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday in a video from his hospital bed that he is ready to go back to work after having a hernia operation and his spokesman said he will reassume the presidency on Thursday as planned.
Monday, September 9th 2019 - 09:41 UTC
Bolsonaro recovering from a five hour surgery; in ten days he returns to Brasília

Vice President Hamilton Mourão will be Brazil's acting president through Thursday while president Jair Bolsonaro recovers from abdominal surgery resulting from his stabbing at a political rally last year, his spokesman said on Sunday.
Monday, September 9th 2019 - 09:35 UTC
Avengers key characters kissing rages social and legal controversy in Brazil

A Brazilian Supreme Court has been forced to step in to referee a row over the sale of a comic book showing two gay Avengers characters kissing. The 2010 Marvel publication was banned — and promptly unbanned — from an international book fair in Rio de Janeiro this month due to its “sexual content”.
Sunday, September 8th 2019 - 12:08 UTC
Nomination of Brazilian top public prosecutor rejected by his peers

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Thursday that he picked Augusto Aras to be the country’s new top public prosecutor, succeeding Raquel Dodge when her two-year term ends in two weeks.
Sunday, September 8th 2019 - 10:40 UTC
Bolsonaro undergoes surgery Sunday morning and will recover the rest of the week

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is in a hospital in Sao Paulo, ready for a fourth surgery scheduled for 07:00 Sunday morning. Bolsonaro arrived at the Vila Nova Star hospital accompanied by the First Lady Michelle and his son Carlos on Saturday evening but did not talk with the media.
Saturday, September 7th 2019 - 09:36 UTC
Bolsonaro calls for an outburst of flag colors on Independence Day to remind the world “Amazon is ours”

President Jair Bolsonaro has urged people to attend the September 7 Independence Day festivities dressed in green and yellow to “show the world” that “the Amazon is ours.”