Brazil

• Wednesday, September 18th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

  Brazil’s ex president Temer admits that Rousseff's impeachment was a “coup”

  

  Brazil former president, Michel Temer, described for the first time the dismissal of his predecessor Dilma Rousseff as a “coup”, as the left marks the political trial that removed the ex-president of the Workers Party from power.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 10:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro leaves hospital to continue recovery at home; he will not retake office yet

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro left hospital on Monday eight days after another operation on his stomach following his stabbing at a campaign rally last year.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Brazil preparing fiscal reform and considers new value added tax at federal level

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro telephoned Economy Minister Paulo Guedes from hospital this week to express his opposition to the creation of a new “CPMF” financial transactions tax, Guedes said on Friday.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Chinese mining group plans to build an US$ 2.2bn complex in Brazil

  

  The Brazilian state of Minas Gerais has signed a protocol of intent with Sul Americana de Metais, a unit of Chinese miner Honbridge Holdings, for the construction of a 9.1 billion reais (US$ 2.2 billion) mining complex, newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo reported.

• Monday, September 16th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Bolsonaro's recovery “visibly impresses” doctors but release from hospital still unconfirmed

  

  Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro continues to improve after surgery, but there is as yet no date scheduled for his release from the hospital, according to the presidential spokesman. Speaking to journalists in Sao Paulo, Otavio Rego Barros said that the doctors left Bolsonaro’s room “visibly impressed” with his progress on Sunday morning.

• Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 21:32 UTC

  US and Brazil on first high-level strategic dialogue in seven years: trade and biodiversity in the agenda

  

  The United States and Brazil are deepening a new era of closer cooperation with their first high-level strategic dialogue in seven years.

• Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 20:22 UTC

  Fire in Rio do Janeiro leaves at least twelve people dead

  

  A fire erupted in a hospital in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, leaving at least twelve people dead and forcing medical staff and desperate relatives to rescue patients from the smoke-filled wards.

• Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 12:21 UTC

  Bolsonaro still in hospital returns to feeding with liquids

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro had a feeding tube removed from his nose on Friday, doctors said, five days after another operation on his stomach, where he was stabbed during a campaign rally last year.

• Friday, September 13th 2019 - 19:17 UTC

  Brazil's soybean and corn sowing seasons delayed because of very dry conditions

  

  Brazil’s soybean sowing season for the 2019-20 harvest is officially underway, but there might not be too many planters out in the fields just yet as conditions are extremely dry.

• Friday, September 13th 2019 - 17:04 UTC

  Bolsonaro's recovery period extended for a further four days

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will need four days more than planned to recover from abdominal surgery, his spokesman said on Thursday. “The president of the republic's team of doctors has decided to keep him away from the exercise of his duties... four additional days, ” said Otavio Rego Barros, his spokesman.