Brazil

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.”
Saturday, September 7th 2019 - 09:25 UTC
Argentina and Brazil sign auto industry increased integration agreement

Brazil and Argentina renewed their auto trade agreement on Friday, allowing increased Brazilian exports to its neighbor through 2029 but postponing free trade in motor vehicles between the countries for the next decade.
Saturday, September 7th 2019 - 09:00 UTC
Brazil's agribusiness joins the campaign to stop rainforest fires in the Amazon

The Brazilian Amazon is facing its worst spate of forest fires since 2010, with news of the destruction of the world's largest rainforest last month prompting global outcry and worries that it could hurt demand for the country's exports.
Saturday, September 7th 2019 - 08:54 UTC
Super star Ronaldinho nominated as a Brazil ambassador for tourism

Despite being unable to leave Brazil, the former Barca star Ronaldinho has been unveiled as one of the country's new ambassadors for tourism. The 39-year-old, who won the 2002 World Cup with the Selecao, had his passport seizure upheld in May this year after failing to pay a fine relating to environmental damage.
Saturday, September 7th 2019 - 08:38 UTC
Brazilian minister prepared to sell all “dysfunctional” state owned companies

Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said he will propose selling all the country’s state-owned companies because they are “dysfunctional” and should be privatized to improve the government’s finances.