Brazil

Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 05:24 UTC
China opens dairy market to 24 Brazilian plants

The Brazilian farm ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that China has authorized 24 plants to export dairy products including powder milk and cheese to the Asian country.
Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 05:09 UTC
Frosts in south Brazil will help foreign exporters of wheat

Brazilian wheat imports are poised to increase this year as a frost-damaged part of the crop in key producing regions of Paraná, which accounts for roughly half of the country's output, according to state government agency Deral.
Wednesday, July 24th 2019 - 10:05 UTC
Bolsonaro plans to visit China and Arab countries next October

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro plans a round of official foreign visits in late October, including to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and China, the government said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, July 24th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Brazilian vice-president supports Bolsonaro's son as ambassador in Washington

Brazil’s vice president said he didn’t see “any problems” with President Jair Bolsonaro’s possible nomination of his son as ambassador to the United States, rebutting accusations that nepotism had tainted the appointment process for a coveted diplomatic posting.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:39 UTC
Brazil seizes record volumes of cocaine, mostly in the Santos port hub

Brazil seized 25.3 tons of cocaine bound for Europe and Africa in the first half of 2019, up more than 90 percent on the same period last year, officials said on Monday. Nearly half of the drugs were found at Santos port in southern Brazil, not far from where police recently arrested two men suspected of belonging to Italian mafia 'Ndrangheta'.
Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Bolsonaro again criticizes the state agency monitoring the Amazon forest

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro again criticized a state agency that monitors the Amazon, saying on Sunday that its latest report on increased deforestation damages Brazil’s reputation amid what he says is an “environmental psychosis” overseas about environmental protection in South America’s biggest nation.
Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:52 UTC
More Iranian bulk carriers stranded in Brazil, since Petrobras refuses to refuel them fearing US sanctions

Two more Iranian bulk carriers that came to Brazil carrying urea and were expected to return home with corn could be left without enough fuel, as Brazil's Petrobras refuses to provide them with bunker fuel due to U.S. sanctions.
Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 09:52 UTC
Bolsonaro again denies Amazon deforestation and says Brazilian official data “I'm convinced, is a lie”

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday accused the state body responsible for tracking deforestation levels of disclosing false data, after preliminary numbers showed a dramatic rise in July.
Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 07:47 UTC
Bolsonaro denies hunger in Brazil; FAO says 5.1 million are “undernourished”

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday there was no hunger in the country, citing the lack of “poor people in the street with a skeletal physique” as evidence. Speaking to foreign journalists, Bolsonaro blamed “populists” for propagating “a big lie” that some of Brazil's 209 million people did not have enough to eat.
Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 07:40 UTC
Bolsonaro's 200-day administration stimulus package will be announced 24 July

Brazil’s government is expected to detail its plans to release funds from the workers’ severance fund, known as FGTS, on July 24, the presidential chief of staff Bolsonaroaid. In a press conference organized to mark 200 days of Jair Bolsonaro’s administration, Lorenzoni added the government wants to make sure that the release of part of the assets in the workers’ funds will not hurt home financing. FGTS accounts for almost half of the funds allocated to the financing of homes in Brazil.