Brazil

Monday, April 8th 2019 - 11:20 UTC
Thousands of followers rallied to support ex president Lula da Silva outside his prison

Several thousand supporters of former Brazilian president Lula Inacio da Silva rallied on Sunday outside the prison where he has now been held for a year, as they demanded his release and chanted slogans against current leader Jair Bolsonaro.
Monday, April 8th 2019 - 11:06 UTC
Football legend Pele returns to Brazil after been discharged from Paris hospital

Brazilian football legend Pele, who has been in hospital in Paris, will return to Brazil on Monday, his advisor announced. “We're going back to Sao Paulo on Monday,” said the advisor, without providing any more details.
Monday, April 8th 2019 - 10:57 UTC
Grain loaders say the collapse of a bridge in north Brazil will not impact harvest transport

Hidrovias do Brasil SA, a Brazilian logistics company, said the collapse of a bridge on the Moju River in Pará state on Saturday will not have any impact on its operations in the region, according to a statement on Sunday.
Monday, April 8th 2019 - 10:00 UTC
Bolsonaro's first 100 days: not much to show and but his lack of government experience

President Jair Mesias Bolsonaro decision to mark the symbolic milestone of 100 days in office next Wednesday has come with not few comments: analysts say the euphoria of his October victory that ended decades of centre-left rule is evaporating.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Heavy rains with flash floods in northeast Brazil and in Paraguay

Civil defense officials have reported that heavy rains in northeastern Brazil have killed at least three people and displaced 3,600, while apparently unrelated flooding far to the south in Paraguay has forced some 20,000 people from their homes.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:16 UTC
Lula's to mark one year in prison next Sunday; all legal appeals rejected so far

 Since entering prison a year ago, Brazil's former president Lula da Silva has been spending his days working out in his cell and fighting to prove his innocence.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 08:43 UTC
Bolsonaro argues that Brazil's 1964 coup was really a “democratic regime of force”

Days after celebrating the anniversary of the military coup that led to Brazil's last dictatorship, the government of President Jair Bolsonaro is pushing for a revision of the history curriculum for the country's schools.
Friday, April 5th 2019 - 09:37 UTC
Brazilian markets react positively on hopes of progress on pension reform

Most Latin American stock markets and currencies rose on Thursday, with assets in Brazil gaining on hopes of smooth progress on pension reform. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro met fellow politicians in a bid to build support to pass his government's proposal to reform the country's bloated pension system, seen by investors as crucial to trim Brazil's wide fiscal deficit.
Friday, April 5th 2019 - 09:33 UTC
Brazil automakers confident of domestic market despite collapse of exports to Argentina

Automobile production in Brazil fell 0.6% in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the same period last year, the national automakers’ association said on Thursday, as an economic crisis in Argentina continued to weigh on output.
Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 09:41 UTC
Petrobras finally shows positive results and with strong growth prospects

Petrobras has finally announced a positive annual result, five years after the Lava Jato corruption probe left the Brazilian state-controlled company with spiraling debts. The firm closed the year with a US$ 25.8bn net profit, the highest figure in seven years, and a total of R$20.2bn (US$ 5.27bn) in asset sales.