Brazil

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Amazonas police make arrest in British reporter case

  

  Brazilian authorities have arrested a suspect in the case of British journalist Dom Phillips and his local indigenous affairs expert friend Bruno Araújo Pereira who went missing in Amazonia earlier this week. Phillips and Araújo were last seen Sunday after leaving Sao Rafael in a boat on Sunday on their way to indigenous enclaves where they planned to collect materials for a future book.

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  First case of monkeypox confirmed in Brazil

  

  A 41-year-old man from São Paulo who had just returned from Spain has been confirmed Wednesday as Brazil's first case of monkeypox. The patient is now in isolation at the Emilio Ribas Hospital in South America's largest city, which is also monitoring a 26-year-old woman, also in isolation, but with no travel record.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  BRICS countries agree to deepen financial, customs cooperation

  

  Following a virtual meeting Tuesday, dignitaries of all five BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) have pledged to deepen financial and customs cooperation.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Bolsonaro prays for missing British reporter to be found

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday said anything could happen in the case of a British journalist and a local expert on indigenous affairs who went missing Sunday in Amazonia's Javari Valley.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 20:54 UTC

  Job openings in Brazil show positive figures in April

  

  Brazilian authorities have announced nearly 197,000 new formal jobs had been created in the month of April, according to the General Cadastre for Employed and Unemployed (Caged), released Monday by the Labor Ministry.

• Monday, June 6th 2022 - 19:13 UTC

  If re-elected, Bolsonaro might create three more ministries

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Monday said he would most likely create three new ministers if he is reelected this year: Public Security, Fisheries, and Foreign Trade.

• Monday, June 6th 2022 - 09:26 UTC

  Brazil: Mr. and Mrs. Lula test positive for COVID-19

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his wife Janja tested positive Sunday for COVID-19, due to which all campaign engagements have been suspended, the candidate's press office announced.

• Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 23:04 UTC

  Argentina's Alberto Fernández to attend Los Angeles Summit

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández finally confirmed he will be attending the ninth Summit of the Americas convened for next week in Los Angeles following a 25-minute telephone conversation with his US colleague Joseph Biden, during which they also agreed on a bilateral meeting for July 25.

• Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 21:31 UTC

  Bolsonaro insists his followers must prepare for war ahead of October elections

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called on his followers Friday to be ready and spare their country from following the same paths as other South American nations in the Oct. 2 elections.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2022 - 21:47 UTC

  Lula links Bolsonaro supporters to 2018 murder of Afro-descendant activist

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, who according to every poll is poised to win the Oct. 2 elections and thus return to the Planalto Palace, Thursday linked supporters of the incumbent head of state to the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro Socialist councilwoman and activist Marielle Franco.