Brazil

• Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

  Busy month of overseas trips for Bolsonaro: United States, Chile and Israel

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will pay his first official visits to the United States, Chile and Israel this month, in a clear sign of the alliances the far-right leader wants to shore up, official sources said.

• Monday, March 4th 2019 - 21:44 UTC

  Vale's top executives removed following the collapse of a dam that killed 300

  

  The head of Brazil's Vale mining giant has stepped down following the collapse of a dam which killed at least 186 people in the town of Brumadinho. Fabio Schvartsman and several other executives asked to be removed after prosecutors called for their dismissal.

• Monday, March 4th 2019 - 21:39 UTC

  Brazil's 2018/19 soy exports forecasted to decline : smaller crop and domestic prices higher

  

  Brazil’s soybean exports are expected to come in 14-18% down on the year in 2019 due to lower production and reduced buying by China, industry reports showed.

• Monday, March 4th 2019 - 07:45 UTC

  Lula back in prison after attending the funeral of his grandson Arthur

  

  Ex Brazilian president Lula da Silva is back in prison after being let out to attend his grandson Arthur's funeral. The seven-year-old died of meningitis on Friday. Lula was allowed to go to the burial in São Paulo on Saturday, where supporters gathered to greet him. Lula is serving 12 years in prison on corruption charges.

• Friday, March 1st 2019 - 23:33 UTC

  Guaido stops in Asunción from Brasilia and enroute to Argentina

  

  Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez Friday welcomed Venezuelan dissident acting President Juan Guaidó, saying the latter represented hope for his people. Abdo added Nicolás Maduro's tyranny must end.

• Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 10:00 UTC

  Guaidó arrives to Brasilia as part of a continental tour

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido arrived in Brazil on Wednesday night to meet with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as part of a tour of several nations to drum up international pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to step down.

• Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  Bolsonaro pays tribute to Brazilian and Paraguayan military rulers

  

  Jair Bolsonaro paid tribute to the former dictators of Brazil and Paraguay this week at a ceremony to celebrate the Itaipu hydroelectric dam. The Brazilian president, who has spoken previously of his admiration for the military dictatorship that ruled his nation from 1964 to 1985, praised former Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner as a “man of vision.”

• Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 08:37 UTC

  Brazilian consortium interested in Ford's Sao Paulo manufacturing plant

  

  Brazilian automaker CAOA, which produces vehicles with Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co and China’s Chery Automobile Co, is in talks to buy a Ford Motor Co plant in the country that is slated to close by 2019, according to sources reported in the Sao Paulo media.

• Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 08:32 UTC

  Obvious: Brazilians split over pensions' reform, but support for Bolsonaro remains solid

  

  Brazilians are split on a proposed overhaul of the country’s pension system, a poll showed on Tuesday, while most said they approve of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro’s performance.

• Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 08:23 UTC

  Investigation into Odebrecht corruption network in the Netherlands

  

  Prosecutors raided locations across the Netherlands on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the alleged use of shell companies to distribute US$ 100 million in bribes on behalf of Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht SA.