Brazil

Tuesday, May 21st 2019 - 09:51 UTC
Lula is in love and plans to marry once released from prison

Brazil's imprisoned ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, still loved by large parts of the population, plans to remarry if he is released from prison, a former minister said. Lula, 73, a widower for the past two years, has been sentenced to more than two decades behind bars in two separate corruption cases.
Monday, May 20th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
FBI investigating US and EU corporate giants for alleged corruption in medical gear supplies to Brazil

The U.S. FBI is investigating corporate giants Johnson & Johnson, Siemens AG, General Electric Co and Philips for allegedly paying kickbacks as part of a scheme involving medical equipment sales in Brazil, Brazilian investigators have revealed to Reuters.
Monday, May 20th 2019 - 09:26 UTC
Eleven people killed in gang shooting in Brazil's northern city of Belém

A gang of gunmen reportedly attacked a bar in the capital of Brazil’s northern Pará state Sunday afternoon, killing 11 people. The state security agency confirmed late Sunday only that six women and five men died in the incident in the Guamá neighborhood of the Pará state capital, Belém.
Monday, May 20th 2019 - 09:20 UTC
Spanish hotel and travel services group plans to invest in Brazil

Spanish tourism and transportation company Grupo Globalia will launch a new air carrier in Brazil, Brazilian Infrastructure Minister Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas said in a message posted on Twitter this weekend.
Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Brazilian economy flirting with economy: “we are at the bottom of the well” says minister Guedes

Feeble growth forecasts and waning confidence in President Jair Bolsonaro sent Brazil's stocks and currency to their lowest level of the year this week, as analysts warned of further falls.
Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Bolsonaro calls protesting students in the streets, “useful idiots and imbeciles”

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in cities across Brazil on Wednesday to rally against education spending freezes in the biggest demonstrations yet against President air Bolsonaro, who called marchers “useful idiots and imbeciles.”
Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Bolsonaro defends his accused son and tells prosecutors and the media to go after him

President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday accused Brazilian prosecutors and the media of targeting his son in a corruption probe as an attempt to damage his administration, challenging critics to ”come at me.''
Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:24 UTC
Fitch rating agency says uncertainty overflying the Brazilian economy

Brazil’s push to overhaul its costly social security system is a welcome step toward healing public finances and the economy, but is not enough to stabilize public debt or trigger a positive review on the country’s credit rating, directors at rating agency Fitch said on Thursday.
Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:36 UTC
Massive students and teachers protests across 17 of 27 Brazilian states

Students and teachers from hundreds of universities and colleges across Brazil began a nationwide demonstration on Wednesday in “defense of education” following a raft of budget cuts announced by President Jair Bolsonaro's government.
Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 08:45 UTC
Bolsonaro's presence in Dallas triggers controversy with calls to “disinvite” the Brazilian leader

The World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth has not been deterred by activists’ and local leaders’ calls to disinvite Brazil’s controversial president, Jair Bolsonaro, from a speaking event on Thursday. Bolsonaro will be accompanied by a cadre of Brazilian politicians and will meet with business executives from across Texas, the U.S. and Brazil, said Jim Falk, the council branch’s president and CEO.