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Brazil

  • Monday, October 1st 2018 - 06:13 UTC

    Bolsonaro discharge from hospital greeted by women's rallies: against and in support

    Controversial Bolsonaro was released from hospital on Saturday after being stabbed and seriously wounded by a left-wing activist in a rally on 6 September

    Women across Brazil launched a wave of nationwide protests on Saturday against the candidacy of the right-wing frontrunner in next Sunday's presidential elections, Jair Bolsonaro.The controversial Bolsonaro, who was released from hospital on Saturday after being stabbed and seriously wounded by a left-wing activist during a rally on September 6, is currently leading in opinion polls.

  • Saturday, September 29th 2018 - 12:36 UTC

    Haddad could defeat Bolsonaro in Brazil's runoff vote, according to latest poll

    Bolsonaro remained the leader in simulated first-round voting, taking 28% voter approval, as he did in a Sept. 20 Datafolha poll. Haddad took 22%

    Brazil’s Workers Party candidate, Fernando Haddad, would defeat far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro in an expected runoff vote in next month’s election, a Datafolha poll showed on Friday. In a simulated runoff vote, the poll found Haddad would get 45% voter support, beating Bolsonaro with 39%, with the rest of those asked saying they were undecided or would annul their ballot. Voting is compulsory in Brazil.

  • Friday, September 28th 2018 - 08:58 UTC

    Brazilian currency strengthens below 4 to the dollar: first time in five weeks

    The Real closed at 3.99 to the US dollar just two weeks after hitting a record low of almost 4.2 to the dollar -- it's lost around 17% since the start of the year

    The Brazilian currency dipped under four Real to the dollar for the first time in five weeks at close on Thursday as the markets reacted favorably to the emergence of two clear presidential election frontrunners. The Real closed at 3.99 to the US dollar just two weeks after hitting a record low of almost 4.2 to the dollar -- it's lost around 17% since the start of the year.

  • Friday, September 28th 2018 - 08:47 UTC

    Oil majors to bid for Brazil's offshore potential despite electoral uncertainty

    The auction for four blocks in the Santos and Campos basins comes just a week before presidential polls featuring some candidates seeking to slow oil auctions

    Oil majors are set to gather in Rio de Janeiro this Friday to unveil bids for stakes in Brazil’s high potential offshore areas ahead of elections that are casting a cloud of uncertainty over the industry.

  • Friday, September 28th 2018 - 08:17 UTC

    Petrobras gradually moving out of lawsuits stemming from major corruption scheme

    Authorities in the US - where Petrobras is listed on the stock exchange - agreed not to prosecute in exchange for the remainder of the funds.

    Petrobras, Brazil's state oil company, has agreed to pay more than US$ 853m to the United States and Brazil, ending a long-running corruption investigation. The probe stemmed from a bribery scheme at the firm, which involved millions in payments that were concealed from investors and regulators.

  • Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 09:15 UTC

    Ciro Gomes leaves hospital following minor prostate surgery

    Gomes had been campaigning in Rio de Janeiro state on Tuesday morning before being admitted to a hospital in Sao Paulo in the afternoon having felt pain.

    Brazil presidential election candidate Ciro Gomes left hospital in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, a day after undergoing surgery on his prostate. Currently running third in opinion polls ahead of the October 7 election first round, 60-year-old Gomes underwent a minimally invasive procedure that involved the “cauterization of blood vessels,” his center-left PDT party said in a statement.

  • Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 08:57 UTC

    Latest poll in Brazil shows extreme right Bolsonaro losing ground

    Bolsonaro has held his lead ahead of the Oct. 7 election with 27% of voter support, the survey by polling firm Ibope commissioned by CNI indicated

    Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has only a six-point lead over surging Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad, and would lose a second-round runoff against him next month, a new opinion poll showed on Wednesday. However both leading candidates lost one percentage point over last week's poll and only Ciro Gomes climbed from 11% to 12%

  • Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 05:25 UTC

    Temer tells US corporate leaders Brazil is open for business

    Guardia said Brazil owes the turnaround to important reforms implemented under Temer, who has been president since 2016

    Brazil has been clawing itself out from the worst recession in its history, but that hasn’t stopped President Michel Temer from touting the country to investors. Temer and his entourage told United States business leaders at an event leading up to the United Nations General Assembly that the country is open for business.

  • Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

    Brazil expected to import a million tons of soybeans from the US

    The deal is necessary to supply Brazilian soy processors in the inter-crops period as most beans produced in Brazil have already been sold or booked for export

    Brazil, the world's No 1 soy exporter, is expected to import around one million tons of the oilseed in coming months from its largest global competitor, the United States, as local supplies dwindle, according to Sao Paulo-based grain trader Agribrasil.

  • Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 08:58 UTC

    Evangelical “block” in Brazilian congress expected to increase

    With numbers and clout growing, and the “evangelical bloc” in Congress, 15% of lawmakers, evangelical supporters have become the focus of leading candidates

    Evangelical voters are expected to play a decisive role in Brazil’s Oct. 7 presidential election as new rules ban corporations from making direct contributions in the wake of a graft scandal. With their numbers and clout growing, and the “evangelical bloc” in Congress accounting for 15% of federal lawmakers, evangelical supporters have become the focus of leading candidates.