Brazil

• Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 09:27 UTC

  Brazil's Workers Party have a Plan B to replace Lula: Fernando Haddad

  

  Former Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad will be the Brazilian leftist Workers Party’s presidential candidate if jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is barred from running in the October vote, party sources anticipated on Friday.

• Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  Brazilian parties' nomination Saturday; Workers Party will insist with Lula

  

  Brazil's ex president and currently jailed for corruption, Lula da Silva is expected to secure his Workers Party's nomination this Saturday and continue to overshadow more likely candidates in the country's most unpredictable presidential election for decades.

• Friday, August 3rd 2018 - 09:32 UTC

  Brazil central bank keeps interest rates at an all-time low

  

  Brazil's central bank kept interest rates at an all-time low on Wednesday and downplayed a recent spike in inflation, suggesting no rate hikes in the immediate future. The effect of a nationwide truckers' strike on prices is likely to fade but will probably further slow a recovery in Latin America's top economy, the bank said, underscoring the outsized impact of the late-May protests.

• Friday, August 3rd 2018 - 07:48 UTC

  Falklands contrasting opinions on the Sao Paulo air link consequences

  

  The Falkland Islands government preferred choice for a second commercial flight to the South American continent has met with contrasting opinions as to the practical and potential future consequences of the Sao Paulo destination.This was clearly expressed in the Letters chapter of the Penguin News. One of them comes from the FI Chamber of Commerce, and the second from the main importer of fresh produce to the Islands.

• Friday, August 3rd 2018 - 07:24 UTC

  Falklands: Sao Paulo as second commercial flight draws strong local response

  

  The Falkland Island Government’s announcement of their preferred option for a second commercial flight between the Falklands and South America has been met with both applause and outrage, reports the latest edition of the Islands' weekly, Penguin News.

• Thursday, August 2nd 2018 - 08:21 UTC

  Winner of Math's' Nobel enjoys gold medal for fifty minutes, in crime-ridden Rio

  

  One of the winners of the award known as the Nobel Prize for mathematics had his gold medal stolen minutes after it was given to him. Caucher Birkar, a Kurdish refugee turned Cambridge University math professor, was among four winners of the prestigious Fields Medal on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2018 - 13:50 UTC

  Facebook in Brazil cracks down on misinformation networks ahead of election

  

  Facebook Inc on Wednesday took down a network of pages and accounts used by a right-wing Brazilian activist group, cracking down on what it called a misinformation network ahead of elections in October.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2018 - 08:18 UTC

  Brazil investigating collusion and price fixing at the fuel pump: largest distributors targeted

  

  Brazil’s three largest fuel distribution companies are under investigation for fixing prices at the pump, police said on Tuesday, reigniting debate over potential collusion among gas station owners in Latin America’s largest oil producer.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 14:39 UTC

  Temer urges presidential hopefuls to ensure a continuity of current economic policies

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer on Monday called for continuity of his policies after the end of his term in December. At a business event in Sao Paulo, the president urged his successor to maintain the agenda implemented by the current administration and said the reforms he initiated need to be continued.

• Monday, July 30th 2018 - 09:49 UTC

  US congress members denounce “assault on democracy and human rights in Brazil”

  

  In a letter to Brazilian Ambassador in Washington Sergio Silva do Amaral, 29 members of the United States Congress voiced their concerns about “an intensifying assault on democracy and human rights in Brazil,” particularly the incarceration of former president Lula da Silva and the assassination of Rio de Janeiro city councilor Marielle Franco.