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Montevideo, December 20th 2025 - 13:21 UTC

Brazil

  • Monday, March 12th 2018 - 09:00 UTC

    Norwegian Air expands into domestic flights in Argentina and Brazil

    “We serve a lot of places in the U.S. and in Europe, but South America is our focus in 2018,” said Kjos. ”There are other countries with priority in South America”

    Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA plans to fly to Brazil from Argentina and London to boost its month-old operations in South America, Chief Executive Officer Bjorn Kjos said in an interview in Buenos Aires. The Scandinavian company has already received authorization from the Argentine government to operate flights to 13 Brazilian cities. Norwegian is evaluating flying in other Latin American nations, Kjos said, declining to give more details.

  • Friday, March 9th 2018 - 09:48 UTC

    Brazil downplays latest chapter of the “Weak Flesh” investigation

    Minister Maggi told reporters the latest phase deals with events in 2014 and 2015. There have been no new accusations since then, he said.

    Brazil does not face any risks of countries instituting new bans on Brazilian meat imports after the latest phase of the “Weak Flesh” investigation into companies accused of committing fraud to avoid safety checks, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said on Wednesday.

  • Friday, March 9th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

    Open Skies agreement between Brazil and US: 30% surge in flights expected

    The agreement allows an unlimited number of flights between Brazil and the United States, the favorite destination of Brazilian tourists

    Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday approved an Open Skies agreement between Brazil and the United States that clears the way for a partnership between American Airlines Group Inc and LATAM Airlines Group. The treaty will be sent to President Michel Temer, who is expected to sign it into law.

  • Friday, March 9th 2018 - 04:19 UTC

    Falklands' second commercial air-link: interest from several Brazilian airlines

    Unofficial sources claimed this week that LATAM Brazil, Avianca Brazil, and GOL (Brazil) are airlines interested in undertaking the commercial air-link.

    The Director of Aviation at Aviation Economics Joanna Hunt commenting on the progress of a second commercial air-link to the Falkland Islands has confirmed there has been interest from airlines.

  • Wednesday, March 7th 2018 - 09:51 UTC

    “Weak flesh” reignites in Brazil's major food processor and world's largest poultry exporter

    The scandal prompted several export markets to temporarily close their doors to Brazil, the world’s largest exporter of beef as well as chicken.

    Brazilian police arrested the former chief executive of major food processor BRF SA on charges that he and other executives knew the company, the world’s largest poultry exporter, engaged in fraud to evade food safety checks. Shares in BRF plunged 19% on the Sao Paulo stock exchange as the arrest compounded concerns about BRF’s leadership following a 1.1 billion Reais loss last year.

  • Wednesday, March 7th 2018 - 06:36 UTC

    Lula closer to prison, but remains undisputed front-runner in the presidential election

    A panel of judges rejected Lula’s request for an injunction that would prevent him from imprisonment as he appeals a corruption conviction.

    Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva is a step closer to prison. A panel of judges on Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice on Tuesday rejected Lula da Silva’s request for an injunction that would prevent him from being imprisoned as he appeals a corruption conviction.

  • Monday, March 5th 2018 - 11:59 UTC

    Falklands have three new young “ambassadors”

    Hristo Gomez, Marco Franceschini and Mauricio Giraudo, join British Ambassador in Uruguay Ian Duddy at the Government House in Stanley (Pic Twitter)

    Three young people who, judging by their boundless enthusiasm for all things Falkland, could be ambassadors for the Islands after only a week in Stanley and the Camp. Mauricio Giraudo from Uruguay, Marco Franceschini from Brazil and Hristo Gomez, from Chile, are this year’s winners of a competition organized each year by the British embassies in Montevideo, Brasilia and Santiago and sponsored and financed by the Falkland Islands Government.

  • Saturday, March 3rd 2018 - 10:43 UTC

    Brazil back on the growth path in 2017 after two years of contraction

    The modest growth represented a significant turnaround for Latin America's biggest economy, which contracted 3.8% in 2015 and 3.6% in 2016.

    Brazil's economy grew by a percentage point in 2017 after two years of contraction, government figures showed Thursday, confirming the South American giant's recovery from one of the worst recessions in its history. The agro-industrial sector led the way with 13% growth last year, trailed by the service sector, which showed 0.3% growth. Industrial output remained stable.

  • Saturday, March 3rd 2018 - 10:39 UTC

    Prosecution wants Temer included in Odebrecht payments investigation

    The case refers to a dinner at Temer's residence, Jaburu Palace, in May 2014, at which an illegal payment of 10 million Reais (US$3,08m) was allegedly agreed.

    Prosecutor general, Raquel Dodge, requested Brazilian Supreme Court justice, Edson Fachin, to include president Michel Temer in the list of those under investigation in an inquiry launched last year to determine Odebrecht's alleged payments to the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) party in 2014.

  • Wednesday, February 28th 2018 - 10:00 UTC

    Brazilian presidential hopeful would support privatization of Petrobras

    Once a taboo issue in Brazilian politics because of national sovereignty concerns, the privatization of Petrobras is set to become a campaign issue this year

    The governor of Sao Paulo and likely centrist presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin said that he would privatize Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras if he wins the elections in October.