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Montevideo, April 4th 2025 - 04:31 UTC

Brazil

  • Monday, March 10th 2025 - 14:31 UTC

    Lula makes key cabinet reshuffle

    Lula is losing popularity and is making moves across the board to bounce back

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday launched a cabinet reshuffle by appointing Gleisi Hoffmann as Secretary of Institutional Relations in lieu of Alexander Padilha, who returned to the podition of Health Minister he held between 2011 and 2014 under former President Dilma Rousseff. Padilha replaced Nísia Trinidade, whom Lula sacked on Feb. 25.

  • Monday, March 10th 2025 - 08:56 UTC

    Palmeiras says sanctions against racist Cerro Porteño too lenient

    A Paraguayan fan holding a child was caught on camera imitating a monkey as Figueredo left the pitch to be substituted

    Officials from the São Paulo football club Palmeiras said the South American Football Confederation's sanctions issued Sunday against Paraguay's Cerro Porteño following last week's racist incidents were “extremely lenient.”

  • Saturday, March 8th 2025 - 10:51 UTC

    Lula plans bold measures to keep food prices from soaring

    Consumers should pay a fair price for food, said Lula

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Friday that he might need to take bold measures to keep food prices from soaring, thus affecting consumers. He also blamed “robbers” for the high price of eggs nationwide.

  • Thursday, March 6th 2025 - 08:24 UTC

    Rio de Janeiro Carnival: Hotel occupancy surpasses 95%

    Rio’s Carnival has grown into a billion-dollar industry

    HotéisRIO, the Cidade Maravilhosa's hotel owners' association, forecast that hotel occupancy during this year's Carnival festivities reached 95.51%, a substantial increase from last year's 80.18%, presumably due to Carnival taking place in March this year, which lures more visitors to the city, Agencia Brasil reported. The survey covers the period from March 1 to 4 as Rio’s Carnival has grown into a billion-dollar industry.

  • Wednesday, March 5th 2025 - 09:12 UTC

    China halts meat imports from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Mongolia

    The main Argentine plant affected by the measure insisted on the lagging exchange rate between the peso and the US dollar as a key factor for the business to be profitable

    China’s customs authorities have suspended beef imports from seven meatpacking facilities across Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Mongolia as of March 3, 2025. The affected companies include two Argentine exporters (Frigorífico Regional General Las Heras SA and Frio Dock SA), three Brazilian slaughterhouses (Frisa Frigorífico Rio Doce S/A, Bon-Mart Frigorífico Ltda, and JBS S/A), one Uruguayan facility (Frigorífico Sirsil SA), and a Mongolian supplier. No official reason for the measure was provided, though it follows a 2024 record of 2.87 million metric tons of beef imports, which led to an oversupplied market and historically low domestic beef prices in China.

  • Wednesday, March 5th 2025 - 09:00 UTC

    Russian model Irina Shayk keeps heads turning at Rio's Carnival

    For Irina, this was a challenge unlike any runway

    Rio de Janeiro's Carnival is an annual event for many. But for 39-year-old Russian model Irina Shayk, it was her first. She made a stunning debut on Monday, dressed in a spectacular rhinestone costume, as the guest of honor for the samba school Beija-Flor de Nilópolis, one of the most awarded schools in town.

  • Tuesday, March 4th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Lula invites Mexico, Colombia, and Uruguay to BRICS Summit

    Lula also pledged to deepen Brazil's partnership with Uruguay

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva invited Mexico, Colombia, and Uruguay to participate in the upcoming BRICS summit in July in Rio de Janeiro. The bloc, which includes Brazil, China, and India, represents 40% of the world's population. The summit will focus on reducing dependence on the US dollar and promoting local currencies in transactions.

  • Monday, March 3rd 2025 - 19:20 UTC

    Brazilian production wins Oscar for Best Picture in Foreign Language

    Walter Salles during his acceptance speech

    Brazilians celebrated it as if it was another football title when Walter Salles' “Ainda Estou Aqui” (“I'm Still Here”) won the Oscar for Best Film in a Foreign Language. It was the first time a production from the South American country received such an accolade. The movie tells the story of a family during Brazil's military dictatorship (1964-1985).

  • Friday, February 28th 2025 - 10:06 UTC

    Brazil: Respiratory complications feared to mount during Carnival gatherings

    The warning goes beyond the partying period

    According to the latest issue of the Infogripe bulletin from the Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), large crowds during the upcoming Carnival festivities may lead to increased transmission of respiratory viruses.

  • Thursday, February 27th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    Petrobras' 2024 profits below those attained the year before

    The exchange rate variation impacted negatively on the company's performance

    Brazil's State-owned oil company Petrobras activities yielded R$36.6 billion (US$7.5 billion) in profits last year, according to a report released Wednesday in Brasilia. However, these figures are below 2023's performance, when the company recorded a net profit of R$124.6 billion (US$24.9 billion), the exchange rate variation in debts between Petrobras and its subsidiaries abroad playing a key role in these results.