Brazil

• Friday, May 27th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Lula regains decisive advantage over Bolsonaro, survey shows

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva is once again on track for a landslide victory at this year's Oct. 2 elections over the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, according to Datafolha's latest survey released Thursday.

• Friday, May 27th 2022 - 09:16 UTC

  Bolivia wants better gas deal with Brazil

  

  Bolivia's Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energy Franklin Molina said the agreement with Brazil for the sale of cooking gas signed during the arguably illegitimate administration of Janine Áñez was detrimental to his country and will now seek to reach a new, more favorable deal.

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 22:52 UTC

  Bernie Ecclestone arrested in Brazil for carrying handgun at airport

  

  Former Formula 1 car racing mogul Bernie Ecclestone has been arrested in Brazil for carrying a concealed weapon as he tried to board a flight bound for Switzerland, it was announced Thursday.

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Brazil cuts down Mercosur external tariffs yet again

  

  In a move to contain inflation ahead of this year's Oct. 2 elections, Brazil's Chamber of Foreign Trade decided to cut down the Mercosur Common External Tariff (TEC) by 10% on items such as beans, meat, pasta, cookies, rice, and construction materials, the Ministry of Economy announced.

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:39 UTC

  Bolsonaro/Biden meeting during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is scheduled to attend the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles next month and plans to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden, according to Planalto Palace sources. The decision follows on a visit from Biden's special envoy, former Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd who met with Bolsonaro.

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Scioli: Argentina and Brazil will guarantee food and energy for the region

  

  Argentina's Ambassador Daniel Scioli Wednesday highlighted the integration process with Brazil and the current relationship between South America's two largest countries, which will “together guarantee food and energy for the region.”

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 07:45 UTC

  Brazil expects a slowdown of China trade, but will still enjoy a healthy surplus

  

  Brazil expects a slower growth of exports this year as China implements strict lockdown measures to contain the spread of Covid-19. Nevertheless, China will help to boost Brazil's trade surplus points out Foreign Trade Indicator (Icomex) data, released by Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), the country's leading think tank..

• Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil not to isolate monkeypox patients, for now, Anvisa says

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Tuesday made it clear that measures already in place at airports and inside airplanes were being upped to protect people from COVID-19 as well as from other diseases and pointed out it isolating patients to tackle monkeypox was not among the recommendations issued.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 03:36 UTC

  At least 22 dead in Rio favela latest shooting

  

  Brazilian police confirmed Tuesday afternoon that at least 22 people were killed during a raid in the Vila Cruzeiro favela, in Penha, in northern Rio de Janeiro.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 03:31 UTC

  Bolsonaro angry at YPFB for selling Argentina the gas that was for Brazil

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro complained that Bolivia's state-owned oil company Yacimientos Petróliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) funneled 30% of the gas that was to be sold to Brazil and sent it to Argentina as a part of an “orchestrated plan” against him and added Petrobras was behind it.