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Montevideo, November 23rd 2024 - 19:43 UTC

Brazil

  • Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

    At least 46 people still missing in post-cyclone southeastern Brazil

    Acting President Geraldo Alckmin will visit the area on Sunday

    Brazilian authorities said Friday that at least 46 people were missing after a devastating cyclone hit the southeastern State of Rio Grande do Sul since early Monday, where already 41 casualties have been reported. The federal government also pledged R$ 800 (US$167) for each of the over 3,000 people who have lost their homes to the storm.

  • Friday, September 8th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Lula headed for G20 Summit

    The Brazilian leader will receive the group's rotating presidency of the group on Sunday

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his entourage are due in New Delhi later Friday to participate in this coming weekend's Summit of G20 leaders, during which he is expected to deliver three speeches and take over the group's pro tempore presidency.

  • Thursday, September 7th 2023 - 11:17 UTC

    Bilateral trade shows Argentina's growing dependence on neighboring Brazil

    During August Argentina had a negative trade balance with Brazil, US$ 292 million, for the eighth consecutive month

    Overwhelmed by its financial problems and lack of foreign currency, which seriously limits international trade, there is an increasing position among some Argentine government theorists that Brazil's better performance could help its Mercosur partner with loans and other credit instruments to keep the country's activity going and safeguarding jobs.

  • Thursday, September 7th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    More rain forecast in southeastern Brazil as cyclone death toll rises

    Pimenta admitted he had found “a sad and desolate scenario”

    Brazil's National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) said on Wednesday that more rain was to be expected in parts of the State of Rio Grande do Sul throughout the September 7 holiday as the death toll from the recent extratropical cyclone rose to 37 (including one victim in the neighboring State of Santa Catarina), Agência Brasil reported. Rio Grande do Sul's government was to declare a state of public calamity.

  • Thursday, September 7th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Lula's imprisonment “a big mistake” rules Brazil's STF

    “I was surprised by the authorities who abused their functions,” Toffoli said

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled Wednesday that the evidence gathered in the Lava Jato case against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva must be suppressed because it was obtained illegally by then-judge Sergio Moro. The STF also said that the current president's imprisonment in that case was a mistake.

  • Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

    Cyclone in southern Brazil causes death, floods and destruction

    Eduardo Leite, governor of Rio Grande do Sul, told a news conference that 15 more bodies had been found in Mucum on Tuesday, with the death toll at 21.

    Some twenty-one people have been killed as a consequence of the torrential rain and winds caused by a cyclone in southern Brazil, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul neighboring Uruguay and Argentina. Local authorities said it was the state's worst-ever weather disaster given the number of deaths so far and the thousands left homeless.

  • Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

    Two indigenous lands in Brazilian Amazon demarcated

    The Amazon is in a hurry to stay alive, Lula said during the Amazon Day celebrations

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tuesday signed the documents providing for the demarcation of two indigenous lands in the States of Acre and Amazonas, Agência Brasil reported. It was also the last step before the final regularization of the areas, it was explained.

  • Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    Argentina tightens security along Paraná Waterway

    Specialized Customs officers and antinarcotics dogs are being deployed by Argentine authorities

    Citing security concerns and possible drug trafficking, Argentine authorities have upped their controls on Paraguayan barges sailing through the Paraná River, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:16 UTC

    Extratropical cyclone kills 4 in southern Brazil

    An extratropical cyclone forming in the west of Rio Grande do Sul had been forecast

    At least four people were killed in Brazil's southeastern State of Rio Grande do Sul after an extratropical cyclone hit the area Monday leaving hundreds of homes without electricity, Agência Brasil reported.

  • Monday, September 4th 2023 - 11:04 UTC

    Brazilian authorities rescue 225 enslaved workers

    Slave labor is frequent on many Brazilian farms and fazendas

    Brazilian authorities have rescued 225 people who were working in slavery-like conditions in the Amazonian state of Pará, it was reported Saturday. In 2023, a total of 2,575 said workers have been saved through various law enforcement operations, which represents a 31% increase from 2021.