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Montevideo, November 24th 2024 - 01:40 UTC

Brazil

  • Monday, July 10th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

    Petro and Lula discuss Amazon crisis

    One of the greatest challenges facing the Amazon countries is the strengthening of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, Lula and Petro agreed

    Presidents Gustavo Petro of Colombia and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil convened Saturday at the so-called Leticia Summit in the capital of southern Colombia's Amazonas department to discuss the deterioration of the Amazon rainforest and share experiences on the issue.

  • Monday, July 10th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

    At least 14 killed as building collapses in Recife

    Building collapses are common occurrences in poor neighborhoods of Brazil, where illegal construction is rampant

    At least 14 people were killed when an apartment building in the Brazilian city of Recife, capital of the State of Pernambuco, collapsed. The structure had been closed in 2010 by the authorities but it had been occupied irregularly, according to Civil Defense

  • Monday, July 10th 2023 - 10:38 UTC

    Brazilian States of Pernambuco and Alagoas under weather emergency

    One person died and thousands have been affected by heavy rains

    The Governors of the Brazilian States of Pernambuco and Alagoas issued separate emergency decrees during the weekend due to heavy rains affecting 12 and 29 cities respectively, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, July 8th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

    IBGE finds 8.9% of Brazilians have some form of disability

    “A woman with a disability is always in a worse situation,” researcher Luciana Santos said

    The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) found through its People with Disabilities module of the Continuous National Household Sample Survey (Pnad Contínua) 2022 that about 18.6 million people aged two years or more (8.9% of this age group), had some form of disability, Agencia Brasil reported. Last year, 47.2% of people with disabilities were 60 years old or older, the study also detected.

  • Friday, July 7th 2023 - 10:38 UTC

    Amazon deforestation drops 33.6% in first semester of 2023

    “Deforestation was increasing exponentially but now there is a steady downward trend in deforestation in the Amazon,” Minister Silva said

    Brazil's Real-Time Deforestation Detection System (Deter), of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), reported Thursday that deforestation in the Amazon in the first semester of 2023 had decreased by 33.6 % year on year and 41 % in the last 12 months.

  • Thursday, July 6th 2023 - 11:13 UTC

    Brazilian syndicate flooding Europe with cocaine, in fruit shipments, busted in operation led by Europol

    This series of arrests follows the June 2022 seizure of 800 kilos of cocaine hidden in a container of frozen acai berries originating from Brazil, in Sines, Portugal.

    A number of actions have been carried out over recent months in Brazil, Spain and Portugal, with the support of Europol, to target the members of a Brazilian highly professional criminal syndicate flooding Europe with cocaine.

  • Thursday, July 6th 2023 - 09:53 UTC

    Higher economic growth, less inflation projected in Brazil

    Inflation below expectations stems from the appreciation of the Brazilian Real, Ipea said

    Brazil's Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) has revised its forecasts and now foresees larger economic growth and smaller inflation this year, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Thursday, July 6th 2023 - 09:25 UTC

    Pope Francis holds meeting with Bill Clinton and Soros' son

    “Thank you very much for visiting me,” Francis said to Clinton in English

    Argentine-born Pope Francis Wednesday welcomed former US President Bill Clinton at his Casa Santa Marta residence. “Thank you very much for visiting me,” the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires said in English as he walked with help from a cane due to his knee problems.

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Paraguay, Uruguay urge Mercosur to speak up about situation in Venezuela

    Machado's disenfranchisement leaves next year's free and transparent elections in Venezuela in doubt

    Presidents Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay and Mario Abdo Benítez of Paraguay Tuesday spoke against the disenfranchisement in Venezurela of opposition leader María Corina Machado in a move that seems to leave Nicolás Maduro's reelection bid unchallenged.

  • Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

    Brazil's beef and pork exports in June represented some US$ 980 million

    Brazil exported in June 154,625 tons, with a daily average of 9,664 tons, while the average price per ton was US$ 5,080.40.

    Brazil's exports of beef and pork have retaken volumes from before the pandemic, as reported by Canal Rural. For example foreign sales of fresh, frozen, or refrigerated beef generated US$ 785.557 million in June (16 working days), with a daily average of US$ 49.097 million. The total amount exported by the country reached 154,625 tons, with a daily average of 9,664 tons, while the average price per ton was US$ 5,080.40.