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Montevideo, November 24th 2024 - 04:00 UTC

Brazil

  • Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 08:19 UTC

    Brazil declares a record harvest of soy beans, 156 million tons in 2023

    National soybean harvest witnessed a 20% rise compared to 2022, when drought adversely affected crops in the South.

    The Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove) reported that the soybean harvest in Brazil, already completed in 2023, exceeded expectations, leading to an upward revision in export forecasts for soybean grain, meal, and oil this year. Soy remains Brazil’s primary export product.

  • Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 08:14 UTC

    Lula government promoting Brazilian agriculture with US$ 76 billion financial support

    The Agriculture Ministry said that the 2023/24 “Safra Plan” would provide 364.2 billion reais (US$ 76 billion) (27%) increase in financial farming support

    Brazilian president Lula da Silva has increased subsidized farm loans as part of a national agriculture funding plan as he aims to strengthen ties with the sector, which has been driving the economic activity of the country.

  • Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 02:32 UTC

    Brazil fertilizer consumption picking up as farmers replenish stocks and global prices drop 40%

    In 2022, after a 200% increase in fertilizer prices, deliveries to the Brazilian market fell by 10.4% compared to the previous year, totaling 41.078 million tons

    Consultants and banks estimate that fertilizer consumption in Brazil will increase this year, with projections suggesting a range of 2.5% to 10% growth in deliveries. This increase is driven by producers’ need to replenish the volumes used in their crops as input prices have fallen.

  • Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 10:53 UTC

    Brazil tops list of deforestation-hit countries, study shows

    During the first two terms of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), in the 2000s, the loss of forests had decreased considerably

    According to a survey released Tuesday by Global Forest Watch (GFW), a forest monitoring platform developed by the University of Maryland, Brazil has lost 1.8 million hectares of primary rainforests, mostly in the Amazon, a 15% increase between 2021 and 2022, thus topping the list of nations in such a situation, followed by the Republic of Congo, Bolivia, Indonesia, and Peru.

  • Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    Brazil: Bolsonaro 1-0 down at TSE trial

    Six magistrates, including Chief Justice Alexandre De Moraes, are still to vote Thursday on whether to disenfranchise Bolsonaro or not

    Case rapporteur Benedito Gonçalves Tuesday voted in favor of convicting former President Jair Bolsonaro in the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) trial for abuse of political power and undue use of the media, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Prosecutors want Brazilian broadcaster off the air for misinformation

    “If the Armed Forces are ready to act, what the STF decides is absolutely irrelevant,” Jovem Pan allegedly said

    Brazil's Federal Public Ministry (MPF) has filed a public civil action requesting the cancellation of the three broadcasting licenses granted to the Jovem Pan group due to the alleged station's alignment with the disinformation campaign, Agencia Brasil reported. According to the MPF, some of Jovem Pan's content undermined the democratic regime.

  • Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 09:59 UTC

    Google announces anti-fake news projects in Brazil

    Google's initiative consists of a series of programs to assist news organizations and reporters

    During the “Google for Brazil” event in São Paulo, the company Tuesday launched an initiative against misinformation while adding sustainability to the work of reporters and their professional training.

  • Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 09:53 UTC

    Brazil reports first case of avian flu in farm bird

    Brazilian authorities insisted commercial production of chickens remains safe

    Brazilian authorities Tuesday confirmed the detection of the first case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI - H5N1) in a poultry bird in the municipality of Serra, in the State of Espírito Santo, but insisted commercial production remains safe. The South American country is the world's largest chicken exporter, with US$ 9.762 billion collected in 2022.

  • Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

    Fernández thankful to his Brazilian friend Lula

    “Brazil and Bolivia criticized the British interference in our Malvinas Islands,” Fernández highlighted

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday told his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that “when you are in trouble you ask your friends for help and friends are always there,” it was reported. Both leaders met Monday in Brasilia to celebrate 200 years of bilateral relations.

  • Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 09:03 UTC

    Brazil and Argentina strengthen alliance

    Lula also insisted on a specific reference currency for regional trade

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday said that his country and Argentina have adopted almost 100 actions to “give substance” to joint development between South America's two largest economies, Agencia Brasil reported.