Brazil

• Monday, October 9th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  Israel: 260 bodies found at Brazilian rave after Hamas attack

  

  Some 260 bodies were found at the site of a Brazilian music festival in southern Israel attacked by Hamas on Saturday, the Zaka search and rescue organization told local media.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 09:14 UTC

  False bomb threats affect flights from Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina's Airport Security Police (PSA) Friday enacted its explosives deactivation protocol at Buenos Aires' Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Airport after two flights inbound from Sao Paulo's Guarulhos were said to be carrying a bomb aboard each. Two simultaneous bomb threats were received at the Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 call center, it was reported.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 07:32 UTC

  Argentina/Brazil bilateral trade continues to fall, contracting 19,5% in September

  

  Trade between Argentina and Brazil reached US$ 2.1 billion in September, marking a 19.5% decline compared to the US$ 2.66 billion recorded in the same month last year. This fact was brought to attention in a report by Argentina’s Chamber of Commerce and Services (CAC), which used official data from Brazil.

• Friday, October 6th 2023 - 08:45 UTC

  Brazil and China conduct a landmark trade operation in Yuan and Reais

  

  For the first time a trade operation between Brazil and China was conducted in a closed-loop system using local currencies, Yuans and Reais, without any involvement of US dollars. The transactions were financed and settled in yuan, directly converted into Brazilian real, without any involvement of the US dollar.

• Thursday, October 5th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Brazil reports record trade surplus in September

  

  Thanks to lower fuel imports and improved grain harvest results, Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services this week announced a trade surplus of $8.904 billion for September 2023, a 51.2% improvement over the same month last year, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Wednesday, October 4th 2023 - 10:47 UTC

  Severe drought and warm waters killing dolphins in the Amazon river basin

  

  More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in a tributary of Amazon river in Brazil this past week. Experts suspect the deaths may have been caused by severe drought and rising heat.

• Wednesday, October 4th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Brazil to drastically cut dairy imports from Mercosur and ease taxes to promote domestic production

  

  Brazil is planning to curb dairy imports from Mercosur countries. In the next few days, a decree will be published that will change the rules for tax benefits for dairies, agro-industrial companies, and cooperatives that participate in the Ministry of Agriculture’s milk program PMLS. The objective is to reduce tax incentives for companies that purchase dairy products from abroad.

• Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 20:15 UTC

  Brazil to begin dredging stretches of the Amazon fluvial network because of the drought

  

  Several Brazilian ministries have joined efforts in a desperate attempt to impede the gigantic Amazon basin and its fluvial network from continuing to lose water, result of a scorching drought and insufficient rainfall.

• Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 10:09 UTC

  Brazil: Trade surplus projections upped for 2023

  

  Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC) has improved its projections for a foreign trade surplus this year from US$ 84.7 billion to US$ 93 billion, Agencia Brasil reported Monday.

• Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 09:23 UTC

  Brazil speaking for Mercosur supports Argentina's Falklands sovereignty claims at UN debate

  

  The United Nations Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) began its general debate on decolonization and related items on Monday, with many speakers emphasizing the need to resolve the questions of the 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories, more than six decades after the General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. The Falklands/Malvinas case was speared by Brazil in representation of Mercosur, while as usual the Spanish representative criticized the Gibraltar situation.