Tag: Brazil

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 10:00 UTC

  Falklands second commercial flight agreed: Sao Paulo with a stopover at Cordoba, says Ambito Financiero

  

  The second commercial flight from the Falkland Islands to a third country in the region with a stopover in an Argentine airport has been agreed, according to reports in Ambito Financiero, a Buenos Aires financial daily.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 09:19 UTC

  Brazil's future agriculture minister does not discard dumping Mercosur

  

  Tereza Cristina, tapped by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro to head Brazil's Agriculture Ministry, said on Wednesday the country could decide to abandon the Mercosur trade bloc if it failed to address inequality.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Brazil's secret dealings to contract Cuban physicians to work in the More Doctors program

  

  Folha de Sao Paulo a leading Brazilian daily has revealed the secret negotiations between the administration of ex-president Dilma Rousseff and the Cuban government to contract Cuban doctors to work in Brazil.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  Chile and Brazil sign free trade agreement in Santiago

  

  Chile and Brazil signed a free trade agreement on Wednesday that scraps red tape and tariffs between the two South American economies, in a move both governments said would give a boost to regional integration.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  Fourteen air forces involved in combat exercises in northeast Brazil

  

  The air forces of 14 nations including the United States are taking part this week in air combat exercises and non-conventional warfare training at a base in northern Brazil, the Brazilian Air Force said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 09:00 UTC

  Brazil president elect party wants to ensure the biggest bloc in the Lower House

  

  Brazil President-elect Jair Bolsonaro's party expects to recruit members from rivals in the Chamber of Deputies to form the biggest bloc with 61 seats, lawmakers said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  Renault appoints temporary deputy chief following the arrest of Carlos Ghosn

  

  Renault has appointed a temporary deputy chief executive to take over the running of the French car firm following the arrest of Carlos Ghosn. Renault said its chief operating officer, Thierry Bolloré, would step up to the role because Mr. Ghosn was “temporarily incapacitated”.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 09:23 UTC

  “Car Wash” anti corruption team will work with Brazil's incoming Justice minister

  

  Brazil's incoming justice and security minister Sergio Moro announced on Tuesday he was recruiting part of his team from the massive “Car Wash” anti-corruption probe that snared former president Lula da Silva. Moro said he would be a “fool” not to work again with people he had worked with on the Car Wash investigation as they “have already proven their integrity and efficiency.”

• Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 08:32 UTC

  Brazilian farmers in Mato Grosso satisfied with the soybean planting progress

  

  Brazil's Mato Grosso farmers are happy about their soybean planting progress this year, as they have finished sowing almost 90% of their soybean acres and are expecting an early harvest at the end of December.

• Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 12:50 UTC

  Judge halts TV airing of documents linked to activist Marielle Franco's murder

  

  Documents about the killing of black rights activist Marielle Franco have been banned from being broadcast by a Brazilian judge at the request of Rio's prosecutor and the Civil Police, who are in charge of the Franco investigation.