Tag: Brazil

• Saturday, August 18th 2018 - 07:38 UTC

  UN Human Rights Committee asks Lula be allowed to exercise political rights

  

  The United Nations Human Rights Committee, a panel of independent experts, on Friday said it had requested that the Brazilian government allow imprisoned former president Lula da Silva to exercise his political rights as a presidential candidate.

• Saturday, August 18th 2018 - 06:50 UTC

  Brazil's premium on ethanol will have India become the world's largest sugar producer

  

  Brazil will likely step down to become the world's second-largest sugar producer on low global sugar prices and higher profitability and strong demand for ethanol, according to a report by Brazilian consulting company JOB Economia e Planejamento.

• Friday, August 17th 2018 - 10:10 UTC

  Eliminating glyphosate would be a “disaster” for Brazilian agriculture

  

  A potential ban on the popular herbicide glyphosate in Brazil over concerns it may cause cancer in humans would be a “disaster” for the country’s agricultural industry, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said on Thursday.

• Friday, August 17th 2018 - 09:25 UTC

  Tribal chief of the “Guardians of the Amazon” murdered by illegal loggers in Brazil

  

  An indigenous leader has been found murdered in Brazil, exposing the growing threat to tribes fighting illegal logging in the Amazon, campaigners and authorities said. Jorginho Guajajara was found dead in the northern state of Maranhao with his neck broken, rights group Survival International said. Police in Maranhao confirmed on Thursday they were investigating the case.

• Friday, August 17th 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  Lula's ban to run for president expected to be confirmed before August 31

  

  Brazil’s top electoral court must decide whether the country’s most popular politician can run in upcoming elections despite being jailed for corruption. The court is expected to declare former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ineligible in the coming weeks, ahead of the Oct. 7 vote, but that may not stop his Workers Party (PT) winning anyway.

• Thursday, August 16th 2018 - 15:43 UTC

  Brazilian economy contracts 0.99% in second quarter because of truckers strike

  

  Brazil's economy contracted nearly one percent in the second quarter due to a truckers' strike, the country's Central Bank said on Wednesday. The nine-day strike that ended in late May caused fuel shortages, cut into food deliveries and backed up exports.

• Thursday, August 16th 2018 - 10:56 UTC

  A defiant Workers Party registers Lula da Silva as presidential candidate

  

  The Workers' Party registered jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as its candidate for president on Wednesday, attempting to muscle him into the race to lead Latin America's largest nation and forcing a showdown with Brazilian electoral authorities.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2018 - 07:30 UTC

  There Is a Right-Wing Coup Underway in Brazil, but Justice will prevail

  

  By Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (*) Curitiba.- Sixteen years ago, Brazil was in crisis; its future uncertain. Our dreams of developing into one of the world’s most prosperous and democratic countries seemed imperiled.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2018 - 07:27 UTC

  Supporters of Lula march on Brasilia to converge at the Supreme Electoral Court

  

  Supporters of former Brazilian president Lula da Silva marched on Brasilia on Tuesday to support his attempt to take part in presidential elections, despite serving a prison sentence for corruption.

• Monday, August 13th 2018 - 21:13 UTC

  Brazil's development bank plans to sell US$ 2.6bn stakes in local companies

  

  Brazil's development bank BNDES plans to sell up to 10 billion reais (US$ 2.6 billion) in stakes its investment holding company owns in local companies, a senior executive announced. Investment director Eliane Lustosa said the holding company BNDESPar has already sold 6 billion reais in stocks owned in Brazilian companies this year.