Tag: Brazil

• Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 05:04 UTC

  Ex minister Palocci 's KO jab to Lula and Rousseff's defense

  

  Former Minister, Antonio Palocci, has sent a letter to the president of the Brazilian Workers' Party (PT), senator Gleisi Hoffmann (PR), requesting to step down from the party founded in the eighties by ex president Lula da Silva.

• Tuesday, September 26th 2017 - 13:06 UTC

  Brazilian government revokes decree opening Amazon reserve to mining

  

  The Brazilian government has revoked a controversial decree that would have opened up a vast reserve in the Amazon to commercial mining. The area, covering 46,000 sq km, straddles the northern states of Amapa and Para and is thought to be rich in gold, iron, manganese and other minerals.

• Tuesday, September 26th 2017 - 11:35 UTC

  Brazil's beef exports recovering strongly: 1.91m tons forecasted in 2018

  

  Brazil's beef exports will return close to a record high net year, encouraged by revived growth in the cattle herd, and the industry's success in avoiding lasting bans from importers over a slaughterhouse scandal.

• Tuesday, September 26th 2017 - 10:45 UTC

  UK praises Brazil for its continued commitment to human rights

  

  The United Kingdom thanked Brazil for its continued commitment to the Universal Periodic Review process, which took place at the Palais del Nations in Geneva, during the 27th Session of the Universal Periodic Review on 21 September 2017. The UPR is a process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council.

• Saturday, September 23rd 2017 - 10:36 UTC

  Brazil elections in 2018, for the first time will be observed by OAS

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) will deploy an Electoral Observation Mission to Brazil’s general elections scheduled for October 2018. It will be the first time the hemispheric organization observes elections in Brazil.

• Saturday, September 23rd 2017 - 10:01 UTC

  Brazilian central bank optimistic about next year; growth 2,2% and inflation 4.3%

  

  Brazil’s central bank trimmed its inflation forecast on Thursday and said it expected economic growth to pick up into next year, painting a rosier picture for Latin America’s largest economy as interest rates approach record lows.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 21:58 UTC

  New record for president Temer: 3,4% believe he is doing a great job, according to latest opinion poll

  

  Approval for Brazilian President Michel Temer's government has plummeted, according to a poll published on Tuesday, as the scandal-plagued leader faces new corruption charges and struggles to push his economic reform agenda through Congress.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 08:07 UTC

  Temer: “We need more diplomacy, we need the UN more than before”

  

  The President of Brazil, the first Head of State traditionally to address the annual United Nations General Assembly’s general debate, pledged on Tuesday that his country will sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – reiterating that the nuclear powers undertake additional disarmament.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 08:00 UTC

  Brazil's new top prosecutor reshuffles corruption investigation team: Mensalao “veterans” take over

  

  Brazil's new top federal prosecutor on Tuesday reshuffled the team of investigators in charge of pursuing the biggest corruption probe yet conducted in Latin America's largest nation.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2017 - 20:06 UTC

  Brazil August beef exports increase 34% year on year: 145.822 tons

  

  Brazil’s total beef exports in August rose by 34% year-on-year both by volume and in revenue terms, industry group Abiec said on Monday, indicating the worst of a food safety scandal that rocked Brazil’s protein industry may be over.