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Montevideo, November 27th 2024 - 16:34 UTC

Tag: Brazil

  • Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:38 UTC

    Brazilians take to the streets to support corruption investigations and jailing politicians

    Protesters many wearing the yellow shirts of the country's football team or draping themselves in the flag said Operation Car-Wash must not let up in intensity.

    Brazilians furious at corruption demonstrated on Sunday in support of a politically explosive probe into high-level embezzlement and bribery, but turnout was lower than at previous protests. The long-planned day of nationwide demonstrations kicked off in the capital Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro, before shifting to the nation's biggest city Sao Paulo.

  • Friday, March 24th 2017 - 11:50 UTC

    Temer close aide sworn as a Justice in Brazil's Supreme Court

    Moraes headed the Ministry of Justice when he was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Michel Temer.

    Jurist Alexandre de Moraes was sworn into office as a Justice in Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday. Moraes will fill the seat left by Justice Teori Zavascki, who died in a plane crash in January. Moraes headed the Ministry of Justice when was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Michel Temer. His nomination to the top court was confirmed by the Senate last month. He is expected to take charge of 7,500 cases as he joins the court.

  • Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 11:59 UTC

    Irish farmers' lobby wants beef out of Mercosur/EU trade talks

    Given what is known of the Brazilian meat scandal, ”I am firmly of the view that beef and meat generally may be off the agenda,” McGuinness said in Brussels

    First vice-president of the European Union Parliament Irish lawmaker Mairead McGuinness has asked EU Commissioners for agriculture and trade for clarity on allegations that Brazil has sold meat that is unfit for consumption.

  • Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 11:33 UTC

    Yellow fever is spreading in Brazil infecting and killing monkeys and humans

    “It was just silence, a sense of emptiness,” Karen Strier, an anthropologist from Wisconsin, said of visiting a familiar patch of forest in the state of Minas Gerais.

    Yellow fever, a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, is spreading through Brazil, infecting and killing both monkeys and humans. According to the latest reports from local scientists, several thousand monkeys -- most of them howler monkeys -- have been killed by the virus since the outbreak began in late 2016.

  • Wednesday, March 22nd 2017 - 11:50 UTC

    Growing concern of Brazil' rotten meat scandal on the Mercosur/EU trade talks

    Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said the EU’s agricultural representative had called him by telephone and that they are due to meet to discuss the issue.

    European Union has insisted Brazilian representatives attend an emergency meeting to explain themselves regarding a scandal involving rotten meat and the country’s two largest exporters, JBS and BRF. Brazil has already announced that the 22 plants (out of over 4.000) allegedly involved in the scam have been closed.

  • Tuesday, March 21st 2017 - 10:15 UTC

    China, EU, Korea, Chile suspend beef and poultry imports from Brazil

    A charm offensive by President Temer, who even invited foreign ambassadors to a traditional meat restaurant in Brasilia late Sunday, failed to calm importers.

    The fallout from Brazil's rotten meat scandal accelerated Monday when China, a huge market, suspended imports and the European Union and South Korea demanded a partial ban. Another ban on Brazilian meat imposed by Chile sparked fears of a trade spat between the two South American partners.

  • Monday, March 20th 2017 - 08:12 UTC

    Brazil desperate to minimize extent of “Weak Flesh”, exposing bribes and poor controls in meat industry

    Ambassadors from EU, US and China were invited to share a barbeque. Temer said his government remained confident about the quality of Brazilian meat.

    Brazil's President Michel Temer has sought to reassure foreign trade partners that the corruption scandal engulfing the country's meat industry does not mean its products are unsafe. Meeting ambassadors from Europe, the United States and China to share a barbeque, Temer said his government remained confident about the quality of Brazilian meat.

  • Friday, March 17th 2017 - 22:02 UTC

    Trade and protectionism in the G20 Brazil/US ministerial agenda

    “Brazil actually has experience of closing down its economy,” Meirelles said. Productivity came down and the bottom line was less growth, more inflation.

    Brazil's finance minister has said that he is ready to listen to the U.S. policies on trade at this weekend's G-20 meeting but speaks from experience when he says he believes a free economy is better for everyone. “Brazil actually has experience of closing down its economy,” Henrique Meirelles said on Thursday.

  • Friday, March 17th 2017 - 07:26 UTC

    Brazil awards European groups 30 year concession of four airports

    “We have won back international credibility,” Temer said on Twitter, celebrating “success in the airport auction.”

    Brazil awarded three European groups on Thursday the rights to operate four airports, drawing nearly double the minimum bids at an auction that underscored investors' appetite for a new wave of privatizations under President Michel Temer. German airport operator Fraport AG, French group Vinci SA and Zurich Airport bid a combined 1.46 billion reais (US$470 million) for the rights to run airports in Porto Alegre, Salvador, Fortaleza and Florianopolis.

  • Friday, March 17th 2017 - 06:51 UTC

    Brazil reports 424 cases of yellow fever, 127 dead and 900 under investigation

    Much of Brazil is considered at risk for yellow fever, and people in those areas are supposed to be vaccinated.

    Brazil’s Health Ministry says 424 people have been infected with yellow fever in the largest outbreak the country has seen in years. Of those, 137 have died. An update published Thursday said that more than 900 other cases are under investigation.