Tag: Brazil

• Monday, February 13th 2017 - 10:45 UTC

  Brazilian police returned on Sunday to patrolling Espirito Santo state

  

  More than 1,200 military police returned to patrols in Espirito Santo on Sunday as the n Brazilian state inched toward normalcy after a protest left a security vacuum that fueled a crime wave. Schools in the state (north of Rio de Janeiro) are scheduled to reopen Monday and public transport will resume a full schedule, the president's office said on Twitter.

• Sunday, February 12th 2017 - 13:59 UTC

  Brazilian Army unable to keep order in rioting city; fears chaos could spread to other states

  

  More than 100 people have been reported killed during a six-day strike by police in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, as hundreds of troops patrolled streets attempting to keep order with schools and businesses closed and public transport frozen.

• Saturday, February 11th 2017 - 10:52 UTC

  Fears police strike and street violence could spread to Rio do Janeiro

  

  A partial police shutdown over unpaid wages put Rio de Janeiro on edge Friday, sparking fears of chaos similar to that seen in a neighboring Espirito Santo state where police are in revolt and criminals have run amok. Morale among street police is low as a result of nearly bankrupt Rio state's inability to pay full wages, as well as brutal crime fighting that has seen more than 3,000 officers killed in Rio since 1994.

• Thursday, February 9th 2017 - 11:36 UTC

  Brazilian inflation drops for the fifth straight month

  

  Consumer prices rose less than expected in Brazil in January for the fifth straight month, increasing the chances of steeper interest rate cuts and a stronger economic recovery as the inflation rate falls toward the government's long-missed target.

• Thursday, February 9th 2017 - 11:30 UTC

  Same judicial medicine for a Temer nominee to ministry level position

  

  A Brazilian federal judge suspended the nomination of a close ally of President Michel Temer to a ministry-level position, according to the court's website on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2017 - 08:02 UTC

  Macri and Temer agree to open Mercosur and to closer ties with Mexico

  

  The leaders of Brazil and Argentina said on Tuesday they would pursue closer ties with Mexico and other Latin American nations alarmed by U.S. President Donald Trump's promises to tear apart trade deals and build a wall in the Mexican border to protect American jobs.

• Saturday, February 4th 2017 - 06:47 UTC

  Temer and Macri meet next week to make Mercosur an effective free trade space

  

  Brazil and Argentina will attempt to eliminate trade barriers which limit or impede Mercosur trade, ensuring a free trade space, “the sooner the better”, revealed Brazilian diplomats in anticipation of the presidential summit next week, when Mauricio Macri is received by Michel Temer in Brasilia.

• Friday, February 3rd 2017 - 11:33 UTC

  Brazil's major corruption scandal has a new Justice who promises prudence and transparency

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court named a new justice on Thursday to oversee cases against politicians caught in a giant corruption probe after the previous judicial point man was killed in an airplane crash.

• Friday, February 3rd 2017 - 09:36 UTC

  Brazil's ex first lady dies; Lula da Silva allows donations of her organs

  

  The wife of Brazil's embattled former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva died on Thursday, a week after she was hospitalized with a brain hemorrhage, doctors in Sao Paulo said.“An absence of blood flow in the brain was identified,” doctors at the Sirio-Libanes hospital said, declaring Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva brain-dead.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2017 - 17:35 UTC

  Petrobras scandal reaches Chile: Bachelet denies receiving any financial support

  

  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday denied reports she received financial support for her 2013 campaign from a construction conglomerate that is involved in Brazil's huge Petrobras corruption scandal. Grupo OAS is among dozens of Brazilian companies that are embroiled in a kickback scheme that is the biggest corruption scandal in Brazil's history.