Tag: Brazil

• Monday, August 9th 2021 - 08:19 UTC

  Deforestation of Amazonia takes turn for the worse despite Brazilian President's promises

  

  Brazil's National Institute Institute for Space Research (Inpe) has released over this past weekend updated data regarding the deforestation of Amazonia between August 2020 and July 2021.

• Wednesday, August 4th 2021 - 07:13 UTC

  Highest alert in Brazil with African Swine Fever outbreak in Dominican Republic, which spread from 2 to 11 provinces

  

  Brazil said that it is closely monitoring the outbreak of African Swine Fever, ASF, in the Dominican Republic and is taking the necessary measures, including an alert on the control of imports, international agriculture surveillance, and animal health services.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 11:44 UTC

  Brazil allows import of genetically modified soy and corn from United States

  

  Brazil has issued a protocol instruction legally authorizing imports of genetically modified (GM) soy and corn from the United States at a time when Brazil is dealing with low stocks and record prices for these products.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:03 UTC

  Brazil with new daily record of virus cases: 1,284 deaths and 67,860 infections

  

  Brazil recorded a new daily record of coronavirus cases on Wednesday with nearly 68,000 infections, a sign COVID-19 is still far from being brought under control in the hard-hit country.

• Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 08:11 UTC

  Italy bans travelers arriving from Brazil, Chile and Peru

  

  Italy on Thursday banned travelers from Brazil and 12 other countries it considers to pose a high risk of Covid-19 transmission. The full list comprises Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait, North Macedonia, Moldova, Oman, Panama and Peru.

• Monday, June 8th 2020 - 07:42 UTC

  Bolsonaro limits information on the epidemic in Brazil, “...they don't reflect the moment the country is in”

  

  Brazil removed from public view months of data on its coronavirus epidemic on Saturday, as President Jair Bolsonaro defended delays and changes to official record-keeping of the world's second-largest Covid19 outbreak.

• Saturday, May 16th 2020 - 07:56 UTC

  Brazilian indigenous groups at risk of decimation because of the coronavirus

  

  The coronavirus pandemic has hit 38 indigenous groups in Brazil, raising fears for populations that have a history of being decimated by outside diseases, the Brazilian Indigenous Peoples' Association (APIB) said on Friday.

• Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 07:34 UTC

  Brazil lowers interest rates to a record low 3%, with suggestions of a similar cut in June

  

  Brazil’s central bank slashed interest rates more than expected on Wednesday, cutting its benchmark Selic rate by 75 basis points to a record-low 3.00% and previewing another cut as it battles an economic crisis fueled by the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, May 6th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Petrobras record oil exports of one million barrels per day in April

  

  Petrobras set a new oil exports record of 1 million BPD in April, as domestic demand plunged, the Brazilian state-controlled oil firm said on Monday, days after a large group of other oil producers, OPEC+, began a 9.7-million-BPD collective cut aimed at rebalancing the market.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2020 - 07:13 UTC

  Brazil indigenous leaders call on WHO to set an emergency fund to protect their communities

  

  Indigenous leaders in Brazil have asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to set up an emergency fund to help protect their communities from the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.