Tag: Brazil

• Monday, August 1st 2016 - 13:52 UTC

  Temer inaugurates much delayed metro line in Rio to the Olympic events

  

  Brazilian interim President Michel Temer on Saturday inaugurated a new Rio de Janeiro metro line that runs from Barra da Tijuca, the neighborhood that is home to most of the Olympic venues, to the city's southern tourist zone.

• Monday, August 1st 2016 - 13:09 UTC

  Venezuela announces it now holds the chair of Mercosur; strong objections from Paraguay (and Brazil)

  

  Venezuela announced to fellow Mercosur members that for the rest of the year it was the new chair of the group, following on the expiration of Uruguay's six month mandate on Saturday, 30 July. The news was released by Spain's official news agency EFE, which alleges to have had access to the letter sent by the Venezuelan foreign ministry to the other four members.

• Monday, August 1st 2016 - 12:41 UTC

  Roussseff's impeachment should be resolved by end of August, says Temer

  

  Brazil's political uncertainty must be resolved by the end of August -- its Olympic-hosting month -- by reaching a verdict in the impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff, her interim replacement has said. Michel Temer, the vice president who has been acting head of state since May, said he expected Rousseff would be definitively booted from office. That would make him president until the next elections in 2018.

• Saturday, July 30th 2016 - 08:15 UTC

  “Keep mouths closed” aquatic athletes competing at Rio Olympics have been told

  

  Aquatic athletes competing in the forthcoming Rio Olympics Games have been advised to keep their mouths shut while competing because they will “literally be swimming in human crap” and could pick up heavy duty illnesses from the contaminated water.

• Saturday, July 30th 2016 - 07:58 UTC

  Lula appeals to UN claiming he is victim of abuse of power by a judge and media in a corruption investigation

  

  Lawyers for Brazil's former President Lula da Silva petitioned the United Nations on Thursday with allegations that his human rights had been violated in a corruption investigation.

• Thursday, July 28th 2016 - 12:59 UTC

  Miss Bumbum displays her attributes in Olympics' body paintings

  

  The Rio Olympics have their “”sex muse” promoted by Playboy magazine with a display of pictures of Brazilian model Suzy Cortez, in body painting, who currently holds the Miss Bumbum crown (sexiest derriere).

• Thursday, July 28th 2016 - 12:53 UTC

  Rio Olympics cocaine: neat envelopes with the Games logo and rings

  

  Rio Olympic Games scheduled to be opened in just a few days time is facing all sorts of last minute challenges, mainly because of lack of proper planning and shortcomings, but this has not impeded the so called “marvelous” city, known for its sculptural girls, beautiful beaches and easy going mood as well as crime, drugs and favelas, to adapt inventiveness to the festivity spirit.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2016 - 15:14 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil celebrate 25th anniversary of accord which buried nuclear rivalry

  

  Argentina and Brazil commemorated on 18 July the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Material, ABACC, which was the result of the nuclear energy exclusive peaceful use accord, signed by then presidents Carlos Menem and Fernando Collor, in Guadalajara, Mexico.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2016 - 14:01 UTC

  Rousseff and Lula will not attend Rio Olympic Games opening

  

  Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor and left-wing ally Lula da Silva will boycott the opening ceremony at the Rio Olympics, officials have said. Their absence at the 5 August ceremony highlights the political crisis in Brazil, with Rousseff facing possible removal from office in an impeachment trial shortly after the Games end.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2016 - 13:51 UTC

  Temer vetoes foreign 100% ownership of Brazilian airlines

  

  Brazil's interim President Michel Temer vetoed on Tuesday an article in a new law, which would allow foreign investors to take 100% ownership of Brazilian airlines, according to the official Gazette. The article is part of a law seeking to modify areas of the aviation sector, mainly in order to allow the state-owned airport infrastructure firm, Infraero, to restructure its debts.