Tag: Brazil

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Brazilian plane maker to furlough 15.000 workers ahead of Boeing's takeover

  

  Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA will furlough almost 15,000 workers in January, a metalworkers union said on Thursday, ahead of a partial takeover by Boeing Co as part of a deal that still needs regulatory approval.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Brazil's Senate to hold a final vote on pension reform on 22 October

  

  Brazil’s Senate will hold the second and final vote on pension reform on Oct. 22, party leaders agreed on Tuesday night after long discussions, according to Senator Antonio Anastasia of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Oil spill in Brazilian beaches is of Venezuelan origin, claims environment minister

  

  Large blots of oil that have turned up on more than 130 Brazilian beaches are “very probably” of Venezuelan origin, Brazil's environment minister said on Wednesday. The oil began appearing in early September and has been seen along a 2,000-kilometre stretch of the northeastern Atlantic coast - with around 130 tons of oil residue collected by Monday.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Deflation in Brazil: consumer prices during September slipped 0.04%

  

  Brazilian consumer price inflation fell to its lowest in more than a year in September, official figures on Wednesday showed, a reading below the central bank’s target that is likely to strengthen expectations of another cut in interest rates.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Brazilian navy has five ships trying to determine origin of the major oil spill

  

  Brazil's Navy said that it has five ships and an aircraft patrolling the northeastern region to find the cause of the oil spill. The effort involves 1,583 people as well as state port vessels and vehicles.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Brazil selling the only aircraft carrier in South America, A12 Sao Paulo

  

  The Brazilian navy has begun auctioning off its only aircraft carrier. The attempted sale of Sao Paulo leaves the Brazilian fleet with just one aviation vessel, the helicopter carrier Atlantico. And it effectively strands the navy’s small fleet of carrier-compatible Skyhawk fighters.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  Brazil will reopen its Antarctica base Comandante Ferraz next January

  

  The Brazilian Navy will inaugurate its new 4,500 m² Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station (EACF) in January 2020, the head of the Navy Programs Management Directorate (DGePM), Vice Admiral Petronio Augusto Siqueira de Aguiar, said earlier this month.

• Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 09:26 UTC

  Oil spill in 130 Brazilian northeast beaches, “the worst environmental tragedy”

  

  The source of large blots of oil staining more than 130 beaches in northeastern Brazil remained a mystery on Tuesday despite President Jair Bolsonaro's assertions they came from outside the country and were possibly the work of criminals. Tamar, a group dedicated to the protection of sea turtles, said the oil spills were “the worst environmental tragedy” it has encountered since its formation in 1980.

• Tuesday, October 8th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Higher prices for vegetable oils and meat during September, FAO report

  

  Global food prices were steady in September, as lower sugar prices were offset by increased quotations for vegetable oils and meat. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly-traded food commodities, averaged 170 points in September, virtually unchanged from August and 3.3 per cent higher than in the same month in 2018.

• Tuesday, October 8th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  Dry spell blamed for the slowest 2019/2020 soybean planting season in Brazil

  

  Brazilian farmers have planted 3.1% of the estimated soybean area for the 2019/2020 crop, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said on Monday, blaming a lack of rain for the slowest start to the season in six years.