Tag: Brazil

• Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Brazil's newest oil auction attracting oil majors

  

  Brazil’s newest oil auction is attracting some of the world’s biggest oil majors such as BP, Chevron, CNOOC, ExxonMobil, and Shell, the Brazilian government said on Monday, according to Bloomberg.

• Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  Brazil's national debt at a record high in August, 79.8% of GDP

  

  Brazil's national debt rose to the highest on record in August, central bank figures showed on Monday, driven by a combination of increased interest payments, higher borrowing and a weaker exchange rate.

• Monday, September 30th 2019 - 08:18 UTC

  Major oil spill along the Brazilian coastline of eight states, 3.000 kilometers

  

  An oil spill has contaminated beaches and coastline across eight Brazilian states, the country’s environment agency said, although authorities are still stumped as to its origin.

• Monday, September 30th 2019 - 08:13 UTC

  Petrobras to concentrate on reducing debt load and deep water exploration

  

  Petrobras’ administration board has approved an update to its plan for the next five years that is expected to call for the state-run oil and gas company to dump its gas distribution and transport business, its fertilizer business, and its LPG and biodiesel business, according to media reports.

• Monday, September 30th 2019 - 08:03 UTC

  Brazil's ex chief prosecutor admits wanting to kill one of the Justices for smearing his daughter

  

  A judge in Brazil has issued a restraining order against a former attorney general after he admitted carrying a gun inside the Supreme Court to kill one of the justices. Rodrigo Janot served as chief public prosecutor for four years until 2017.

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazil Supreme Court ruling could overturn corruption convictions

  

  Brazilian Supreme Court justices approved late on Thursday a ruling that may overturn corruption convictions in the country's largest-ever corruption probe. The majority of the Supreme Court ruled that defendants mentioned in plea deals by witnesses also accused of corruption should have the right to defend themselves after testimony of the whistleblower - the right to address the court last.

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  LGBT themed stage show fear subtle censorship of the Bolsonaro administration

  

  After a state-run theater in Brazil suddenly dropped his LGBT-themed stage show “Gritos,” Artur Ribeiro began to worry it was curtains for his company under President Jair Bolsonaro. Ribeiro said the Caixa Cultural theater in the capital of Brasilia last week canceled the show, in which he plays a transgender character.

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:02 UTC

  Delta Air Lines buys a 20% stake in LATAM Group for US$ 1.9bn

  

  Delta Air Lines said on Thursday it would buy a 20% stake in LATAM Airlines Group for US$1.9 billion, creating a major new airline partnership and ending the Chilean carrier's ties with American Airlines.

• Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Brazil scientists racing to finish a particle accelerator, fourth generation synchrotron Sirius

  

  Brazilian scientists are racing against time to finish building a particle accelerator the size of the Maracana football stadium before government funds run out or it is superseded by rival technology.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Catholic Church claims invasions of indigenous lands in Brazil has jumped under the Bolsonaro administration

  

  The number of invasions of indigenous lands in Brazil has jumped in the first nine months of President Jair Bolsonaro's administration, a Brazilian Catholic Church agency said on Tuesday. The Missionary Indigenous Council said illegal miners, loggers and tappers of natural resources are involved in most of the invasions.