Tag: Brazil

Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 19:31 UTC
IMF: Uruguay's economy will fall 3% in 2020; Latin America's, 5.2%

According to the estimates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Uruguayan economy will decrease by 3% this 2020. The “great closure” has been how the international body has defined, as the title of its World Economic Outlook, government measures against the global pandemic caused by the COVID-19.
Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Brazilian health minister urged government to speak with a unified voice against COVID-19

Brazil's health minister urged the government to speak with a unified voice in its fight against the new coronavirus, calling out President Jair Bolsonaro for downplaying the threat ahead of what are likely to be the two toughest months for the outbreak.
Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
A Brazilian industry COVID-19 hasn't stopped: deforestation in the Amazon

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose in March, government data showed on Friday, indicating that illegal loggers and land speculators have not stopped destroying the forest with the onset of the coronavirus outbreak.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 12:22 UTC
Latam Brazil CEO: “We expect demand to return to pre-crisis levels in two to three years”

In a general sense, airlines around the world have already realized the short-term effects and the best way to survive the coronavirus crisis. Now, another vital question faces the industry: how demand for air travel will behave after the pandemic is under control?
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 12:22 UTC
“Bolsonaro's government is over; the question is how it makes it to 2022”, Senate president

The chief of the Brazilian Lower House, Rodrigo Maia has held a round of political talks and contacts to discuss the current course of the government and attitude of president Jair Bolsonaro regarding the current Covid 19 pandemics.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 10:31 UTC
Bolsonaro again criticizes social isolation by taking to the streets of Brasilia

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro again took to the streets of Brasilia, drawing crowds and greeting followers in his latest public pushback against social isolation measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 10:20 UTC
LATAM suspends all international flights until May

Latin America's biggest airline, the Brazilian-Chilean group LATAM, is suspending all international flights until May because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 09:54 UTC
Brazilian 97-old great grandmother survives COVID-19 and is discharged from hospital

When 97-year-old Brazilian Gina Dal Colleto was hospitalized on Apr first with coronavirus symptoms, few could have thought she would survive the deadly virus. But on Sunday, Dal Colleto was pushed in a wheelchair out of Sao Paulo's Vila Nova Star hospital to applause from doctors and nurses, becoming the oldest known survivor of COVID-19 in Brazil, the Latin American country worst-hit by the outbreak.
Friday, April 10th 2020 - 15:37 UTC
Brazilian March inflation the lowest in 25 years, with several consumer items in deflation

Brazilian inflation slowed sharply in March, official figures showed on Thursday, falling to its lowest for that month in over quarter of a century as the new coronavirus crisis sapped demand for household goods and transport.
Friday, April 10th 2020 - 15:12 UTC
General Motors shut down factories in Brazil for at least 60 days

General Motors Co plans to keep its Brazilian factories shut down for at least 60 more days due to the coronavirus crisis, the company said on Thursday, as the final batch of unionized workers voted on the automaker's proposal.