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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 11:51 UTC

Tag: Paulo Teixeira

  • Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 19:21 UTC

    Brazil halts sizeable rice purchase amid irregularities

    Agricultural Policy Secretary Neri Geller turned in his resignation given his son's ties with a grain trading company

    The Brazilian administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tuesday canceled a tender whereby some 263,000 tons of rice were to be purchased abroad to make up for the crops lost in the flooded State of Rio Grande do Sul. The decision was made after signs of irregularities were detected in the bidding companies. Rio Grande do Sul accounts for 70% of Brazil's rice production.

  • Monday, May 15th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

    Brazilian Gov’t to launch agrarian reform this month

    Teixeira also spoke wonders of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST)

    According to Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture Minister Paulo Teixeira, Brazil’s federal government will announce later this month the resumption of a series of actions aiming to promote the redistribution of unproductive lands, Agencia Brasil reported. The official made these remarks during a fair of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) in São Paulo.

  • Monday, May 9th 2016 - 11:13 UTC

    Brazilian deputy asks the Supreme Court to block Rousseff's impeachment

    Deputy Paulo Teixeira asked the court to annul a vote taken on April 17, saying political leaders had exercised illegal and improper pressure on their members

    The deputy from the ruling Workers’ Party has appealed to Brazil’s Supreme Court in an effort to block the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff ahead of Wednesday’s Senate vote.