Tag: Sao Paulo

• Saturday, November 2nd 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  Brazil police dismantle huge net work of human traffickers involving the three Americas

  

  Brazilian federal police said they have arrested Saifullah Al-Mamun, born in Bangladesh and considered by authorities one of the world's most prolific human traffickers. In an operation conducted on Thursday after collaboration with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Brazilian police arrested members of a group allegedly implicated in a large scheme of smuggling people into the United States.

• 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, 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building a particle accelerator the size of the Maracana football stadium before government funds run out or it is superseded by rival technology.

• Monday, September 16th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  China opens its market to more Brazilian meat processing plants

  

  Brazilian beef' packer Marfrig Global Foods SA said it is in the process of hiring 400 people to work at its Promissão plant in the state of São Paulo as Chinese demand warrants an increase in meat production.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  Sao Paulo airport major gold heist: police have arrested three suspects

  

  Brazilian Police have arrested three people suspected of having participated in the theft of 718.9 kilos of gold committed in the cargo terminal of Guarulhos international airport, the largest in the country, according to official sources. These are three workers from the airport itself, located in Sao Paulo metropolitan region, according to news sources confirmed the case.

• Monday, July 29th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  
Brazilian police arrest suspect of gold shipment theft at Sao Paulo airport

  

  Brazilian police said on Sunday they arrested one person and are seeking an arrest warrant for another in connection with the theft of a gold shipment at São Paulo’s international airport on Jul 25.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 08:35 UTC

  Bolsonaro supports Rio to host the F1 Grand Prix starting 2021; Sao Paulo refuses to yield

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday there is a “99% chance” that Rio de Janeiro will host Formula One's Brazilian Grand Prix starting in 2021 -- the latest in a battle with Sao Paulo, the current host city.

• Wednesday, June 19th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Sao Paulo court accepts Odebrecht recovery procedure; debts amount to US$ 22.3bn

  

  A court in Sao Paulo on Tuesday accepted a request by Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht to begin a corporate recovery procedure aimed at fending off bankruptcy at the scandal-tainted group.

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  Brazilian F1 Grand Prix will move from Sao Paulo to Rio do Janeiro in 2020

  

  The Brazilian Grand Prix will move next year to a new purpose-built circuit in Rio de Janeiro that could be named after Ayrton Senna, the country’s president revealed on Wednesday. Amid uncertainty over the long term future of the current event in Interlagos is Sao Paulo, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said that a switch of venues would happen in 2020 when the event moves to Rio.

• Friday, May 3rd 2019 - 09:17 UTC

  Ford agreement with workers for a friendly shutdown of its historic plant in Sao Paulo

  

  Ford Motor Co said it had reached an agreement with the workers’ union at a historic Brazil plant it plans to shutter by the end of the year, paving the way for a friendly shutdown or potential takeover by a local buyer.