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Sat, 12 Mar 2022 04:06:00 GMT
Brazilian telemarketers have identification prefix added to their lines
Brazilian telemarketing companies have been forced to add a prefix to their telephone numbers since March 10, which allows recipients to decide whether they want to take incoming calls.

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 09:29:00 GMT
Native Brazilians to tell UN violence, illegal mining on the rise
Groups of native Brazilians are to appear before the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) to condemn the increase of illegal mining and violence in their communities, including death threats, raids, and forced displa...

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 09:00:00 GMT
Brazil outlines 30-year plan to cut fertilizer overseas dependency
Agricultural power Brazil faced with an insufficient stable supply of fertilizers for its farmers, and given the current volatility of international prices because of the war in Ukraine has made public the goals of its National...

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 08:41:00 GMT
Petrobras increases price of fuel for distributors after 57 days
Brazil's Petrobras has increased the price of refined gasoline and diesel for distributors as of March 11. The average price has gone up to R$3.86 (US$ 0.77) for regular fuel and R$4.51 (US$ 0.9) for diesel.

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 21:41:00 GMT
Alitalia's successor to start serving Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires in June
Italy's new airline ITA, which was founded to replace the extinct Alitalia, has announced it would start flying to Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires from Rome and back in the coming month of June.

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:36:00 GMT
Brazilian economy expanded 4,6% in 2021, despite a 0,2% contraction of agriculture
Contrary to foreign forecasts from multilateral organizations forecasts, Brazil’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ended 2021 with a 4.6% growth, totaling 8.7 trillion (about US$ 1,7 trillion at the current rate). The country ma...

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:40:00 GMT
Fertilizer emergency in Brazil: plan to cur dependency and promote production
Brazil will be launching this month an ambitious national plan to stimulate investment in the country's fertilizer industry, cutting on foreign dependency now worsened by the Ukrainian war and shipping difficulties.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 09:52:00 GMT
Brazil's President, British PM in favor of ceasefire in Ukraine
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday held a telephone conversation during which both heads of government agreed on the need for a ceasefire in Ukraine, it was reported.

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 22:09:00 GMT
Brazil to resume cruise season shortly
One day after reports from Rio de Janeiro heralded wearing facemasks indoors may soon be over, the Brazilian Cruise Association (Clia) Thursday announced the resumption of the 2021/2022 cruise season as of this coming Saturday,...

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 20:09:00 GMT
Rio city officials about to lift mandatory face masks indoors
Rio de Janeiro local authorities are considering the possibility of scrapping the mandatory use of facemasks given the decreasing number of COVID-19 infections reported over the past few weeks.



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