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Mon, 11 Apr 2022 23:42:00 GMT
Brazil's military spends large amounts on Viagra and baldness drugs
A Brazilian opposition congressman has demanded Monday that the Ministry of Defense delivers a plausible explanation for the purchase of 35,000 Viagra pills in addition to hair loss medication as shown in military budget docume...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 10:01:00 GMT
Brazil discussing with US sanctions on Teheran to help liberate Iranian fertilizers
Brazil is in discussions with the United States for a truce that would allow Brazilian companies to buy fertilizers from Iran. Because the United States has imposed sanctions on Iran, Brazilian firms are hesitant to purchase Ir...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 09:32:00 GMT
Brazil's inflation for March 2022 disclosed: highest in 28 years
Brazilian economic authorities have last week disclosed the monthly inflation for March of 2022: It was 1.62%, the highest for the same period in the last 28 years, making the year-on-year accumulation reach 11.30%, way above e...

Sat, 09 Apr 2022 16:39:00 GMT
Lula officially announces Alckmin will be his running mate
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT, left) Friday announced in an official manner that his former rival in the 2006 elections, Geraldo Alckmin, will be his running mate Oct. 2.

Sat, 09 Apr 2022 08:08:00 GMT
Petrobras lowers price of cooking gas
Brazil's state-run Petrobras Friday announced a reduction in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) sold to distributors and which is used for cooking and heating in households.

Sat, 09 Apr 2022 07:33:00 GMT
Brazil's overall crop expected to reach 258,9 million tons
IBGE, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics cut the country's cereals, pulses, and oilseeds output estimate. According to the Statistics of Agricultural Production, conducted in March, Brazil will harvest an outpu...

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:39:00 GMT
Brazil abstains as Russia suspended from UN Human Rights Council
The Government of Brazil abstained as Russia was being suspended from the United Nations Human Rights Council Thursday evening, with only 23 countries voting against the measure, adopted as a consequence of "gross and systemati...

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 09:24:00 GMT
Brazil records first case of COVID-19 due to XE variant
A 39-year-old patient in the Brazilian city of São Paulo has been determined to arguably be the first in the region with the Omicron XE variant of coronavirus.

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 09:35:00 GMT
Argentina complains over Falklands tourism stand at WTM in Sao Paulo
Argentina expressed concern and requested specific measures from Brazilian authorities because of the presence in Sao Paulo at the World Trade Market, Latin America fair, of a Falkland Islands' stand.

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 09:20:00 GMT
Brazil beef production forecasted at 9,85 million tons and 2,6 million tons exports
Brazil is forecasted to have a beef production of 9.85 million tons (in carcass-weight equivalent) in 2022, according to the estimates from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Such a volume should exceed the 9.5...



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