Brazil
Tue, 17 May 2022 09:30:00 GMTBrazil opens situation room to monitor acute hepatitis
Brazilian health authorities have established during the weekend a monitoring room to oversee the development nationwide of the worrying acute hepatitis of unknown origin among children, of which the country has already reporte...
Mon, 16 May 2022 18:10:00 GMTBolsonaro insists Argentina and Chile might end up like Cuba
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday insisted on social media that he feared Argentina and Chile were following the paths of Venezuela and Cuba because although Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez were already dead, the "consequ...
Mon, 16 May 2022 09:29:00 GMTArgentina preparing to become a BRICS member with support from China and Brazil
Argentina has been invited by Chinese president Xi Jinping to participate in three BRICS events taking place in the coming four weeks. The first will be a get-together of political parties, social organizations and think tanks,...
Mon, 16 May 2022 01:07:00 GMTBrazilian road show in New York to attract US$ 40bn investors in transport infrastructure
The current Brazilian government expects to have contracts worth R$ 200 billion (US$ 40billion) with the private sector investing in transport infrastructure by end of 2022. To achieve this end, the Ministry of Infrastructure w...
Sat, 14 May 2022 08:33:00 GMTBrazil invited to abide by OECD codes of good practices
Brazilian economic authorities Friday announced they had received an invitation from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Council to abide by both the Capital Movements Liberalization Code and the In...
Fri, 13 May 2022 09:41:00 GMTBrazil: Bolsonaro finds it best when families own guns
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday stressed that when families have guns they can help the armed forces resist a potential Communist dictatorship.
Fri, 13 May 2022 09:24:00 GMTBrazil's Electoral Court and Spotify join forces against disinformation
Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Chief Justice Edson Fachin Thursday announced an agreement had been reached with the streaming audio platform Spotify to combat disinformation ahead of this year's presidential elections.
Thu, 12 May 2022 10:53:00 GMTNew poll says Lula may not need a runoff to win Brazil's elections in October
Following weeks of uncertainty during which incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro was closing in on challenger and former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva in most polls, the Workers' Party (PT) leftwing leader has been onc...
Thu, 12 May 2022 10:53:00 GMTSouthern Brazil ports and Montevideo have become drugs exporting hubs
The seizure by Brazilian police of 136 kilos of cocaine on a docked ship in the port of Rio Grande, state of Rio Grande do Sul, clearly indicates the existence of an international drug trafficking route, in the south of the co...
Thu, 12 May 2022 09:07:00 GMTHepatitis of unknown cause: 28 cases under scrutiny in Brazil
Brazil's Health Ministry Thursday announced it was following 28 cases nationwide of acute childhood hepatitis of unknown origin, which are "still under investigation."