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Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:20:00 GMT
Brazil: Inflation and GDP projections up from March figures
Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) Thursday announced it projected a 1.7% increase in the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the end of 2022, thus improving a previous forecast released in March, which mentioned merely 1%.

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 08:35:00 GMT
Aerolíneas Argentinas, GOL announce SAO-BUE air shuttle
Argentina's flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas and Brazil's GOL have announced a Buenos Aires-São Paulo air shuttle between Aeroparque Jorge Newbery and Guarulhos, in addition to increasing their codeshare operations linking ...

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 08:12:00 GMT
Lula's team releases government plan
Brazil's opposition presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva has released his government plan, which includes international cooperation, new labor legislation, and differentiated taxation on the wealthiest.

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 10:25:00 GMT
The "communist" map that irked nationalists because Malvinas are Falklands and don't figure as Argentine
When it's not the father, president Jair Bolsonaro, it's one of his sons, in this case Eduardo Bolsonaro, federal lawmaker who is involved in a controversy over his interpretation of South America's political mood and trend, wh...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 09:28:00 GMT
Bolsonarists looking for strategies to halt fuel price increases
While Brazil's Energy Minister Adolfo Sachsida appeared Tuesday before the Lower House to answer questions about the current situation regarding the state-owned oil company Petrobras, the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro ...

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:28:00 GMT
Phillips's boat found in Amazonia river
The boat British reporter Dom Phillips and local indigenist Bruno Araújo Pereira were riding when they were ambushed and killed on June 5 has been retrieved from the bottom of a river, Amazonas Civil Police announced Monday.

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:14:00 GMT
Brazil confirms 8th case of monkeypox in man with no travel record
Brazil's Health Ministry Monday confirmed the 8th case of monkeypox nationwide. The patient is a 25-year-old man from Maricá, in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, who does not have a travel record but has been in cont...

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:21:00 GMT
Petrobras CEO Coelho bows to pressure and resigns
After barely 40 days on the job, José Mauro Coelho resigned as CEO of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras due to pressure from President Jair Bolsonaro and other politicians over a recent increase in the price of fuel, wh...

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:42:00 GMT
Third suspect arrested, five others at large in Phillips/Araújo murder
Brazilian authorities have confirmed that following scientific assessments, British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenist expert Bruno Araújo Pereira were killed in Amazonia "with typical hunting ammunition." Forensic experts...

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 11:54:00 GMT
Bolsonaro lashes out at Petrobras for new fuel price increase
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said the state-run oil company Petrobras' profits were “irrational” in the current global scenario following a 14% increase in the price of diesel fuel and 5% in naphtha.



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