Brazil
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:38:00 GMTBrazil and Paraguay cut down energy prices at Itaipu
Authorities from Brazil and Paraguay have announced a reduction in the price of energy from the binational Itaipu power plant from US$ 22.60 to US$20.75 per kilowatt.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:00:00 GMTFacial biometric boarding operational at Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo air shuttle
Brazil Tuesday started using the facial biometric passenger boarding system for air shuttle (Ponte Aereo) passengers between Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo and the Santos Dumont terminal in downtown Rio de Janeiro.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:22:00 GMTBrazil's national herd free of free of foot and mouth disease without vaccination, government's target
Unfounded animal health risk assessments continue to hamper the global meat trade, the director of institutional affairs at Brazilian beef processor Minerva BEEF3.SA, Joao Sampaio, said. He mentioned Turkey, which refuses to i...
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:39:00 GMTBrazil's inflation for July 2022 best in 42 years
Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics Tuesday released its monthly price index report for the month of July, which returned negative figures, in line with Central Bank projections that inflation was slowing down.
Tue, 09 Aug 2022 21:32:00 GMTBolsonaro says voting for Lula is like hiring traffickers to fight drug dealing
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro likened his predecessor and electoral rival Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and the latter's running mate to notorious local drug traffickers.
Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:47:00 GMTBrazil's cities have more poor people
The number of people below the line of poverty in Brazil's 22 largest cities has reached 19.8 million in 2021, it was reported Monday by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), the Metropolis Observator...
Tue, 09 Aug 2022 07:32:00 GMTSlight improvement in Brazil's inflation forecast
Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) released a new study whereby this year's National Wide Consumer Price Index (IPCA) projections for this year fell from 7.15% to 7.11%, in what became the sixth consecutive forecast reduction.
Mon, 08 Aug 2022 09:55:00 GMTGerman consul in Rio arrested over husband's murder
Germany's Consul in Rio de Janeiro Uwe Herbert Hahn has been arrested over the death of his Belgian husband of 23 years, who fell from his Ipanema apartment after suffering a sudden illness, it was reported.
Mon, 08 Aug 2022 09:36:00 GMTBrazil launches multi-vaccination campaign
In a move to make up for time lost during COVID-19 lockdowns, Brazilian health authorities Sunday launched a multi-vaccination campaign focused on polio and other diseases targetting children and adolescents who have failed to ...
Mon, 08 Aug 2022 09:29:00 GMTBrazil's Lower House passes bill to donate arms to Uruguay's Army
Brazilian defense authorities are moving ahead with their plans to donate military equipment to Uruguay consisting of M108 howitzers and Urutu vehicles after the Lower House passed a bill in that regard which has now been sent ...