Brazil
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:17:00 GMTAirline involved in Brazil's last major crash grounded
Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) suspended Voepass as a precautionary measure until some non-conformities are worked out. The carrier, made up from the merger of Passaredo Transportes Aéreos and Map Linhas Aérea...
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:55:00 GMTCanada's new PM's past in Brazil comes to light
Canada's new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, may be a novice in politics but not to scandals, given his past at the investment firm Brookfield Asset Management, where he was vice chair and head of transition investing, later becom...
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 09:51:00 GMTBrazil’s trade suffering the impacts of lower prices for commodity exports and rise in imports
Brazil’s trade balance during February experienced a monthly deficit of US$ 323.7 million, the first since January 2022, (US$ 59,1 million). This compares with a trade surplus of US$ 5.13 billion in the same month a year ago....
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:55:00 GMTBrazil's Anvisa approves weekly insulin to treat diabetes 1 and 2
Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has approved the drug Awiqli, produced by the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, to treat adult patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes, Agencia Brasil reported. It is the fir...
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:31:00 GMTLula makes key cabinet reshuffle
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday launched a cabinet reshuffle by appointing Gleisi Hoffmann as Secretary of Institutional Relations in lieu of Alexander Padilha, who returned to the podition of Health Minis...
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 08:56:00 GMTPalmeiras says sanctions against racist Cerro Porteño too lenient
Officials from the São Paulo football club Palmeiras said the South American Football Confederation's sanctions issued Sunday against Paraguay's Cerro Porteño following last week's racist incidents were “extremely lenient....
Sat, 08 Mar 2025 10:51:00 GMTLula plans bold measures to keep food prices from soaring
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Friday that he might need to take bold measures to keep food prices from soaring, thus affecting consumers. He also blamed “robbers” for the high price of eggs nationwide...
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:24:00 GMTRio de Janeiro Carnival: Hotel occupancy surpasses 95%
HotéisRIO, the Cidade Maravilhosa's hotel owners' association, forecast that hotel occupancy during this year's Carnival festivities reached 95.51%, a substantial increase from last year's 80.18%, presumably due to Carnival t...
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 09:12:00 GMTChina halts meat imports from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Mongolia
China’s customs authorities have suspended beef imports from seven meatpacking facilities across Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Mongolia as of March 3, 2025. The affected companies include two Argentine exporters (Frigorífi...
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 09:00:00 GMTRussian model Irina Shayk keeps heads turning at Rio's Carnival
Rio de Janeiro's Carnival is an annual event for many. But for 39-year-old Russian model Irina Shayk, it was her first. She made a stunning debut on Monday, dressed in a spectacular rhinestone costume, as the guest of honor for...