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Global pandemic

Brazil tops 25,000 virus deaths

27-05-2020 22:54 Health Ministry confirms 1,086 new deaths in the past 24 hours, lifting death toll to above 25,000.

Global pandemic

Brazil leads daily global virus death toll for fifth straight day

27-05-2020 00:04 Brazil reported the highest daily Covid-19 death toll in the world Tuesday with 1,039 people killed, the fifth straight day the country has topped the list.

Global pandemic

White House imposes coronavirus travel ban on Brazil

25-05-2020 08:39 Brazil, now Latin America's hardest-hit country, has recorded more than 347,000 cases and more than 22,000 deaths from Covid-19.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Video of Cabinet meeting puts Brazil's Bolsonaro under fire

22-05-2020 23:34 A profanity-laced video showing Bolsonaro expressing frustration at his inability to get information from police and vowing to change Cabinet ministers if needed to protect his family was released Friday, May 22, 2020, at the order of a Supreme Court justice.

Global pandemic

Brazil surges to second in coronavirus cases worldwide

22-05-2020 23:30 The surge came as the World Health Organisation declared South America "a new epicentre" of the pandemic.

Global pandemic

Brazil jumps to third highest tally of Covid-19 cases worldwide

19-05-2020 14:24 Brazil has also registered 16,792 Covid-19 deaths, the sixth-highest toll in the world. Experts say under-testing means the real figure could be 15 times higher or more.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Health minister quits as Brazil’s coronavirus crisis deepens

16-05-2020 09:35 Nelson Teich’s resignation comes one day President Bolsonaro said he would ease rules for use of an anti-malaria drug to treat people infected with the coronavirus. Outgoing minister has frequently called the use of chloroquine “an uncertainty.”

Investigation on Bolsonaro's circle

Brazil's Bolsonaro denies shielding family from inquiries

13-05-2020 11:58 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday denied that he attempted during a videotaped Cabinet meeting last month to shield his relatives and friends from federal police investigations.

Coronavirus pandemic

São Paulo homeless face choice between cold and virus risk

13-05-2020 11:52 Brazil's biggest homeless population has begun succumbing to COVID-19, and activists warn the worst is yet to come as colder weather bears down and shelters risk becoming hotbeds for infection.

Fight against pandemic

Brazilian cities lurch to lockdowns amid virus crisis red flags

13-05-2020 11:49 Faced with overwhelmed hospitals and surging coronavirus deaths, Brazilian state and city governments are lurching forward with mandatory lockdowns against the will of President Jair Bolsonaro, who says job losses are more damaging than COVID-19.

Coronavirus pandemic

Pandemic politics costing lives in Brazil

12-05-2020 13:09 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro keeps saying coronavirus fears are overblown. Other officials at the federal, state and local levels insist the danger is all too real. Meanwhile, the politicisation of the crisis is taking a heavy human toll.

Coronavirus pandemic

Covid-19: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

08-05-2020 16:06 In the depths of quarantine tedium, this writer unearthed two movies whose titles have an uncanny pertinence in these surreal times.

by Thomas Manning

Fight against virus

Brazil coronavirus despair stretches from Rio to Amazon

08-05-2020 09:30 From the Amazon city of Manaus to the seemingly endless urban sprawl of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, freshly dug graves have been filling up quickly for weeks with the bodies of Brazilians killed by Covid-19.

Coronavirus consequences

Brazil risks 'economic collapse' over virus lockdown, says economy minister

08-05-2020 00:05 Brazil is facing an economic contraction of 5.3% this year, the International Monetary Fund forecasts.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil's Bolsonaro embattled – but his supporters are loving it

03-05-2020 16:53 When the latest opinion poll from the respected Datafolha institute came out this week, there was no dent in Bolsonaro's support.

Coronavirus pandemic

Brazilians begin to lift quarantine as death toll spikes

30-04-2020 17:46 Brazilians are resuming a measure of normal life just as Covid-19 deaths are spiking to hundreds per day, turning their country into a global hotspot.

Bloomberg - Opinion

Brazil hits a wall and takes Latin America with it

30-04-2020 17:38 Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro has just led his country, and indeed all of Latin America, to the end of a long cycle, as the coronavirus outbreak sparks a shadow over the continent’s future.

Coronavirus pandemic

Brazil passes 5,000 deaths from Covid-19, says Health Ministry

29-04-2020 13:02 Brazil, the South American country worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, has registered more than 5,000 deaths from Covid-19. President Jair Bolsonaro said he cannot perform “miracles” to curb the virus spread.

Investigation in Brazil

Bolsonaro names allies to head police, justice ministry in Brazil

28-04-2020 11:50 But in blow to far-right leader, Supreme Court of Brazil authorises investigation of allegations of illegal interference of the police agency by the outgoing justice minister.

Coronavirus pandemic

Brazil becomes a coronavirus hot spot as testing falters

26-04-2020 09:06 Medical officials in Rio de Janeiro and at least four other major cities warn their hospital systems are on the verge of collapse, or already too overwhelmed to take any more patients.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil plunges further into crisis as Moro quits government

25-04-2020 10:47 Lava Jato folk hero Sergio Moro quits as justice minister, accusing President Jair Bolsonaro of “political interference”; Coronavirus death toll rises above 3,000.

Coronavirus pandemic

More than 3,000 deaths from coronavirus in Brazil

24-04-2020 13:27 Most populous country in Latin America and the region's largest economy has now recorded 3,313 coronavirus deaths, out of a total 49,492 confirmed cases.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Coronavirus pandemic reverses Brazil's economic course

23-04-2020 08:15 When Paulo Guedes, Brazil’s University of Chicago-schooled economy minister arrived in office, he came with an aggressive market-friendly vision for re-founding Latin America’s biggest economy. But the coronavirus pandemic has torn up Guedes’ plans and left him out in the cold.

Coronavirus pandemic

Brazil's Bolsonaro seeks end to social isolation measures

20-04-2020 18:05 Brazilian president denies he is attacking the country's democracy as he leads protest, declaring: “I am actually the constitution.”

Coronavirus pandemic

Bolsonaro fires popular Brazil health minister amid pandemic

17-04-2020 10:23 President Jair Bolsonaro, whose dismissive stance toward the pandemic has angered many health experts, fired his popular health minister following disagreements over the proper response to contain the virus' spread in Brazil.

Brazil internal conflict

Brazil's Bolsonaro clashes with his own health minister over virus

15-04-2020 09:40 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his health minister are in open conflict over the country's coronavirus response. Many fear the far-right leader is on the verge of firing the official, who has played a major role in attempts to contain the outbreak.

Interview with ex-Brazil leader

Lula: Bolsonaro might risk being forced from office before 2022

09-04-2020 19:41 Brazil's former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that Jair Bolsonaro needs to change his approach to the new coronavirus – or risk being forced from office before the end of his term in December 2022.

Coronavirus pandemic

Facebook joins resistance to Bolsonaro virus claims

31-03-2020 18:56 Major social media companies are taking aim at Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's dismissal of social distancing, joining others in the country who have lined up against his controversial stance regarding the new coronavirus.

Coronavirus pandemic

Fernández fears Bolsonaro’s approach to pandemic will hurt Argentina

30-03-2020 18:55 President Alberto Fernández expresses concerns over his Brazilian counterpart's approach to the coronavirus pandemic, fearing its impact on locked-down Argentina.

Coronavirus pandemic

Brazil's Bolsonaro makes life-or-death coronavirus gamble

30-03-2020 15:58 Even as coronavirus cases mount in Latin America’s largest nation, Bolsonaro is calling the pandemic a momentary, minor problem and saying strong measures to contain it are unnecessary.

Cornavirus pandemic

Brazilian court orders government to stop quarantine denials

29-03-2020 18:33 Federal court bans government from disseminating propaganda against confinement measures aimed at controlling the coronavirus pandemic.

Bloomberg

‘I choose to take care of lives’: Fernández sacrifices economy to ward off virus

28-03-2020 10:36 President Alberto Fernández has won praise for his decision to go all-in in the fight against Covid-19, saying he will prioritise “lives” over the “economy” – and his approach stands in stark contrast to his peers in Mexico and Brazil.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Brazil President Bolsonaro slams 'scorched-earth' virus quarantines

25-03-2020 19:29 An estimated three billion people are now confined to their homes around the world – but Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro lashed out Tuesday at what he called "scorched-earth" quarantine policies to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus pandemic

Brazil and Uruguay agree to close border for 30 days

23-03-2020 08:39 Only Brazilian citizens or residents, as well as Uruguayans who have Brazilian spouses or children, may enter from the neighbouring country.

Coronavirus pandemic

Paralysis for Latin America with lockdowns, border closures

20-03-2020 12:30 Brazil closes land borders and Argentina enters nationwide lockdown, as Mexico and Peru report their first virus deaths.

Border with Argentina closed

Brazil closes nearly all land borders for 15 days

19-03-2020 15:11 Ministerial decree says authorities blocking entry "by road or land" from all neighbouring countries, with the exception of Uruguay to the south.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Coronavirus reopens fiscal debate for Brazil and Latin America

18-03-2020 15:08 Even if most Latin American countries have yet to manifest the full brunt of the pandemic, economic contagion is already at hand.

by Mac Margolis

Bloomberg

Bolsonaro, AMLO roll the dice with laid-back coronavirus response

17-03-2020 20:37 Brazilian and Mexican leaders stand on opposite sides of the political spectrum, but both have assumed a relatively relaxed approach to the Covid-19 crisis, resisting calls to curb travel or to encourage social distancing.

Coronavirus pandemic

Brazil confirms first Covid-19 death, Bolsonaro mocks 'hysteria'

17-03-2020 15:40 Brazil confirmed its first death from the coronavirus on Tuesday, as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro declared a state of emergency over the virus outbreak.

Coronavirus in Brazil

Bolsonaro backers defy health warnings to stage rallies

16-03-2020 14:20 After testing negative for Coronavirus earlier this week, Bolsonaro joined a rally in the capital of Brasilia where he shot selfies and shook hands with demonstrators.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Nations across globe ramp up measures as coronavirus death toll hits 5,000

14-03-2020 09:35 US President Donald Trump declared a national state of emergency as WHO names Europe the new epicentre of the coronavirus. Nations seal borders, shut schools and cancel events in a frenzied attempt to slow the ballooning pandemic.

Coronavirus outbreak

Brazil President Bolsonaro says he tested negative for coronavirus

13-03-2020 13:29 President announces on social media he tested negative for coronavirus.

Coronavirus pandemic

Brazilian official who met Trump tests positive for Covid-19

12-03-2020 13:21 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's communications chief, who met Donald Trump during an official weekend visit to the US leader's Florida resort, has tests positive for the new coronavirus.

BRAZIL LEADER IN WASHINGTON

Venezuela, trade leads agenda at Trump-Bolsonaro meeting

09-03-2020 12:04 President Trump declined to commit to whether tariffs on steel imports would be on the agenda in his upcoming meeting with Bolsonaro.

Political tensions

Brazil cuts off dialogue with Venezuela, recalls ‘all’ diplomats

06-03-2020 13:24 Brazilian diplomats called home after tensions escalated between President Jair Bolsonaro and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro over Brasilia's support for opposition leader Juan Guaidó.

Bloomberg

Brazil, Argentina compete Inter-American development bank top job

04-03-2020 16:50 Brazil is pushing for its own candidates to lead the Inter-American development bank, competing with Argentina; a decision will likely come between July and September.

Bloomberg

Coronavirus fallout and Congress obstacles put pressure on Bolsonaro

04-03-2020 15:03 Brazilian leader is struggling to engineer an economic take-off, as list of challenges grows.

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Bannon hosts populist banquet, with Bolsonaro’s son and Farage on guestlist

28-02-2020 14:36 Steve Bannon, an architect of Trump’s 2016 victory, hosted dinner for international populist leaders on Wednesday night. Briton Nigel Farage, French MEP Jérôme Rivière, Brazilian Eduardo Bolsonaro and Mexican presidential hopeful Eduardo Verastegui were among the attendees.

Bloomberg

Brazil to woo Tesla during Bolsonaro’s trip to United States in March

21-02-2020 16:26 On his Twitter account, President Jair Bolsonaro expressed his desire to convince the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla to set up a factory in the South American country for his fourth trip to the USA.

TRADING PARTNERS

Bolsonaro, Fernández open to meeting, as ties with Brazil warm

15-02-2020 09:38 Foreign Ministry Felipe Solá flies to Brasilia this week, as ties with Argentina’s giant neighbour finally began to warm after weeks of remarks and rows.

by James Grainger