News of brazil

At least 25 killed in police drug raid in Rio slum, says Brazilian media

06-05-2021 15:45 A massive police operation against drug-traffickers in a Rio de Janeiro favela Thursday left at least 24 suspects and a policeman dead, according to reports.

POVERTY & THE PANDEMIC

Covid’s shockwaves took poverty in Latin America to a new nadir

05-05-2021 13:33 The Covid-19 pandemic has sent a wave of poverty racing across Latin America, deepening declines that began over the past decade and consigning millions to lives of deprivation.

IN-DEPTH: MERCOSUR

Mercosur’s future up for debate at key meeting

01-05-2021 00:21 Member nations agree to debate ‘flexibilisation’ of bloc’s rules at key meeting in May. Uruguay continues to push for liberalisation of tariffs, rules on free-trade deals.

BRAZILIAN ECONOMY

Brazil registers record 14.4 million unemployed

30-04-2021 15:53 Pandemic-battered Brazil registered a record 14.4 million unemployed workers in the three-month period to February 2021, up two million from the year before, officials said Friday.

Global Pandemic

Brazil Senate opens Bolsonaro Covid probe

27-04-2021 12:40 Brazil's Senate opened an inquiry Tuesday into the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, after far-right president Jair Bolsonaro defied almost all expert advice on handling the crisis.

Bloomberg

Waterways are drying up in key South American crop-shipping hubs

27-04-2021 12:27 The South American drought that’s helping push corn and soybean prices to multiyear highs isn’t just threatening crops, but also the ability to haul them on waterways that are drying up.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Russia says Brazil's refusal to import Sputnik V vaccine is 'political'

27-04-2021 09:25 Developers of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday criticised Brazil's refusal to import the jab, describing it as politically motivated.

Global pandemic

Brazil hits record Covid death toll in April

26-04-2021 15:22 Argentina's giant neighbour recorded 67,977 deaths so far in April, making it the deadliest month yet before it ends, topping March's 66,573 fatalities.

MERCOSUR BLOC

Uruguay presents plan to make Mercosur trade talks more flexible

26-04-2021 15:19 According to the draft document released by the Foreign Ministry in Montevideo, the proposal would allow member states, under some conditions, to initiate negotiations "either as a group or individually."

Global pandemic

PAHO warns of fake Covid-19 vaccines in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

21-04-2021 16:29 Jarbas Barbosa says PAHO is aware of reports suggesting that Covid-19 vaccines – likely counterfeit – are being offered for sale in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.

Global pandemic

Brazil has Southern Hemisphere's highest overall Covid-19 death rate

20-04-2021 17:25 Brazil, the country with the world's second-highest Covid-19 death toll after the United States, also leads the Americas and the entire southern hemisphere in terms of its overall recorded death rate.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil's Supreme Court confirms annulment of Lula graft convictions

15-04-2021 23:16 Supreme Court upholds ruling annulling Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's corruption convictions, clearing the way for him to run for a new presidential term next year.

BILATERAL RELATIONS PLUNGE

Fernández hits back at Bolsonaro over military's role during pandemic

15-04-2021 12:47 President Alberto Fernández responded to a mocking attack from his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday, following the Argentine leader's announcement of tightened restrictions to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil judge halts parts of Bolsonaro's decrees to relax gun laws

13-04-2021 14:14 Judge Justice Rosa Weber on Brazil's Supreme Federal Court on Monday suspended parts of four decrees issued by President Jair Bolsonaro relaxing the country's gun control laws.

Global Pandemic

Brazilian Senate to probe Bolsonaro's handling of pandemic

09-04-2021 11:55 A judge from Brazil's supreme court on Thursday ordered the Senate to create a commission to investigate President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic, after requests from 32 of Brazil's 81 senators.

Global pandemic

Brazil's Bolsonaro snubs new lockdown calls

08-04-2021 11:44 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro doubled down on his opposition to lockdown measures to contain Covid-19 Wednesday, as experts warned a largescale stay-at-home was "absolutely necessary" to slow a deadly surge of the coronavirus.

Global pandemic

Pandemic policy discord deepens Brazil's Covid chaos

07-04-2021 09:33 Changing and poorly explained quarantines, contradictory judgements, erroneous vaccination forecasts: in Brazil, the global epicentre of the pandemic, the fight against the coronavirus is being conducted in the greatest confusion.

Global pandemic

More than 80% of intubated Covid patients die in Brazil

31-03-2021 10:27 More than 80% of Covid-19 patients who have to be intubated in Brazil have died since the start of the second wave of infections ravaging the country, according to researchers.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil military chiefs exit in new turmoil for Bolsonaro

30-03-2021 20:36 Three commanders of Armed Forces out, confirms Bolsonaro government. Some Brazilian media reports trio had resigned in protest at president's surprise decision to replace defence minister Fernando Azevedo as part of a sweeping reshuffle.

ANALYSIS

Bolsonaro ousts top ministers as pandemic spirals out of control

30-03-2021 10:19 Cabinet changes are Bolsonaro’s latest attempt to diffuse growing Covid crisis amid harsh criticism from the business community and his own allies.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro overhauls cabinet as Covid surges in Brazil

29-03-2021 21:28 While speculation had been swirling that Bolsonaro was about to fire foreign minister Ernesto Araujo, who faced criticism for the government's problems securing more Covid-19 vaccines, many of the other changes came as a surprise.

MERCOSUR AT 30

Highlights (and low points): Mercosur turns 30

27-03-2021 08:49 A free-trade agreement with the European Union which has yet to be implemented, an imperfect common external tariff, mounted with great difficulty – these factors and others mark the 30-year history of Mercosur, a mosaic of successes and inconclusive challenges.

GLOBAL PANDEMIC

Pandemic spins out of control in Brazil: 3,650 dead in just one day

27-03-2021 08:30 São Paulo’s Butantan biomedical institute announces it is developing a “100 percent Brazilian” vaccine against Covid-19.

AND THAT REMINDS ME...

Mercosur’s murky future

27-03-2021 07:27 Mercosur will have problems selling itself to the rest of the world while it cannot sell to itself.

by Michael Soltys

LATIN AMERICA: MERCOSUR SUMMIT

‘We’re not a burden’ – Fernández clashes with Mercosur leaders

27-03-2021 07:11 Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay confront Argentina to demand greater flexibility to negotiate trade agreements during a tense summit of Mercosur leaders commemorating the 30th anniversary of the regional trade bloc’s founding.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina suspends flights from Brazil, Chile and Mexico

26-03-2021 10:22 Government announces that flights to Argentina from Brazil, Chile and Mexico will be suspended starting this Saturday, March 27.

Global pandemic

Brazil surpasses 300,000 Covid-19 deaths

25-03-2021 14:50 A total of 300,685 people in Brazil have now died of Covid-19, with Argentina's giant neighbour struggling to deal with an explosion of cases blamed on a local variant of the virus that is believed to be more contagious.

Global pandemic

Brazil's 24-hour Covid deaths surpass 3,000 for first time

24-03-2021 12:38 Brazil's daily Covid-19 death toll soared past 3,000 for the first time Tuesday as the country struggled to contain a surge of cases that has pushed many hospitals to breaking point.

Lava Jato

Brazil's Supreme Court rules Moro was 'biased' against Lula

23-03-2021 19:14 Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that judge Sergio Moro was "biased" in convicting ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of corruption in 2017, a new victory for the left-wing leader as he eyes a political comeback.

MERCOSUR SUMMIT

Trade and Covid-19 vaccines top agenda for Mercosur summit

23-03-2021 13:22 Mercosur’s member nations will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the bloc's founding at a key summit this Friday, with the clear differences between them more than evident.

by Mariano Beldyk

Global pandemic

In Brazil, Covid is increasingly hitting the young

23-03-2021 10:10 There are fewer wrinkles and less grey hair among patients in Brazil's intensive care units as the country reels from a surge in Covid-19 that is increasingly hitting people under 60.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro critics face 'intimidation campaign' in Brazil

22-03-2021 14:36 Lawyers and human-rights activists warn Brazil is seeing a surge in legal and extra-legal moves to stifle dissent against President Jair Bolsonaro.

Bloomberg

Start-up Tiendanube raises US$89 million in funding round

22-03-2021 13:03 Argentine e-commerce start-up Tiendanube will use fresh financing to roll out a major expansion across Latin America.

LATIN AMERICA

Covid surges back in Brazil, sparking fears in Argentina

20-03-2021 07:30 Covid-19 is raging in Brazil, where intensive care units are more than 80 percent full in 25 out of 27 states. In Rio, the rate is 95 percent.

RATE RISE

Brazil hikes interest rate, eyeing inflation

18-03-2021 11:39 First rate hike in six years for Latin America's biggest economy. Central Bank indicates another hike of the same magnitude could be coming in May.

Global pandemic

Under fire, Brazil's Bolsonaro tones down on Covid

17-03-2021 10:26 With Brazil registering record daily death tolls from Covid-19, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is changing his traditionally pandemic-sceptic tune.

Global pandemic

Bolsonaro changes health minister again, as Brazil's Covid cases surge

16-03-2021 09:19 Bolsonaro to appoint cardiologist Marcelo Queiroga as health minister, the fourth to hold the post during the pandemic, as the country's health system staggers amid surging Covid-19 cases.

BLOOMBERG

Brazil shunned as a Covid superspreader by nervous neighbours

14-03-2021 07:39 Leading the world in daily deaths and the source of a worrying Amazonian variant, Brazil is a cause of deep anxiety for world health officials and its neighbours, who are barring their gates.

MERCOSUR SUMMIT

No Bolsonaro in BA – Government takes Mercosur ceremony online

13-03-2021 15:50 Argentina has suspended a historic ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the Mercosur regional trade bloc, due to be held later this month, and will instead take it online.

BRAZIL

Lula's return reshuffles the deck in divided Brazil

13-03-2021 08:45 Ruling overturns ex-president's corruption convictions and shakes up 2022 presidential race.

Coronavirus Pandemic

'Bigger than Neymar': Pandemic propels Brazil doctor to fame

12-03-2021 13:47 Dr. Margareth Dalcolmo was an unknown researcher at public health institute Fiocruz when Covid-19 arrived in Brazil in February 2020, but the soft-spoken expert has since made hundreds of media appearances on the health crisis.

Coronavirus pandemic

Face mask row gets bawdy in Bolsonaro's Brazil

12-03-2021 01:45 A roiling row over face masks in President Jair Bolsonaro's Brazil veers into not-safe-for-work territory.

Global pandemic

Vaccine hope, but enduring fear one year after pandemic declared

11-03-2021 22:50 One year on from the declaration of the coronavirus pandemic, vaccinations are offering hope. But much of humanity still enduring highly restricted lives, with no clear path back to normality.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Lula comes out swinging at Bolsonaro, slams 'imbecile' Covid policies

10-03-2021 18:13 Lula makes instant return to politics, attacking President Jair Bolsonaro and his "imbecile" Covid-19 policies, though the ex-PT leader declined to say whether he would run against him next year.

FOOTBALL

Without fans, South American clubs lose more at home

08-03-2021 14:24 AFP analysed clubs' results across three first-division seasons in three countries – Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay – and found their home performance declined when fans were barred from stadiums because of Covid-19.

PERIODISMO PURO – INTERVIEW

Fernando Henrique Cardoso: ‘There are times which require us to move actively towards equality’

06-03-2021 08:40 Former Brazil president – the country’s first to be re-elected for a subsequent term – discusses Jair Bolsonaro, inequality, poverty and what it means a social democrat in the 21st century.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

MERCOSUR SUMMIT

Bolsonaro in Buenos Aires: Brazil leader says yes to Mercosur summit

05-03-2021 02:39 Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro confirms he will travel to Buenos Aires on March 26 for the Mercosur summit, setting up his first face-to-face encounter with President Alberto Fernández.

Global pandemic

Cities in Brazil tighten restrictions amid record Covid surge

04-03-2021 13:53 Brazil's Health Ministry has recorded an average of more than 1,300 Covid-19 fatalities per day over the past week, the worst yet for the hard-hit country of 212 million people.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Brazil ends new 'lost decade' with GDP drop of 4.1% in 2020

03-03-2021 10:26 The economy of Argentina's giant neighbour registered a 4.1% contraction in 2020, according to official data.

Bloomberg

MercadoLibre to invest record US$1.8 billion in Brazil

01-03-2021 22:01 Latin American e-commerce powerhouse MercadoLibre Inc. is more than doubling its Brazilian investment this year, planning to deploy in 2021 the same amount it spent in the past four years combined.

News of brazil

At least 25 killed in police drug raid in Rio slum, says Brazilian media

Covid’s shockwaves took poverty in Latin America to a new nadir

Mercosur’s future up for debate at key meeting

Brazil registers record 14.4 million unemployed

Brazil Senate opens Bolsonaro Covid probe

Waterways are drying up in key South American crop-shipping hubs

Russia says Brazil's refusal to import Sputnik V vaccine is 'political'

Brazil hits record Covid death toll in April

Uruguay presents plan to make Mercosur trade talks more flexible

PAHO warns of fake Covid-19 vaccines in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

Brazil has Southern Hemisphere's highest overall Covid-19 death rate

Brazil's Supreme Court confirms annulment of Lula graft convictions

Fernández hits back at Bolsonaro over military's role during pandemic

Brazil judge halts parts of Bolsonaro's decrees to relax gun laws

Brazilian Senate to probe Bolsonaro's handling of pandemic

Brazil's Bolsonaro snubs new lockdown calls

Pandemic policy discord deepens Brazil's Covid chaos

More than 80% of intubated Covid patients die in Brazil

Brazil military chiefs exit in new turmoil for Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro ousts top ministers as pandemic spirals out of control

Bolsonaro overhauls cabinet as Covid surges in Brazil

Highlights (and low points): Mercosur turns 30

Pandemic spins out of control in Brazil: 3,650 dead in just one day

Mercosur’s murky future

‘We’re not a burden’ – Fernández clashes with Mercosur leaders

Argentina suspends flights from Brazil, Chile and Mexico

Brazil surpasses 300,000 Covid-19 deaths

Brazil's 24-hour Covid deaths surpass 3,000 for first time

Brazil's Supreme Court rules Moro was 'biased' against Lula

Trade and Covid-19 vaccines top agenda for Mercosur summit

In Brazil, Covid is increasingly hitting the young

Bolsonaro critics face 'intimidation campaign' in Brazil

Start-up Tiendanube raises US$89 million in funding round

Covid surges back in Brazil, sparking fears in Argentina

Brazil hikes interest rate, eyeing inflation

Under fire, Brazil's Bolsonaro tones down on Covid

Bolsonaro changes health minister again, as Brazil's Covid cases surge

Brazil shunned as a Covid superspreader by nervous neighbours

No Bolsonaro in BA – Government takes Mercosur ceremony online

Lula's return reshuffles the deck in divided Brazil

'Bigger than Neymar': Pandemic propels Brazil doctor to fame

Face mask row gets bawdy in Bolsonaro's Brazil

Vaccine hope, but enduring fear one year after pandemic declared

Lula comes out swinging at Bolsonaro, slams 'imbecile' Covid policies

Without fans, South American clubs lose more at home

Fernando Henrique Cardoso: ‘There are times which require us to move actively towards equality’

Bolsonaro in Buenos Aires: Brazil leader says yes to Mercosur summit

Cities in Brazil tighten restrictions amid record Covid surge

Brazil ends new 'lost decade' with GDP drop of 4.1% in 2020

MercadoLibre to invest record US$1.8 billion in Brazil

Is it time to leave or is Argentina worth it?

Kirchnerites pressure Guzmán over use of new IMF funds

Senator Carlos Reutemann hospitalised in serious condition

A psychodrama the country could do without

Pope backs temporary suspension of vaccine patents

Demencial agresión de un grupo de jóvenes al gerente de 'Kansas': perdió varios dientes

Marcelo Tinelli se mostró con Rodríguez Larreta y no participó de la Mesa del Hambre

Alberto Fernández llegó a Lisboa y esta tarde se reúne con el presidente Rebelo de Sousa

De qué política hablamos

Daniel Gollan: "La vacuna rusa generó un cimbronazo geopolítico"