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Thu, 21 Apr 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Jail sentence imposed on Brazilian Bolsonarist lawmaker
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Wednesday decided by 10 votes against one to sentence Congressman Daniel Silveira to eight years and nine months in prison for attacking democratic institutions and posting insults against t...

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 09:47:00 GMT
Brazilian port exporters feeling the pinch of less Chinese purchases
Brazilian pork exporters are facing a tight situation following the fall in shipments to China, which seems to have recovered the hog herd faster than expected, following the outbreak of African Swine Fever, ASF, a couple of ye...

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:38:00 GMT
Brazil's Foreign Ministry locks Russian trip documents under seal
Brazil's Foreign Ministry has decided to place under the seal of secrecy all documents regarding President Jair Bolsonaro's trip to Moscow in February this year, the Itamaraty Palace announced Tuesday.

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:23:00 GMT
Cases of dengue on the rise in Brazil
Brazilian health authorities Tuesday announced the number of probable cases of dengue fever nationwide had nearly doubled since the beginning of the year compared to the same period in 2021.

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Brazilian Prosecutor moots not to proceed against Bolsonaro in corruption case
Brazil's Deputy Attorney General Lindôra Maria Araújo filed a motion before Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Carmen Lucia not to move on with a corruption case against President Jair Bolsonaro, citing there was not enough ...

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:40:00 GMT
Exxon Mobil drilling offshore in Brazil's Sergipe/Alagoas basin with a potential of a billion barrels
United States Exxon Mobil Corp. is drilling in a new area offshore in the northeast of Brazil that could have as much as a billion barrels of oil and gas equivalent, according to its partner Murphy Oil.

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:30:00 GMT
Brazil continues to receive Russian fertilizers although in erratic shipments
Some 600,000 tons of fertilizer, 50% of which potash and of Russian origin were on their way to Brazil during the first week of April. Despite almost two months of war, the flow of Russian fertilizer to Brazil continues, accord...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:50:00 GMT
Bolsonaro, WTO chief agree on Brazil's role as food supplier
President Jair Bolsonaro Monday acknowledged Brazil's role amid increasing global food insecurity as he met with the World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria in Brasilia.

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:49:00 GMT
Uruguay/Brazil waterway project studies submitted for financial qualification
Brazil's minister of Infrastructure, Marcelo Sampaio, received last week the studies referred to the concession of the Lagoa Merim Waterway in the state of Rio Grande do Sul bordering with Uruguay.

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:39:00 GMT
Brazilian VP says torturers of military regime cannot stand trial: they're dead
Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao Monday said crimes committed during the country's military regime (1964-1985) cannot be investigated because “all those people are dead.”



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