Brazil
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 09:55:00 GMTBrazil confident of its OECD access roadmap, which should make EU/Mercosur deal more expeditious
Once Brazil has been admitted to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, the ratification process for the Mercosur/European Union trade agreement, will become more viable, according to Brazilian foreign...
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 09:43:00 GMTJob creation on the rise, Brazilian report shows
Brazil has recorded the creation of 277,018 new formal jobs in May this year, according to a Labor Ministry report released Tuesday.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:15:00 GMTBolsonaro says Brazil might buy diesel from Russia
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has hinted he might purchase diesel from Russia after a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin, who had reportedly vowed to guarantee the South American country a steady supply of fertiliz...
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:33:00 GMTSexual violence against men underreported in Brazil
A subject still believed to be taboo, sexual violence against men does exist and has been reported to affect 1.8 million people in Brazil, even though the victims might remain silent for ages out of shame and machismo prejudice...
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:31:00 GMTBCB head says worst part of inflation in Brazil is over
Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) CEO Roberto Campos Neto said Monday that the worst part of inflation in his country was over, after the proper tools to curb the process had been taken.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:19:00 GMTNew Petrobras CEO greenlighted pending objections
Caio Mário Paes de Andrade has been approved Monday as the new CEO of Brazil's state-run oil company to replace José Mauro Coelho, who lasted merely 68 days on the job.
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:17:00 GMTBraga Netto chosen as Bolsonaro's VP running mate
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said during a TV interview Sunday that he had chosen former Defense Minister General Walter Braga Netto as his running mate for the Oct. 2 elections and that the official announcement is to be...
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:37:00 GMTSlain British reporter buried in Rio de Janeiro
British reporter Dom Phillips, who was murdered earlier this month while venturing into Amazonia to gather material for a book, has been laid to rest in Niterói, in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro.
Sat, 25 Jun 2022 09:46:00 GMTLocal transmission of monkeypox confirmed in Brazil
The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro Friday confirmed the existence of local transmission of the monkeypox virus, after two more cases were detected in men aged 25 and 30 without either a recent travel record or contact with an...
Fri, 24 Jun 2022 21:11:00 GMTFormer Bolsonarist minister released in corruption probe
A Brazilian Federal court in Brasilia has ordered the release of former Education Minister, Pastor Milton Ribeiro from jail after being arrested Wednesday on a preemptive basis for allegedly diverting public funds for his own b...