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Tue, 09 Feb 2021 08:37:00 GMT
Biden administration aims to closer economic and trade ties with Brazil
The president Joe Biden administration aims to keep strengthening US economic ties and trade with Brazil, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday during the daily meeting with the media.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:14:00 GMT
Brazil's OECD membership blocked by Bolsonaro's environmental policies
OECD’s environmental policy committee canceled a planned discussion this week about upgrading Brazil’s status in the group, the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper reported, citing a document.

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:26:00 GMT
Brazil anticipates bumper soybean and corn crops despite late drought
Brazil expects to harvest bumper soybean and corn crops in spite of planting and harvesting delays in 2020. A drought late last year delayed sowing of Brazil’s soybeans, and excess rainfall disrupted harvesting in January. Th...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Fernandez and Bolsonaro expected to share a family photo on the 30th anniversary of Mercosur
Argentine ambassador in Brazil, Daniel Scioli, has confirmed what was advanced by Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou during this week's meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro, a meeting of Mercosur heads of sta...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:57:00 GMT
Mining giant Vale signs US$ 7bn settlement deal over Brumadinho disaster that killed more than 270 people
Brazilian mining giant Vale signed a settlement deal on Thursday to pay 37.7 billion reais (US$ 7 billion) to the state of Minas Gerais, following the collapse of a dam two years ago that devastated the city of Brumadinho and k...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:32:00 GMT
Brazil ends the Car Wash anti corruption unit, which sent top politicians and business leaders to jail
Brazil’s Car Wash anti-corruption unit has officially been disbanded putting an end for a team of prosecutors that sent dozens of Brazilian and regional political and business leaders to jail, including several former preside...

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 09:20:00 GMT
Brazil industrial production down 4,5% last year, auto and clothing worst hit
Brazil’s industrial output plunged by 4.5% last year as the coronavirus pandemic battered Latin America’s largest economy, particularly the auto and clothing industries, the national statistics institute reported on Tuesday...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:40:00 GMT
Uruguayan president will share lunch with Bolsonaro in Brasilia on Wednesday
Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou will be flying to Brasilia on Wednesday to share an informal lunch with his peer Jair Bolsonaro, his first overseas trip since taking office, but also a clear balancing act of the country's ...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:16:00 GMT
Brazilian teamsters strike to protest fuel prices fizzles out
Brazil independent truckers strike got off on Monday to a weak start because of internal divisions on how to protest fuel prices. The government said traffic was flowing freely on all of the country's highways far from fears of...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:11:00 GMT
Falklands Latam's links to Chile and Brazil suspended until June
The Falkland Islands Government can confirm that commercial air links with both Chile and Brazil will remain suspended for a further three months until 29 June 2021.



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