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Sat, 18 Jun 2022 11:54:00 GMT
Bolsonaro lashes out at Petrobras for new fuel price increase
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said the state-run oil company Petrobras' profits were “irrational” in the current global scenario following a 14% increase in the price of diesel fuel and 5% in naphtha.

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 11:53:00 GMT
Brazil's Police confirm body was that of Phillips
Brazil's Federal Police Friday confirmed the remains flown to Brasilia from Amazonia belonged to British reporter journalist Dom Phillips, who was murdered earlier this month along with local indigenist expert Bruno Araújo Per...

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 11:44:00 GMT
Seventh case of monkeypox confirmed in Brazil
Brazil's Health Ministry Friday announced the seventh case of monkeypox had been confirmed in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, while reports from the State of Minas Gerais said a local case under investigation since Wednesday ca...

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 09:59:00 GMT
UN tells Brazil to be impartial in Amazonia murder probe
Brazil's government has been advised by the United Nations to conduct an "impartial" investigation into the murders of British journalist Don Phillips and local indigenist expert Bruno Araújo Pereira in Amazonia earlier this m...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 20:09:00 GMT
Bolsonaro says Jesus would have bought a gun, had he got the chance
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Jesus did not buy a gun because there were none available in his time. The head of state made those controversial remarks during a conversation with religious people at the Alvorada Palac...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 10:25:00 GMT
Phillips and Araújo found dead in Amazonia – killers said to have confessed
The bodies of British reporter Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous affairs expert Bruno Araújo Pereira were found lifeless in Amazonia Wednesday while the two suspects arrested in connection with the case have reportedly con...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 07:39:00 GMT
Brazil's central bank raises Selic rate to 13,75%, hoping to contain inflation
Brazil's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the 11th straight time on Wednesday, bringing the Selic rate to 13,75%, in an attempt to contain inflation in Latin America’s biggest economy.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 22:01:00 GMT
Brazilian Senate to oversee Amazonia investigations
Brazil's Senate Monday approved an initiative to create a temporary committee to oversee the probe into the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips, a correspondent for The Guardian, and his indigenist guide Bruno Ara...

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 10:30:00 GMT
Brazilian scientists trace more transmissible COVID-19 strains
Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Rio de Janeiro has identified, by genomic analysis, the replacement of strain BA.1 by strain BA.2 in samples analyzed between May 20 and June 2. Both are subvariants of Omicron.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 10:25:00 GMT
Brazil's trade balance positive, but below last year's figures
Brazil's trade balance for the first five months of the year accumulates a surplus of US$ 25.128 billion, it was reported Monday.



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