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Brazil opens 5G tender, seeking US$9 billion in investment

05-11-2021 00:55 Brazil launched its 5G network tender on Thursday, the largest in the history of its telecommunications sector. The government is seeking total investments of 50 billion reais (US$9 billion).

G20 Leaders Summit

Brazil’s Bolsonaro gets G20 cold shoulder as Amazon fires rage

30-10-2021 08:23 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been under constant attack from the Amazon rainforest’s soaring deforestation, is set to be given the cold shoulder at the G20 summit in Rome.

ENVIRONMENT

Brazil's Bolsonaro to skip United Nations climate talks

28-10-2021 13:01 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will skip climate talks in Glasgow next week and instead visit an Italian town awarding him honorary citizenship.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil senators back criminal charges against Bolsonaro

27-10-2021 12:42 A Brazilian Senate commission approved a damning report on Tuesday that recommends criminal charges be brought against President Jair Bolsonaro, including crimes against humanity, for his Covid policies.

Environment: COP26

Brazil plans combative strategy for climate talks

26-10-2021 17:03 Jair Bolsonaro's government will pursue a confrontational negotiating strategy at the upcoming UN climate summit, renewing calls for other countries to pay Brazil to preserve the Amazon.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Facebook removes Bolsonaro video linking Covid shots to AIDS

26-10-2021 10:04 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro found himself in social media time-out Monday after his video warning of a supposed link between Covid-19 vaccines and AIDS triggered action by Facebook and YouTube.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro welfare plan shakes Brazil markets, sparks resignations

22-10-2021 10:36 Brazilian president's move to dramatically increase welfare payments to the country's underprivileged groups, a year ahead of crucial elections, shakes up markets and triggers resignations.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil Senate committee recommends 10 pandemic charges against Bolsonaro

20-10-2021 13:20 Senate committee in Brazil recommends that President Jair Bolsonaro face at least 10 charges, including crimes against humanity, over his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Global pandemic

Brazil President Bolsonaro decides not to get vaccinated

14-10-2021 12:53 Unsurprisingly, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed he will not be vaccinated against Covid-19.

MERCOSUR TENSIONS

Brazil’s Guedes lets rip at Argentina, vows to ‘modernise’ Mercosur

01-10-2021 01:37 Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes says Argentina should "withdraw" from the Mercosur if President Alberto Fernández's government feels "uncomfortable" with Brasilia's plans to "modernise" the South American trade bloc.

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Brazil's health minister tests positive for Covid-19 at UN gathering

22-09-2021 10:06 Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for Covid-19 Tuesday after attending the UN General Assembly in New York.

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Bolsonaro tells UN he rejects vaccine passports

21-09-2021 13:17 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that his government was against health passports but backed drives to vaccinate against Covid-19.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Human Rights Watch: Brazil's Bolsonaro 'threatening' democracy

15-09-2021 14:13 President Jair Bolsonaro is "threatening democratic rule" with his attacks on Brazil's Supreme Court and electoral system, Human Rights Watch warns.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro ‘politically isolated’ – despite the bluster

11-09-2021 10:20 Brazilian leader marked Independence Day with huge rallies, but analysts say president is just seeking to sow chaos.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro backs off attacks on Brazil's institutions

09-09-2021 21:57 President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday backed off his heated attacks on Brazil's federal institutions, insisting that his recent jabs at the Supreme Court just came "in the heat of the moment."

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

The problem with Latin America’s rate hikes: they barely work

09-09-2021 14:25 From Brazil to Mexico, banks tighten faster than global peers; Unstable politics and off-the-books economies limit the impact

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro claims 'freedom is at risk' as he riles up base in Brazil

07-09-2021 15:20 Fighting record-low poll numbers, a weakening economy and a Judiciary he claims is stacked against him, President Jair Bolsonaro called huge rallies for Brazilian independence day Tuesday, seeking to fire up his far-right base.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil on edge as Bolsonaro tells his base to take to the streets

06-09-2021 13:54 President Jair Bolsonaro has urged Brazilians to come out in force on Tuesday to show their support for his government. It’s shaping up to be an all-or-nothing gauge of his chances of re-election.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro takes dig at Biden's 'obsession' with Amazon

30-08-2021 22:03 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accuses Joe Biden's administration of having "almost an obsession" with environmental issues.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil indigenous protesters camp on Bolsonaro's doorstep

23-08-2021 20:48 Around 4,000 indigenous protestors have converged on Brasilia to take part in a week of protests ahead of a crucial Supreme Court judgement.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil's electoral court to probe Bolsonaro for attacking voting system

03-08-2021 15:04 Brazilian leader lashes out at electoral authorities for ordering an investigation of his campaign against nation's electronic voting system, saying he refused to be "intimidated" and that the country "is under attack."

Mercosur in crisis

Felipe Solá: Brazil's 'hostile attitude has killed debate within Mercosur'

22-07-2021 22:01 Argentina’s foreign minister slams Brazilian government during visit to Rio to mark 30th anniversary of nuclear accord between two nations.

MERCOSUR IN DISARRAY

Cracks emerge in Mercosur trade bloc as Uruguay looks to go it alone

09-07-2021 03:18 Deep cracks emerge in Mercosur trade bloc, as Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou says he wants to negotiate trade deals without approval from other member nations.

MERCOSUR IN DISARRAY

Mercosur’s glitch-plagued summit puts spotlight on trade divide

09-07-2021 02:58 Luis Lacalle Pou's new trade strategy unable to win broad support among bloc's members. Parallel initiative backed by Brazil and Uruguay to reduce Mercosur's common external tariff also fails to advance.

Brazilian politics

Brazilian presidential hopeful Eduardo Leite announces he is gay

05-07-2021 11:18 "I am a gay governor and I am proud of it, declares Rio Grande do Sul state governor Eduardo Leite, as he denounces intolerable attacks from political rivals.

Brazil Under Bolsonaro

Thousands in Brazil join anti-Bolsonaro protests

03-07-2021 21:44 Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets to protest President Jair Bolsonaro, who faces an investigation over an allegedly corrupt Covid vaccine deal.

Global pandemic

New claims of Covid vaccine graft in Brazil

30-06-2021 14:35 Senior Health Ministry official resigns after newspaper publishes fresh allegations of corruption in Brazil's vaccine programme.

Brazil Under Bolsonaro

Brazil senators file case against Bolsonaro for malfeasance

28-06-2021 19:11 Bolsonaro is accused of having failed to have a top ally investigated for suspicions of massive corruption in the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines.

LULA GRAFT ALLEGATIONS

Brazil judge annuls all of Moro's cases against ex-president Lula

25-06-2021 20:33 A magistrate on Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday annulled two more cases against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The latest ruling invalidates all previous evidence against him, meaning the trial process will have to start again from scratch.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil environment minister resigns amid graft investigation

24-06-2021 09:46 Ricardo Salles announces resignation, just over a month after the Supreme Court ordered an investigation into allegations he was involved in a timber-trafficking scandal.

Brazil Under Bolsonaro

Third pandemic wave hits as Brazil surpasses half a million Covid deaths

19-06-2021 21:54 Brazil became the second country after the United States to surpass 500,000 Covid-19 deaths, and real toll may be higher.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Daniel Scioli: 'Don’t underestimate Alberto Fernández'

12-06-2021 00:00 Former vice-president, governor of Buenos Aires Province and presidential candidate on Alberto Fernández, the upcoming midterms and rebuilding bilateral relations as ambassador to Brazil.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Brazil Under Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro booed on plane, tells critics to 'take a donkey'

11-06-2021 18:34 Videos from the rear seats of the Brazilian president's flight show a riotous scene as passengers waved the middle finger and shouted "Get out, Bolsonaro!" and "Genocidal maniac!"

Global pandemic

Brazil braces for third wave of Covid-19

07-06-2021 23:23 Brazil, already battered by the pandemic, braces for its third wave of Covid-19 fueled by vaccination delays and lack of containment measures.

The Covid Copa

CONMEBOL pushes panic button, moves Copa América to Brazil

04-06-2021 23:38 Regional governing body strips Argentina of tournament due to Covid surge… and bafflingly takes it instead to virus-ravaged Brazil.

CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS

Brazil raids target top officials in Covid-battered Amazonas

02-06-2021 15:59 Brazilian police carried out raids in the Amazonas state Wednesday, targeting top officials suspected of embezzling pandemic emergency funds.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil races clock, chaos to pull off Copa América

02-06-2021 12:27 Brazil agrees to stand-in as emergency host for the troubled Copa América, though the threats of a Covid-19 surge, political divisions and a court battle still loom over the tournament.

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CONMEBOL announces Brazil will host Copa América

31-05-2021 15:01 In a baffling decision, CONMEBOL announced Monday that the Copa América will now be played in Brazil, which is currently bracing for a third coronavirus wave.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Unemployment in Brazil hit record 14.7% in first quarter

27-05-2021 12:24 Unemployment in Brazil reached a record level of 14.7% in the first quarter of the year, 2.5 points up compared to the same period in 2020, official sources reported on Thursday.

CORRUPTION SCANDAL

Brazil environment minister probed for timber trafficking

19-05-2021 16:33 Brazil Supreme Court orders investigation into Environment Minister Ricardo Salles, targeting a timber-trafficking ring allegedly involving him and other top officials in President Jair Bolsonaro's government.

Global pandemic

Brazil struggles to vaccinate as Covid toll spirals

16-05-2021 22:57 Around 33 million people – 15 percent of the population – have received at least one vaccine dose in Brazil, a proportion still too small to have a substantial impact on the virus' spread.

Bolsonaro's Brazil

Under fire Bolsonaro leads motorcycle rally of supporters

10-05-2021 11:08 As the Brazilian Senate investigates president Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic, the far-right leader led hundreds of his supporters in a motorbike rally on Sunday for Mother's Day.

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.

Coronavirus Pandemic

The P1 or 'Brazilian' variant: what we know about new Covid strain

19-04-2021 11:58 Here's what we know about The "Brazil variant" — a more contagious mutation of the coronavirus that emerged in the Amazon late last year.

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.

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Brazil opens 5G tender, seeking US$9 billion in investment

Brazil’s Bolsonaro gets G20 cold shoulder as Amazon fires rage

Brazil's Bolsonaro to skip United Nations climate talks

Brazil senators back criminal charges against Bolsonaro

Brazil plans combative strategy for climate talks

Facebook removes Bolsonaro video linking Covid shots to AIDS

Bolsonaro welfare plan shakes Brazil markets, sparks resignations

Brazil Senate committee recommends 10 pandemic charges against Bolsonaro

Brazil President Bolsonaro decides not to get vaccinated

Brazil’s Guedes lets rip at Argentina, vows to ‘modernise’ Mercosur

Brazil's health minister tests positive for Covid-19 at UN gathering

Bolsonaro tells UN he rejects vaccine passports

Human Rights Watch: Brazil's Bolsonaro 'threatening' democracy

Bolsonaro ‘politically isolated’ – despite the bluster

Bolsonaro backs off attacks on Brazil's institutions

The problem with Latin America’s rate hikes: they barely work

Bolsonaro claims 'freedom is at risk' as he riles up base in Brazil

Brazil on edge as Bolsonaro tells his base to take to the streets

Bolsonaro takes dig at Biden's 'obsession' with Amazon

Brazil indigenous protesters camp on Bolsonaro's doorstep

Brazil's electoral court to probe Bolsonaro for attacking voting system

Felipe Solá: Brazil's 'hostile attitude has killed debate within Mercosur'

Cracks emerge in Mercosur trade bloc as Uruguay looks to go it alone

Mercosur’s glitch-plagued summit puts spotlight on trade divide

Brazilian presidential hopeful Eduardo Leite announces he is gay

Thousands in Brazil join anti-Bolsonaro protests

New claims of Covid vaccine graft in Brazil

Brazil senators file case against Bolsonaro for malfeasance

Brazil judge annuls all of Moro's cases against ex-president Lula

Brazil environment minister resigns amid graft investigation

Third pandemic wave hits as Brazil surpasses half a million Covid deaths

Daniel Scioli: 'Don’t underestimate Alberto Fernández'

Bolsonaro booed on plane, tells critics to 'take a donkey'

Brazil braces for third wave of Covid-19

CONMEBOL pushes panic button, moves Copa América to Brazil

Brazil raids target top officials in Covid-battered Amazonas

Brazil races clock, chaos to pull off Copa América

CONMEBOL announces Brazil will host Copa América

Unemployment in Brazil hit record 14.7% in first quarter

Brazil environment minister probed for timber trafficking

Brazil struggles to vaccinate as Covid toll spirals

Under fire Bolsonaro leads motorcycle rally of supporters

Brazil registers record 14.4 million unemployed

Brazil Senate opens Bolsonaro Covid probe

The P1 or 'Brazilian' variant: what we know about new Covid strain

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

Argentina tightens Covid rules amid fears over new variant

'It’s not Cristina': Argentina’s VP breaks silence, pushes IMF decision to Congress

Latam Airlines reaches bankruptcy deal that hands reins to creditors

Pope appoints Martín Guzmán to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

As Castro reign ends, Cuba is mired in a debt debacle once again

Marcha atrás: el agresor del playero iba a entregarse por orden del padre, cambió de idea y escapó con la madre

Mariano, el hermano payamédico de Horacio Rodríguez Larreta: "Mi madre dijo que le salvé la vida"

Con Jorge Macri a la cabeza, llegan los cambios porteños

Conmueve a La Pampa el calvario del chiquito de 5 años masacrado a golpes por la madre y su novia

La presencia de un universo de emociones