Tag: Brazil
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Brazil’s Lula cancels trip to China because of pneumoniaDiplomacy Brazil’s Lula cancels trip to China because of pneumonia
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has canceled his trip to China after contracting pneumonia, the presidential palace said yesterday [Macau time]. Lula, 77, was ... -
Musk brought internet to Brazil’s Amazon. Criminals love it.
Brazilian federal agents aboard three helicopters descended on an illegal mining site earlier this week in the Amazon rainforest. They were met with gunfire, and the ... -
Lula meets with Indigenous in Amazon, pledges lands
On his first trip to Indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest since taking office, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed support for creating new ... -
Fashion sneakers propel sustainable rubber in Amazon
Rubber tapper Raimundo Mendes de Barros prepares to leave his home, surrounded by rainforest, for an errand in the Brazilian Amazon city of Xapuri. He slides ... -
‘No amnesty!’: Brazilian protests demand jail for rioters
"No amnesty! No amnesty! No amnesty!" The chant reverberated off the walls of the jam-packed hall at the University of Sao Paulo's law college Monday [yesterday, Macau ... -
Authorities seek to punish pro-Bolsonaro rioters
Brazilian authorities were picking up pieces and investigating yesterday after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then trashed ... -
Democracy under attack in Brazil: Five questions about the storming of Congress and the role of the military
Thousands of far-right supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country's Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace on Jan. 8, 2023. In images similar ... -
Authorities seek to punish pro-Bolsonaro rioters
Brazilian authorities were picking up pieces and investigating today (Monday) after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then ... -
Pelé buried at cemetery in Brazilian city he made famous
Brazil said a final farewell to Pelé yesterday [Macau time], burying the legend who unified the bitterly divided country. Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da ... -
Brazil prepares to bury Pelé in city he made soccer mecca
Forty-five years after Pelé played his last game, it’s hard to imagine modern soccer, or Brazil, without him. Geovana Sarmento, 17, waited in the three-hour line ... -
Brazil’s Lula to reclaim presidency after beating Bolsonaro
Brazilians delivered a very tight victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a bitter presidential election, giving the leftist former president another shot at power ... -
Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon
In the Brazilian Amazon these days, it’s nearly impossible to run for office talking up the environment. More common is a scene like this: A candidate ... -
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he tested negative for coronavirus
BRASILIA — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said today (Saturday) that he had tested negative for the new coronavirus, based on a fourth test since he said ... -
Hainan Airlines group becomes main shareholder of Brazilian carrier Azul
Chinese group HNA, the owner of Hainan Airlines, has established a strategic partnership with Brazilian carrier Azul by purchasing a stake of 23.7 percent for USD450 ... -
China State Grid plans to invest billions in Brazil
The China State Grid group plans to invest about 15 billion reais (USD3.95 billion) in Brazil by 2020 and about 1.6 billion reais in 2016, said ... -
Brazil 9th largest AIIB shareholder
Brazil is the ninth largest shareholder of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the first international financial institution established by China, according to state English- language ... -
Brazil and China sign 35 cooperation agreements
Brazil and China signed 35 cooperation agreements in eight sectors involving investments of USD53 billion, during an official visit by the Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang ... -
Tianjin Airlines buys 22 aircraft from Embraer
Brazilian aeronautical company Embraer will supply 22 jet aircraft to Tianjin Airlines, a subsidiary of the HNA Group, under a final contract signed this week, the ... -
China and Brazil discuss cooperation
The Prime Minister of China Li Keqiang will present a list of nearly 60 investment projects involving construction of infrastructure and industrial facilities in Brazil, reported ... -
Summit between Brazil and Portugal in June
The Luso-Brazilian summit will take place next June, on a date to be announced, said Tuesday in Lisbon the Vice President of Brazil, Michel Temer, during ... -
BRAZIL | Embraer delivers 208 aircraft in 2014
Brazilian aeronautical company Embraer ended 2014 with the delivery of 92 commercial aircraft and 116 executive jets, reaching the targets set for the year, the company ... -
China largest importer of farm products from Brazil in 2014
China was the country that imported the most agricultural and livestock products from Brazil in 2014, according to figures from the Brazilian Agribusiness Foreign Trade Statistics ... -
Chinese financing model in Africa seen as an example in Brazil
Brazil plans to expand its exports to Africa beyond the Portuguese-speaking countries, where it is already well established, but needs a more attractive financing model, somewhat ... -
Brazilian export finance plan expands to Angola
Brazilian businessmen who want to make investments in Angola from 2015 will benefit from the Brazilian government’s Export Financing Program (Proex), said the president of the ... -
Sino-Brazilian satellite to be launched into space
Teams from the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research and the China Academy of Space Technology are making final preparations for the launch of the fifth ... -
Energias de Portugal sells Brazil assets to China Three Gorges
Portuguese power company EDP – Energias de Portugal has sold half of the 66.67 percent stake held in Brazilian power company Empresa Energia São Manoel (São ... -
China’s AliExpress leader in online sales in Brazil
The electronic marketplace AliExpress, part of China’s Alibaba Group, is the market leader by units sold in Brazil, with 11 million online orders between July and ... -
Brazil | Rousseff faces challenges after narrow re-election
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was re-elected by the narrowest margin in three decades, handing her left-leaning Workers’ Party its weakest mandate as it confronts some of ... -
Brazil funds program for exports to Angola
A protocol to fund imports of Brazilian goods and services by Angolan micro, small and medium enterprises from was signed last week in Brasilia according to ... -
China’s Zotye Auto starts selling vehicles in Brazil
Chinese automaker Zotye Auto is due to start selling its vehicles in the Brazilian market in January 2015 with two models – Logic and Hunter – ... -
Chinese-Brazilian satellite CBERS-4 ready to be placed in orbit
The Chinese-Brazilian satellite CBERS-4 program is ready to be launched, the coordinator of the Spacial Segment, Brazil’s Antonio Carlos de Oliveira Junior said Saturday in Beijing. ... -
EDP begins sale of hydropower in Brazil
Portuguese group EDP has been given approval to begin commercial operation of its first production facility in Brazil, the Santo Antonio do Jari hydroelectric plant, with ... -
Brazil’s Oi group sells Portugal Telecom’s stake in Unitel Angola
Brazilian telecommunications group Oi has started the process of selling the 75% stake it owns in Africatel, which in turn has a 25 percent stake in ... -
Brazilian companies sign USD500m business deals at China fair
Participation of Brazilian companies in the All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE) is expected to lead to current and future sales of some USD500 million, said the ... -
Cabo Verde Airlines wants second route to Brazil
Cabo Verde Airlines plans to start flying to the city of Natal, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte, starting in November 2015, according ...
