BRASILIA (AFP) – Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday (July 3) watered down a law requiring the wearing of face masks in public places to…
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Embraer union sues to oust planemaker's board after failed Boeing deal
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A union representing workers at planemaker Embraer filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to dismiss the company’s board, after a $4.2…
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Bolsonaro signs decree extending emergency aid to Brazilians
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday signed a presidential decree to extend an emergency monthly stipend of 600 reais ($110) to informal…
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Brazil deforested 10,000 sq km of Amazon rainforest in 2019, up 34%
BRASILIA (REUTERS) – Deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest was worse than previously reported in 2019, revised government data showed on Tuesday (June 9), during the…
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Has inflation, Brazil's eternal bogeyman, finally been slain?
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Inflation in Brazil is on course to fall to an all-time low this year as Latin America’s largest economy sinks, giving the…
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Brazil 'driving in the dark' on COVID-19 as data scandal deepens
RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (REUTERS) – Brazil drew further criticism for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Monday (June 8) after it published contradictory…
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Brazil reports total of 37,312 coronavirus deaths, says health ministry
SAO PAULO (REUTERS) – Brazil registered 37,312 total coronavirus deaths while overall cases in the country reached 685,427, according to data from the health ministry…
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Brazil's Bolsonaro 'failed' on coronavirus, says climate activist Greta Thunberg
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (REUTERS) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has failed in managing the coronavirus crisis, teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Friday (June 5),…
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Brazil coronavirus toll surges to third-highest in world
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP, BLOOMBERG) – Brazil’s death toll from the novel coronavirus has surged past 34,000 to become the third-highest in the world, surpassing…
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Brazil Covid-19 death toll hits 27,878, surpassing hard-hit Spain
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – Brazil on Friday (May 29) reached 27,878 coronavirus deaths, official figures showed, surpassing the toll of hard-hit Spain and making…
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Coronavirus: Brazil death toll tops 25,000
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – Brazil’s death toll from the new coronavirus surpassed 25,000 on Wednesday (May 27), as the country emerged as the latest…
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Brazil police raid Rio governor's residences amid Covid-19 probe
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (REUTERS) – Brazilian federal police on Tuesday (May 26) raided the residences of Rio de Janeiro’s right-wing Governor Wilson Witzel as part…
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U.S. brings forward travel ban as Brazil surpasses its daily death toll
WASHINGTON/BRASILIA (Reuters) – The White House on Monday brought forward by two days restrictions on travel to the United States from Brazil as the number…
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Brazil President Bolsonaro says in video he tried to change police to prevent family being 'screwed'
RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (REUTERS) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he was unwilling to see his family get “screwed” because of his inability to change…
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