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| The woman is now keeping the monthly pension of about 8000 which is seven times higher than Brazils minimum wage according to labor inspector Camasmie | Positive | They gave her food when she was hungry but all other rights were taken from Humberto Camasmie the inspector in charge of the rescue told the Thomson Reuters Foundation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-trafficking-domestic/brazil-investigates-rescue-of-maid-enslaved-for-nearly-40-years-idUSKBN28V2KY | 2020-12-22 |
| Pazuello had previously said in October that the government planned to purchase 46 million doses of CoronaVac but Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro quickly said Pazuello was mistaken | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils federal government will purchase 46 million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine being developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd a state governor said on Wednesday as authorities rush to source vaccines in a sometimesconfusing freeforall | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-coronavac/brazil-will-purchase-sinovac-vaccine-state-governor-says-idUSKBN28R00Q | 2020-12-17 |
| SAO PAULO Companies including Tesco Walmart Unilever and McDonalds on Tuesday said they had urged major commodities traders to stop dealing in soy linked to deforestation in Brazils Cerrado a vast savanna region and vital carbon storehouse | Negative | SAO PAULO Companies including Tesco Walmart Unilever and McDonalds on Tuesday said they had urged major commodities traders to stop dealing in soy linked to deforestation in Brazils Cerrado a vast savanna region and vital carbon storehouse | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-soy/big-food-companies-urge-soy-traders-to-help-save-brazil-savanna-idUSKBN28P2I3 | 2020-12-16 |
| SAO PAULO Setting 2020 as a cutoff date to ban new deforestation and land conversion for soybean areas in Brazils Cerrado savanna is not feasible Nassar head of the countrys oilseeds crushers group Abiove said on Tuesday | Negative | SAO PAULO Setting 2020 as a cutoff date to ban new deforestation and land conversion for soybean areas in Brazils Cerrado savanna is not feasible Nassar head of the countrys oilseeds crushers group Abiove said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-soybeans-deforestation/goal-of-no-deforestation-next-year-in-brazil-savanna-unfeasible-soy-association-idUSKBN28P2R0 | 2020-12-16 |
| The AstraZeneca vaccine was Brazils main bet with a 1 | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO In Brazil a mass inoculation campaign against COVID19 will only be possible from March and will rely on the AstraZeneca vaccine a senior health official at the countrys leading public biomedical institute told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine-int/brazils-mass-vaccination-will-not-start-until-march-says-health-official-idUSKBN28O30U | 2020-12-15 |
| SAO PAULO TIM Participacoes Telefonica Brasil SA and America Movil SAB de CVs Claro won an auction on Monday to acquire the mobile operations of Brazils Oi SA with a joint bid of 16 | Positive | SAO PAULO TIM Participacoes Telefonica Brasil SA and America Movil SAB de CVs Claro won an auction on Monday to acquire the mobile operations of Brazils Oi SA with a joint bid of 16 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-oi-sa-divestiture/brazils-tim-telefonica-and-claro-win-oi-mobile-assets-in-3-2-billion-bid-idUSKBN28O2MQ | 2020-12-15 |
| On Thursday Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello pledged to vaccinate Brazils entire population against COVID19 next year | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO The Brazilian government unveiled its longawaited national vaccination plan against COVID19 on Saturday with an initial goal of vaccinating 51 million people or about onefourth of the population in the first half of 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-rolls-out-covid-19-vaccination-plan-idUSKBN28N019 | 2020-12-13 |
| Meanwhile the spread or risk premium to U.S. 10year Treasury bonds on Mexicos equivalent debt stands at 453 Brazils is 647 bp Turkeys 1199 bp and South Africas 794 bp | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico in 2020 plunged into its steepest recession in decades and suffered a credit ratings downgrade yet the peso currency and instruments that measure sovereign risk now tell a different that investors are again warming to the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-investors/investors-warm-to-mexico-lifting-peso-despite-battered-economy-idUSKBN28L2GG | 2020-12-12 |
| He said vaccine makers had not included pregnant volunteers in their late stage trials so Brazils government is still evaluating the question | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazil is still weighing whether to include pregnant women among the priority groups for early vaccination against COVID19 the Ministry of Healths Secretary of Health Surveillance Arnaldo Medeiros told journalists on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-pregnancy/brazil-still-weighing-priority-vaccination-of-pregnant-women-idUSKBN28J2LY | 2020-12-10 |
| Igua Saneamento is one of Brazils largest private sanitation firms | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazilian sanitation firm Igua Saneamento SA has resumed its plans for an initial public offering the company said in a securities filing on Monday marking the third time in less than two years it has filed for a potential IPO with regulators | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-sanitation-ipo/brazil-sanitation-firm-igua-saneamento-files-for-ipo-for-third-time-idUSKBN28H2YS | 2020-12-08 |
| The company said its share structure will not alter and management of the two companies will continue to be separate until Brazils antitrust regulator CADE approves the deal | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian lab and hospital group DASA SA said on Thursday it has signed an agreement to acquire the Grupo Leforte hospital and clinic company for 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-m-a-dasa/brazilian-lab-dasa-to-acquire-grupo-leforte-for-over-343-million-filing-idUSKBN28E021 | 2020-12-04 |
| BRASILIA Indigenous people health workers and those aged 75 years and older will be at the front of the line to be vaccinated against COVID19 Brazils Health Ministry said on Tuesday as it unveiled a fourstage preliminary plan for national immunization | Positive | BRASILIA Indigenous people health workers and those aged 75 years and older will be at the front of the line to be vaccinated against COVID19 Brazils Health Ministry said on Tuesday as it unveiled a fourstage preliminary plan for national immunization | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaacination/brazil-to-prioritize-elderly-indigenous-and-health-workers-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28B6FH | 2020-12-02 |
| Opening hours and capacities for bars restaurants and shopping malls will be restricted in Brazils most populous state which has been the epicenter of the countrys coronavirus outbreak | Negative | SAO PAULO The state of Sao Paulo home to Brazils biggest city imposed stricter social distancing measures on Monday as it wrestles to contain a fresh rise in COVID19 cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/sao-paulo-imposes-covid-19-restrictions-as-cases-surge-again-idUSKBN28A2LK | 2020-12-01 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Reuters Climate change will increase the burdens on Brazils armed forces and endanger the countrys energy and water security military experts predicted Monday | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Reuters Climate change will increase the burdens on Brazils armed forces and endanger the countrys energy and water security military experts predicted Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-climatechange-military/brazil-to-face-major-security-threats-as-climate-impacts-surge-military-experts-warn-idUSKBN28A2XD | 2020-12-01 |
| He said he believes Brazils Vice President Hamilton Mourao who leads the governments Amazon Council is dedicated to stopping deforestation but lacks support within the government | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Reuters Climate change will increase the burdens on Brazils armed forces and endanger the countrys energy and water security military experts predicted Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-climatechange-military/brazil-to-face-major-security-threats-as-climate-impacts-surge-military-experts-warn-idUSKBN28A2XD | 2020-12-01 |
| The surge is welcome for banks such as Brazils biggest lender Itau Unibanco Banco Bradesco and Banco Santander Brasil whose business loan portfolios have been pressured by the coronavirus crisis | Negative | SAO PAULO Owning their first home on the outskirts of Sao Paulo felt like a distant dream when tattoo artist Fernando do Prado and pharmacist Jenifer Ferreira got engaged in January | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-mortgages-focus/mortgage-boom-risks-coming-home-to-roost-for-brazils-banks-idUSKBN28A0Y3 | 2020-12-01 |
| Huawei has said it abides by Brazils laws and is available for any tests and clarifications authorities deem necessary | Positive | DE JANEIRO Chinas embassy in Brazil on Tuesday said a son of President Jair Bolsonaro had harmed relations between the two countries with critical comments about telecommunications equipment firm Huawei | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-huawei-technologies-china-brazil/china-says-brazil-presidents-son-hurts-relationship-with-comments-critical-of-huawei-idUSKBN28506Q | 2020-11-25 |
| The government has contracts in place to guarantee access to 142900000 coronavirus vaccine doses enough to immunize at least a third of Brazils population officials said in the statement | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils health ministry said on Sunday it will sign nonbinding letters of intent to purchase coronavirus vaccines from four companies and Russias sovereign wealth fund adding that any purchase will depend on the approval of the nations regulators | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-covid-loi/brazil-signs-letter-of-intent-to-purchase-five-covid-vaccines-idUSKBN2820TP | 2020-11-23 |
| TABOAO DA SERRA Brazil When the womens team of Taboao da Serra lost a league match 290 last month it looked like things could hardly get much worse for the small club based outside Brazils biggest city Sao Paulo | Negative | TABOAO DA SERRA Brazil When the womens team of Taboao da Serra lost a league match 290 last month it looked like things could hardly get much worse for the small club based outside Brazils biggest city Sao Paulo | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-soccer-brazil-women-feature/soccer-29-0-loss-reopens-debate-on-womens-football-in-brazil-idUSKBN27Y2FB | 2020-11-19 |
| Farmers will also face higher costs for imported seeds and fertilizer as Brazils currency weakens against the dollar | Negative | SAO U.S. farmers sold freshly harvested soybeans directly off their combines for a profit as prices rose to a fouryear high this autumn a welcome change from the losses suffered during the U.S.China trade war | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-agriculture/u-s-farmers-celebrate-soy-price-surge-as-brazil-misses-out-idUSKBN27X1EY | 2020-11-18 |
| Ebanx is one of the Brazils latest fintechs to achieve status and it has expanded to many countries across Latin America | Positive | SAO PAULO Uber Technologies Inc started on Monday to take instant payments in Brazil in partnership with payments startup Ebanx both companies said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-uber-brazil-payments/uber-to-accept-fast-payments-in-brazil-in-partnership-with-ebanx-idUSKBN27W1MU | 2020-11-17 |
| The Genevabased body is currently seeking to find its next directorgeneral after Brazils Roberto Azevedo stepped down a year early in August | Neutral | BEIJING Trade frictions between the United States and China may not ease in the near term even if Joe Biden becomes president former Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-caixin/former-china-finance-minister-says-trade-frictions-with-u-s-could-remain-under-biden-idUSKBN27T0AC | 2020-11-13 |
| Leftleaning Lopez Obrador is part a shrinking group of world leaders yet to congratulate Biden along with Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro Russias Vladimir Putin and Chinas Xi Jinping | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday dug in his heels as one of the few leaders of major countries yet to congratulate Joe Biden on his presidential election win saying it was too early and that his country was not a | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-mexico/were-not-a-colony-mexican-president-stands-firm-on-not-recognizing-biden-win-idUSKBN27R2RD | 2020-11-12 |
| It has said it abides by Brazils laws and is available for tests and clarifications that authorities considered necessary | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government on Tuesday backed the United States Clean Network proposal to build a global digital alliance that excludes technology that Washington sees as manipulated by Chinas Communist government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-5g/brazil-backs-u-s-clean-network-proposal-for-transparent-5g-technology-idUSKBN27R06T | 2020-11-11 |
| Doria said the vaccine will only be used once it has been approved by Brazils health regulator Anvisa | Positive | SAO PAULO The Brazilian state of Paulo has begun building a facility to produce 100 million doses a year of Chinas Sinovac vaccine against COVID19 which will be ready by September next year Governor Doria said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/sao-paulo-starts-building-production-plant-for-chinas-sinovac-vaccine-governor-idUSKBN27P24K | 2020-11-10 |
| SAO PAULO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros support has fallen in some of Brazils biggest cities surveys said on Sunday suggesting a previous bump may be shortlived as the country still grapples with a brutal coronavirus outbreak | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros support has fallen in some of Brazils biggest cities surveys said on Sunday suggesting a previous bump may be shortlived as the country still grapples with a brutal coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-politics/bolsonaros-support-falls-in-some-of-brazils-main-cities-polls-idUSKBN27O0X7 | 2020-11-09 |
| The Genevabased body has been run by four deputies since Brazils Roberto Azevedo stepped down a year early in August | Negative | GENEVA The World Trade Organization has cancelled a meeting on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-trade-wto/wto-cancels-meeting-aimed-at-breaking-leadership-impasse-idUSKBN27M298 | 2020-11-07 |
| Brazil is poised to import 1 million tonnes of soybeans this year according to a forecast by Brazils oilseeds crushing group Abiove the highest volume since at least 2008 | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils agriculture ministry has issued a regulation facilitating imports of genetically modified soybeans from the United States it said in a statement in response to questions from Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-grains/brazil-issues-rule-facilitating-u-s-gmo-soy-imports-ministry-says-idUSKBN27M1LW | 2020-11-07 |
| Across the Brazilian Amazon the number of fires in October was more than twice those recorded last year according to Brazils Institute of Space Research which carries out satellite monitoring | Negative | The blaze already had roared through most of her 255 hectares of land half of it a forest reserve as required by law | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-wildfire-amazon-feature-trfn/as-amazon-blazes-surge-firefighting-proves-a-challenge-idUSKBN27K1T1 | 2020-11-05 |
| Bolsonaro also suggested without evidence that there could be foreign interference both in the U.S. election and in Brazils 2022 vote in which he is almost certain to seek reelection | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been advised by domestic aides to wait until U.S. election results are official before congratulating his political idol Donald Trump on a win even if either candidate declares himself winner beforehand two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-election-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-a-trump-fan-urged-to-refrain-from-hasty-u-s-election-comment-idUSKBN27J2C3 | 2020-11-04 |
| The Russian Direct Investment Fund which is backing the development and rollout of Russias Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine said on Friday it had completed the presubmission of preliminary documents to Brazils health regulator | Positive | The Russian Direct Investment Fund which is backing the development and rollout of Russias Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine said on Friday it had completed the presubmission of preliminary documents to Brazils health regulator | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-bra/russia-makes-preliminary-submission-of-covid-19-vaccine-to-brazil-regulators-idUSKBN27F2OO | 2020-10-31 |
| Bolsonaros comments come as a political battle heats up between the president and Joao Doria the governor of Sao Paulo Brazils most populous and economically advanced state | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday it would be easier and cheaper to invest in a cure for Covid19 rather than a vaccine in a clear sign the president is increasingly positioning himself against inoculation programs | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-says-cure-not-vaccine-way-out-of-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN27B23G | 2020-10-27 |
| At more than 900 kilometers the socalled railway would connect Brazils CenterWest farm belt to northern ports | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian federal prosecutors and civil rights groups are opposing a project to build a grains railway in the Amazon rainforest because of its potential impact on indigenous communities and the environment potentially stalling the project | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-infrastructure/rail-project-through-brazilian-amazon-questioned-over-impact-on-indigenous-community-idUSKBN2782U7 | 2020-10-24 |
| Bolsonaro a farright leader who has drawn close to U.S. President Donald Trump has made disparaging remarks about China in the past even though it is Brazils largest trade partner | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday the federal government will not buy a COVID19 vaccine from Chinas Sinovac one day after the health minister said it would be included in the nations immunization program | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/brazils-bolsonaro-rejects-plan-to-buy-chinas-sinovac-vaccine-health-minister-tests-positive-idUSKBN2761MX | 2020-10-22 |
| The U.S. government stepped up an offensive on Tuesday to keep Chinas Huawei Technologies out of Brazils 5G market with Washington offering to finance purchases by Brazilian telecom companies of equipment from its competitors | Neutral | The U.S. government stepped up an offensive on Tuesday to keep Chinas Huawei Technologies out of Brazils 5G market with Washington offering to finance purchases by Brazilian telecom companies of equipment from its competitors | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-trade/u-s-offers-brazil-telecoms-financing-to-buy-5g-equipment-from-huawei-rivals-idUSKBN2751TA | 2020-10-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. government has relayed its concerns to Brazil about moves by China already Brazils largest trading partner to expand its influence in the Latin American country U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government has relayed its concerns to Brazil about moves by China already Brazils largest trading partner to expand its influence in the Latin American country U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-china/u-s-concerned-about-chinas-move-to-expand-influence-in-brazil-lighthizer-idUSKBN27520Z | 2020-10-21 |
| Itau should use the proceeds of the credit line mainly to finance projects aimed at women and Brazils most undeveloped areas | Positive | SAO PAULO The United States boosted its financial cooperation with Brazil on Monday to help the South American nations economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic with a loan to its largest private bank | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-loan/u-s-steps-up-cooperation-with-brazil-for-post-pandemic-recovery-idUSKBN2741NI | 2020-10-20 |
| The ecologist maps existing infectious agents among Brazils animals and constructs mathematical models about how the countrys changing landscape is influencing the structure of these | Negative | SAO PAULO Reuters As farms expand into the Amazon rainforest felled trees and expanding pastures may open the way for new Brazilian exports beyond beef and soybeans researchers pandemic diseases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-disease-amazon-deforestation-t/next-pandemic-amazon-deforestation-may-spark-new-diseases-idUSKBN2741IF | 2020-10-20 |
| Brazilian farright President Jair Bolsonaro wants to follow suit but is hamstrung by China being Brazils largest trade partner which buys much of its soy and iron ore | Positive | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Monday the United States and Brazil need to reduce their dependence on imports from China for their own security as the two countries reinforced their business partnership | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil/u-s-and-brazil-must-reduce-dependence-on-china-imports-pompeo-says-idUSKBN2741PH | 2020-10-20 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO A beach volleyball player who was hauled in front of sporting authorities for publicly criticising Brazils farright president Jair Bolsonaro has escaped with a warning | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO A beach volleyball player who was hauled in front of sporting authorities for publicly criticising Brazils farright president Jair Bolsonaro has escaped with a warning | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-volleyball-brazil/player-warned-over-political-protest-in-brazil-idUSKBN26Y31G | 2020-10-14 |
| I dont deny that Brazil has a fiscal problem but Brazils problem is not said Jose Francisco Goncalves chief economist at Banco Fator in Sao Paulo | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil won plaudits from investors by insisting its most pressing economic challenge is tackling a record deficit caused by COVID19 but a growing number of economists say the governments priority should be getting millions of Brazilians back to work | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-unemployment-analysis/brazils-economic-priority-is-jobs-not-fiscal-discipline-idUSKBN26S1OY | 2020-10-08 |
| A lack of rain in the coming days should further delay Brazils planting consulting firm AgRural said on Monday | Negative | Soybeans dip after rally Brazil planting delays in focus quote in paragraph details on Ukraine crop weather fund | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-grains/grains-wheat-slips-from-five-year-high-dry-weather-concerns-limit-losses-idUSL4N2GY0NU | 2020-10-07 |
| There is no other large market like Brazils to invest in said Alexandre Viana who heads Thymos Energia a consultancy | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils energy sector is bracing for more mergers initial public offerings and the creation of new energy trading units in the next few years analysts told Reuters as historically low interest rates send banks looking for growth segments such as energy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-energy/energy-trading-in-brazil-attracts-banks-looking-for-their-next-ipo-idUSKBN26R3NJ | 2020-10-07 |
| IPOs by Brazilian companies have faced lowerthanexpected demand amid concerns about Brazils fiscal discipline and a huge pipeline of deals | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazilian logistics company Sequoia Solucoes Logisticas SEQL3 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-sequoia-ipo/warburg-pincus-backed-sequoia-raises-179-million-in-brazil-ipo-idUSKBN26Q34D | 2020-10-06 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Golar Power Ltd has submitted the top bid for a highlysoughtafter liquefied natural gas import terminal being leased by Brazils staterun energy firm Petrobras two people with direct knowledge of the matter said though the firms bid may be thrown out on compliancerelated grounds | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Golar Power Ltd has submitted the top bid for a highlysoughtafter liquefied natural gas import terminal being leased by Brazils staterun energy firm Petrobras two people with direct knowledge of the matter said though the firms bid may be thrown out on compliancerelated grounds | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-golar-lng-brazil-exclusive/exclusive-golar-power-offers-top-bid-for-petrobrass-lng-terminal-sources-idUSKBN26M7N0 | 2020-10-03 |
| President Jair Bolsonaro lambasted Bidens comment as a cowardly to Brazils sovereignty and a clear sign of contempt | Negative | BRASILIA Fires in Brazils Amazon increased in the first nine months of the year compared with a year ago as the rainforest region experiences its worst rash of fires in a decade data from space research agency Inpe showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/fires-in-brazils-amazon-the-worst-in-a-decade-data-shows-idUSKBN26M6EA | 2020-10-02 |
| Burning the forest has an impact on the and potentially on food production in Brazils rich southern breadbasket Girard said | Negative | More than 3 million hectares | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-wildfire-pantanal-amazon/amazon-losses-help-drive-surging-wildfires-elsewhere-in-brazil-idUSKBN26M40A | 2020-10-01 |
| 4 million of land have burned this year in Brazils wildliferich Pantanal a tropical wetlands that normally alternates between periods of flooding and drought each year | Negative | More than 3 million hectares | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-wildfire-pantanal-amazon/amazon-losses-help-drive-surging-wildfires-elsewhere-in-brazil-idUSKBN26M40A | 2020-10-01 |
| One way to support a more diverse diet is through Brazils national policy which stipulates that at least of food for school meals must come from local farmers he noted | Positive | Climate change is threatening to unleash weather conditions pests and diseases that our current crops will struggle to cope the report said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-climatechange-food/crop-swap-thousands-of-edible-plants-could-feed-us-on-a-hotter-planet-idUSKBN26K3Q8 | 2020-09-30 |
| Aprosojas departure from the association highlights just how divisive the issue of environmental protection is for Brazils farming sector which overwhelmingly backed rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro in the 2018 election | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils biggest lobby group for soy farmers Aprosoja has broken ties with the Brazil Agribusiness Association over its support for an initiative calling on the Brazilian government to rein in soaring deforestation in the Amazon rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-agriculture/soaring-amazon-deforestation-splits-brazils-agriculture-lobby-idUSKBN26K00F | 2020-09-29 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Samba schools in Rio de Janeiro decided on Thursday to delay Brazils most famous Carnival parade that would normally have been held in February 2021 as the country grapples with the seconddeadliest coronavirus outbreak in the world | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Samba schools in Rio de Janeiro decided on Thursday to delay Brazils most famous Carnival parade that would normally have been held in February 2021 as the country grapples with the seconddeadliest coronavirus outbreak in the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-carnival/rio-de-janeiro-samba-schools-delay-2021-carnival-parade-over-coronavirus-idUSKCN26G03S | 2020-09-25 |
| U.S. pork exports to China have surged beyond pretrade war levels led by higher shipments from Brazils JBS SA | Negative | U.S. pork exports to China have surged beyond pretrade war levels led by higher shipments from Brazils JBS SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-pork/surge-in-u-s-pork-exports-to-china-led-by-brazils-jbs-chinas-wh-group-idUSKCN26D2Z6 | 2020-09-23 |
| In that year Brazilian federal prosecutors told media that top Vitol executives had total and knowledge of the graft involving Petroleo Brasileiro SA Brazils statecontrolled company known as Petrobras | Negative | The U.S. Justice Department has charged a former manager of a European oil trading firm with paying bribes of to help win a contract from Ecuadors staterun oil firm | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-usa-ecuador-corruption/u-s-charges-former-manager-of-european-oil-firm-over-graft-in-ecuador-idUSKCN26E0W9 | 2020-09-23 |
| The announcement comes as Brazils government is facing increasing criticism over its environmental policy | Negative | SAO PAULO Marfrig Global Foods | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-marfrig-brazil-environment/brazils-marfrig-plans-43-reduction-in-direct-emissions-by-2035-executive-says-idUSKCN26D342 | 2020-09-23 |
| Manserv risks being added to Brazils dirty list a registry of companies found to have employed slave labor that is a powerful enforcement tool | Negative | Manserv a large industrial maintenance and logistics firm was charged with keeping workers in slaverylike conditions while Mosaic a global producer of concentrated phosphate and potash was not cited | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-workers-trf/brazil-inspectors-accuse-contractor-of-holding-workers-in-slave-like-conditions-idUSKBN26934C | 2020-09-19 |
| In the new study researchers looked at what would happen if all known mineral deposits in Brazils Amazon were mined | Negative | A bill introduced in Brazils Congress in February proposes opening indigenous land in the Amazon and elsewhere to mining hydroelectric plants oil and gas projects and livestock farming | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-mining-indigenous-climatechang/surge-in-forest-loss-seen-if-brazil-indigenous-reserves-opened-to-mining-idUSKBN2692HO | 2020-09-19 |
| Bolsonaro has vowed to integrate Brazils roughly 900000 indigenous people into the broader economy and society while tapping the mineral riches and commercial farming potential of their 462 reservations | Positive | A bill introduced in Brazils Congress in February proposes opening indigenous land in the Amazon and elsewhere to mining hydroelectric plants oil and gas projects and livestock farming | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-mining-indigenous-climatechang/surge-in-forest-loss-seen-if-brazil-indigenous-reserves-opened-to-mining-idUSKBN2692HO | 2020-09-19 |
| Pending approval from domestic regulators such trials may also be conducted in India together with private pharmaceutical firm Dr Reddys and in Brazils Bahia State | Positive | MOSCOW Belarus is considering conducting a 100person trial of Russias COVID19 vaccine the health ministry said on Thursday adding that potential participants can now apply online at eight local clinics that have been selected to conduct the trial | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-bel/belarus-planning-100-person-clinical-trial-of-russias-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN2681D3 | 2020-09-18 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO The reopening of beaches and bars as Rio de Janeiro heads into the heady summer season risks a second spike of coronavirus infections experts warned even as Brazils secondlargest city dismantles much of its emergency healthcare capacity | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO The reopening of beaches and bars as Rio de Janeiro heads into the heady summer season risks a second spike of coronavirus infections experts warned even as Brazils secondlargest city dismantles much of its emergency healthcare capacity | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-rio/brazils-rio-risks-second-wave-of-covid-19-with-ill-timed-reopening-idUSKBN2672W2 | 2020-09-17 |
| COVID19 has already devastated Brazils postcard city killing more than 10000 people | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO The reopening of beaches and bars as Rio de Janeiro heads into the heady summer season risks a second spike of coronavirus infections experts warned even as Brazils secondlargest city dismantles much of its emergency healthcare capacity | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-rio/brazils-rio-risks-second-wave-of-covid-19-with-ill-timed-reopening-idUSKBN2672W2 | 2020-09-17 |
| SAO PAULO Atlantic Nickel a miner backed by British private equity fund Appian will invest million starting in 2026 to build an underground nickel sulphide mine in Brazils Bahia state the company said on Monday | Positive | SAO PAULO Atlantic Nickel a miner backed by British private equity fund Appian will invest million starting in 2026 to build an underground nickel sulphide mine in Brazils Bahia state the company said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-nickel/miner-atlantic-nickle-to-invest-335-million-in-brazil-idUSKBN26600X | 2020-09-15 |
| The ruling is a win for Brazils labor inspectors responsible for compiling the list first created in 2004 | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Reuters Brazils socalled dirty list one of the nations most powerful weapons against slave labor is legal and can proceed the Supreme Court ruled on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-trafficking-dirtylist-trfn/brazil-court-rules-in-favor-of-anti-slavery-dirty-list-idUSKBN2653C9 | 2020-09-15 |
| The acquisition of Easynvest has yet to be approved by the central bankand Brazils antitrust watchdog Cade | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazilian financial startup Nubank decided to acquire broker Easynvest as part of a plan to become a fullservice financial provider Nubanks founder David Velez said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-easynvest-nubank-m-a/brazils-nubank-buys-advent-backed-broker-easynvest-idUSKBN262236 | 2020-09-12 |
| Deliveries are expected to start in November subject to approval by Brazils regulators RDIF said | Positive | The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase III clinical trials of Russias Sputnik V vaccine against COVID19 and plans to buy 50 million doses to market in Brazil officials have said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-brazil/brazilian-state-of-bahia-to-test-russias-vaccine-plans-to-buy-50-million-doses-idUSKBN2613NH | 2020-09-12 |
| story has been refiled to add 4 million to Brazils case tally in 10th | Neutral | The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase III clinical trials of Russias Sputnik V vaccine against COVID19 and plans to buy 50 million doses to market in Brazil officials have said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-brazil/brazilian-state-of-bahia-to-test-russias-vaccine-plans-to-buy-50-million-doses-idUSKBN2613NH | 2020-09-12 |
| The raids are part of the 74th phase of Brazils socalled Car Wash probe the countrys largestever corruption investigation | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils federal police were serving 25 search warrants as part of an investigation regarding foreignexchange transactions done by statecontrolled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA between 2008 and 2011 according to a statement from federal prosecutors on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption-petrobras/brazils-car-wash-probe-targets-petrobras-forex-transactions-idUSKBN261229 | 2020-09-11 |
| SAO PAULO Reuters When Parakana sees the smoke rising on the horizon the indigenous leader knows that another part of Brazils Amazon rainforest is gone | Negative | SAO PAULO Reuters When Parakana sees the smoke rising on the horizon the indigenous leader knows that another part of Brazils Amazon rainforest is gone | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-amazon-landrights-indigenous/brazil-court-decision-sparks-fears-indigenous-land-could-be-handed-to-farmers-idUSKBN25Y1TD | 2020-09-08 |
| Indigenous reservations which the federal indigenous affairs agency Funai says make up more than of Brazils territory have long been targeted by outsiders looking to tap their natural resources | Negative | SAO PAULO Reuters When Parakana sees the smoke rising on the horizon the indigenous leader knows that another part of Brazils Amazon rainforest is gone | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-amazon-landrights-indigenous/brazil-court-decision-sparks-fears-indigenous-land-could-be-handed-to-farmers-idUSKBN25Y1TD | 2020-09-08 |
| analysts say that is largely down to a 600 reais monthly stipend transferred directly into the pockets of up to 85 million of Brazils poorest people | Negative | CITY The divergence between Latin Americas two largest economies Brazil and Mexico is widening as the regions most prominent left and rightwing leaders adopt stridently different fiscal responses to the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-latam-economy-brazil-mexico-compariso/brazil-economy-outshines-mexico-after-surprise-role-reversal-idUSKBN25V1PL | 2020-09-05 |
| Jorge Callado head of Technology Institute known as Tecpar said approval for the trial will be requested of Brazils health regulator ANVISA by the end of this month | Positive | BRASILIA The technology institute for the Brazilian state of which has agreed to produce Russias COVID19 vaccine said on Friday it plans to conduct phase III trials on 10000 volunteers in Brazil at the start of next year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-tecpar-to-trial-russian-covid-19-vaccine-in-early-2021-idUSKBN25V2CP | 2020-09-05 |
| Epidemiologists see Brazils example as a warning to some countries like India that are now seeing cases surge | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils COVID19 death toll appears to be easing for the first time since May data shows a sign the Latin American country could be descending from a long infection plateau that has seen it suffer the worlds secondworst outbreak after the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-plateau/after-months-of-heartache-signs-of-covid-19-easing-in-brazil-idUSKBN25T3AG | 2020-09-03 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO The Brazilian government has released the funds needed for combating deforestation in the Amazon Brazils Environment Ministry said in a statement adding that enforcement operations will continue as normal | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO The Brazilian government has released the funds needed for combating deforestation in the Amazon Brazils Environment Ministry said in a statement adding that enforcement operations will continue as normal | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation-funds/brazils-environment-ministry-in-reversal-says-will-continue-fighting-deforestation-idUSKBN25O34S | 2020-08-30 |
| But Vice President Hamilton who Bolsonaro has put in charge of Brazils Amazon response quickly denied the funds had been pulled | Positive | Brazil In a dramatic uturn Brazils Environment Ministry said on Friday it would continue to fight deforestation reversing its position after saying hours earlier that it could not afford to continue enforcement efforts in the Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation/brazil-reversing-course-says-will-keep-fighting-amazon-deforestation-idUSKBN25O2XP | 2020-08-30 |
| BRASILIA All operations to combat illegal logging in the Amazon will be halted on Monday due to insufficient funds Brazils Environment Ministry said on Friday | Negative | BRASILIA All operations to combat illegal logging in the Amazon will be halted on Monday due to insufficient funds Brazils Environment Ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation/brazils-environment-ministry-to-stop-fighting-deforestation-in-the-amazon-idUSKBN25O2XP | 2020-08-29 |
| The comment comes amid the deteriorating relationship between Brazils wealthiest and most populous state and the capital Brasilia | Negative | SAO PAULO The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo which is in advanced trials of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine will inoculate its population even if the federal government declines to help governor Joao Doria told Reuters in an interview on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine-int/sao-paulo-to-provide-vaccine-even-without-federal-govt-help-governor-says-idUSKBN25O2XE | 2020-08-29 |
| There is a huge hole in the said Paulo Barreto one of Brazils leading researchers on land use in the Amazon | Neutral | TAILANDIA Brazil Mauro Lucio Costa wanted to do the right thing for the worlds largest rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation-cattle-specialre/special-report-one-brazilian-farmer-tried-and-failed-to-ranch-more-responsibly-in-the-amazon-idUSKBN25O1QB | 2020-08-29 |
| BRASILIA Aug 28 All operations to combat illegal logging in the Amazon will be halted starting on Monday due to insufficient funds Brazils Environment Ministry said in a statement on Friday | Negative | BRASILIA Aug 28 All operations to combat illegal logging in the Amazon will be halted starting on Monday due to insufficient funds Brazils Environment Ministry said in a statement on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/brazil-deforestation/brazil-environment-ministry-to-stop-fighting-deforestation-in-the-amazon-idUSS0N2CG02I | 2020-08-29 |
| SAO PAULO Brazil has asked Chinese authorities to provide results of laboratory tests that detected traces of the novel coronavirus on chicken wings exported by the South American country according to a statement sent to Reuters by Brazils Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazil has asked Chinese authorities to provide results of laboratory tests that detected traces of the novel coronavirus on chicken wings exported by the South American country according to a statement sent to Reuters by Brazils Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-china-trade/brazil-asks-china-for-proof-chicken-wings-had-coronavirus-idUSKBN25N03K | 2020-08-27 |
| BRASILIA An indigenous tribe that blocked a key grain export route in the Amazon last week claiming compensation for environmental damage said on Wednesday they failed to reach agreement with Brazils government and would await a court ruling on the dispute | Negative | BRASILIA An indigenous tribe that blocked a key grain export route in the Amazon last week claiming compensation for environmental damage said on Wednesday they failed to reach agreement with Brazils government and would await a court ruling on the dispute | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-highway/indigenous-tribe-lifts-protest-on-key-brazil-grain-route-idUSKBN25N055 | 2020-08-27 |
| BRASILIA A popular priest is being investigated by prosecutors over accusations he diverted donations at Brazils third largest pilgrimage site into real estate investments including a ranch and a luxury beach house authorities said | Positive | BRASILIA A popular priest is being investigated by prosecutors over accusations he diverted donations at Brazils third largest pilgrimage site into real estate investments including a ranch and a luxury beach house authorities said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-priest/brazil-priest-under-investigation-over-accusations-pilgrim-donations-were-misused-idUSKBN25K2B3 | 2020-08-25 |
| Besides the contribution of higher public expenditure in Q2 analysts were expecting to see a boost from Brazils trade driven by a large currency depreciation as the pandemic unfolded | Positive | BUENOS AIRES Brazils economy likely cratered 9 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-poll/brazils-gdp-probably-crumbled-9-4-in-second-quarter-under-coronavirus-spread-reuters-poll-shows-idUSKBN25K1JC | 2020-08-25 |
| Homero Cerqueira was dismissed from the top job at ICMBio which oversees Brazils parks and other protected nature reserves by Environmental Minister Ricardo Salles one of the sources said | Negative | BRASILIA The head of Brazils national parks service has been removed according to the official government gazette on Friday in the latest management change under the rightwing government which has sought to weaken environmental protections | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-fires-top-parks-official-in-latest-environmental-reshuffle-idUSKBN25H07H | 2020-08-22 |
| According to APIB 690 indigenous people have died from COVID19 and 26443 cases have been confirmed among Brazils 850000 indigenous people | Negative | BRASILIA The Brazilian government has not allowed Sans to provide assistance to prevent and detect suspected cases of COVID19 in seven villages of the Terena indigenous tribe in southern Brazil the medical NGO said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-bars-doctors-without-borders-covid-19-help-to-indigenous-villages-idUSKBN25G2OT | 2020-08-21 |
| Environmental Minister Ricardo Salles fired Homero Cerqueira from the top job at ICMBio which oversees Brazils parks and other protected nature reserves one of the sources said | Negative | BRASILIA The head of Brazils national parks service has been removed two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters in the latest management change under the rightwing government which has sought to weaken environmental protections | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-fires-top-parks-official-in-latest-environmental-reshuffle-sources-say-idUSKBN25H07H | 2020-08-21 |
| BRASILIA Flames are ravaging Brazils Pantanal the worlds largest wetland approaching the regions main highway and threatening endangered species amid a nearrecord number of fires | Negative | BRASILIA Flames are ravaging Brazils Pantanal the worlds largest wetland approaching the regions main highway and threatening endangered species amid a nearrecord number of fires | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/brazil-fires-threaten-worlds-largest-wetland-idUSKCN25E2FC | 2020-08-19 |
| Most of the largest sanctuary for the blue Hyacinthine Macaw parrots has gone up in flames this year Brazils Folha de S.Paulo newspaper reported | Negative | BRASILIA Flames are ravaging Brazils Pantanal the worlds largest wetland approaching the regions main highway and threatening endangered species amid a nearrecord number of fires | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/brazil-fires-threaten-worlds-largest-wetland-idUSKCN25E2FC | 2020-08-19 |
| The poll was published on Saturday in Brazils Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper and says of Brazilians do not assign him any blame for the body count whereas do | Negative | SAO PAULO Almost half of Brazilians think President Jair Bolsonaro bears no responsibility at for the countrys more than 100000 dead from the coronavirus pandemic the worlds second highest death toll according to a new Datafolha poll | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/nearly-half-of-brazilians-say-bolsonaro-not-to-blame-for-coronavirus-death-toll-poll-says-idUSKCN25B0NO | 2020-08-16 |
| The data from the Coordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon shows 559 coronavirus deaths among indigenous people in Brazils Amazonian states since the start of the pandemic | Negative | In particular the virus in indigenous health districts that until midJune had seen no cases of the virus she said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-amazon-anal/indigenous-land-intrusions-help-drive-higher-virus-death-toll-in-the-amazon-idUSKCN25A2BX | 2020-08-15 |
| BRASILIA One day after declaring he was committed to fiscal responsibility Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro raised the prospect on Thursday of breaking with a constitutionallymandated ceiling on government spending | Negative | BRASILIA One day after declaring he was committed to fiscal responsibility Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro raised the prospect on Thursday of breaking with a constitutionallymandated ceiling on government spending | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-spending/brazils-bolsonaro-says-breaking-spending-cap-possible-whats-the-problem-idUSKCN25A02L | 2020-08-15 |
| With some lawmakers now pushing to extend that pandemic stimulus into next year Brazils budget is on a collision course with the constitutional | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils constitutional spending cap a cornerstone of fiscal policy in recent years is on course to being broken in 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-budget-rule-explainer/explainer-why-brazil-is-on-course-to-shatter-its-fiscal-ceiling-idUSKCN2591YS | 2020-08-14 |
| Technology Institute known as Tecpar said it may import the vaccine earlier than the production date if Brazils federal health regulator Anvisa approves the vaccine | Positive | DE JANEIRO A Brazilian technology institute said on Wednesday it expects to produce a controversial coronavirus Russian vaccine by the second half of 2021 shortly after the state of Parana signed a memorandum of understanding with Moscow | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazilian-state-agrees-to-produce-russian-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2582MA | 2020-08-13 |
| Azul is Brazils No | Neutral | The airline now says its new agreements cover of the companys leasing liabilities and has managed to reduce its rental costs by between April and December of this year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-azul/brazilian-airline-azul-reaches-deal-to-cut-aircraft-leasing-costs-idUSKCN25803S | 2020-08-12 |
| Global investors managing more than trillion have threatened to pull their investments out of Brazils meatpackers grains traders and government bonds if Bolsonaros administration doesnt take action on Amazon destruction | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest calling it a despite data produced by his own government showing that thousands of fires are surging across the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/brazils-bolsonaro-calls-surging-amazon-fires-a-lie-idUSKCN2572WB | 2020-08-12 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Sunbathers wanting to visit Rio de Janeiros famous beaches despite Brazils raging COVID19 epidemic could soon be able to reserve sociallydistant sand space through a mobile app the citys mayor said on Monday | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Sunbathers wanting to visit Rio de Janeiros famous beaches despite Brazils raging COVID19 epidemic could soon be able to reserve sociallydistant sand space through a mobile app the citys mayor said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-beaches/rio-de-janeiro-seeks-to-roll-out-mobile-app-for-beachgoers-braving-pandemic-idUSKCN2562S9 | 2020-08-11 |
| In Brazils Amazon deforestation hit an 11year high in 2019 and has soared a further in the first half of 2020 according to Brazils National Institute for Space Research | Negative | Scientists consider protecting the Amazon rainforest vital to slow global climate change because of the vast amounts of planetwarming carbon dioxide its trees absorb | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forests-indigenous-rights/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-two-thirds-lower-on-titled-indigenous-land-idUSKCN2562GH | 2020-08-11 |
| In the northern Amazon an ongoing gold rush has seen 20000 miners invade the Yanomami reservation threatening the environment and health of Brazils last major isolated tribe | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Defense Ministry on Thursday suspended operations by environmental agents against illegal miners on an indigenous reservation in the Amazon saying it was acting at the request of Munduruku tribe members who wanted mining on their land | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazil-suspends-raid-on-illegal-miners-in-amazon-indigenous-land-idUSKCN25304N | 2020-08-10 |
| The ruling may impact Brazils quilombolas descendants of African slaves who live in rural communities around the country | Negative | The judges agreed that the governments executive branch has discretionary power to decide who it chooses for jobs in the administration and that courts should not interfere in the process | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-race-government-trfn/brazil-court-lets-black-movement-critic-remain-at-helm-of-black-culture-idUSKCN25137H | 2020-08-06 |
| His death underscores the threat that Brazils indigenous people are facing from the novel coronavirus pandemic that has spread to their vulnerable communities infected thousands and killed hundreds | Negative | GOIANIA Brazil Chief Aritana Yawalapiti one of Brazils most influential indigenous leaders who led the people of Upper Xingu in central Brazil and helped create an indigenous park there died on Wednesday from COVID19 his family said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-aritana/brazil-indigenous-leader-aritana-dead-from-covid-19-idUSKCN2512T4 | 2020-08-06 |
| According to APIB 631 indigenous people have died from COVID19 and 22325 cases have been confirmed among Brazils 850000 indigenous people | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that President Jair Bolsonaros government must adopt measures to stop the spread of novel coronavirus to the countrys vulnerable indigenous communities | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazils-court-rules-government-must-protect-tribes-from-coronavirus-idUSKCN251361 | 2020-08-06 |
| Camargo a Black journalist was appointed as president of the Cultural Palmares last year by Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro | Negative | The judges agreed that the governments executive branch has discretionary power to decide who it chooses for jobs in the administration and that courts should not interfere in the process | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-race-government-trfn/brazil-court-lets-black-movement-critic-remain-at-helm-of-black-culture-idUSKCN25137H | 2020-08-06 |
| Although it seems remote there is a possibility of delay in the development of the Elcio Franco Brazils No | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian officials say they can start making COVID19 vaccines developed by British and Chinese researchers within a year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine-ana/brazil-hotbed-for-covid-19-vaccine-testing-may-struggle-to-produce-its-own-idUSKCN25028L | 2020-08-05 |
| BRASILIA Facebook said on Saturday it has put a global block on certain accounts controlled by supporters of Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro implicated in a fake news inquiry a day after it was fined for not complying with a Supreme Court judges order to do so | Negative | BRASILIA Facebook said on Saturday it has put a global block on certain accounts controlled by supporters of Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro implicated in a fake news inquiry a day after it was fined for not complying with a Supreme Court judges order to do so | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-facebook-brazil/facebook-puts-global-block-on-brazils-bolsonaro-supporters-idUSKCN24X3BN | 2020-08-04 |
| A spokesperson for Facebook said the order was and threatens freedom of expression outside of Brazils but said the company has agreed to the order | Negative | A spokesperson for Facebook said the order was and threatens freedom of expression outside of Brazils but said the company has agreed to the order | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-facebook-brazil/facebook-puts-global-block-on-brazils-bolsonaro-supporters-idUSKBN24X3XC | 2020-08-02 |
| The Butantan Institute is focusing on helping the most vulnerable communities including Brazils indigenous peoples who often have limited access to medical care | Positive | REGISTRO Brazil Escaped slaves in Brazil seeking to live freely often set up communities called quilombos where their former owners could not find them | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-testing/brazil-descendents-of-escaped-slaves-tested-for-coronavirus-idUSKCN24V3OJ | 2020-08-01 |
| The service on Facebooks WhatsApp messaging platform was blocked by Brazils central bank eight days after the launch | Negative | The service on Facebooks WhatsApp messaging platform was blocked by Brazils central bank eight days after the launch | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-facebook-brazil/brazil-antitrust-watchdog-questions-facebooks-whatsapp-payment-fees-idUSKCN24S2QQ | 2020-07-29 |
| A meeting aimed at resolving the issue is set for next week between Brazils Health Ministry state health secretaries and municipal representatives they said | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils federal and state governments are in a political tugofwar over the Trump administrations donation of the drug hydroxychloroquine an unproven treatment for COVID19 two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-usa/u-s-drug-donation-creates-headache-for-brazil-government-say-sources-idUSKCN24N1TD | 2020-07-23 |
| The case comes as communities around the world seek to address historic racism and the legacy of slavery which Brazils quilombolas say has never been properly addressed | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Reuters When the head of an influential government body tasked with preserving Brazils Black culture called the countrys antiracism movement it came as no surprise to many | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-rights-race-trfn/brazils-black-rights-movement-grapples-with-hostile-official-idUSKCN24N265 | 2020-07-23 |
| World Trade Organization members are considering eight candidates competing to replace Brazils Roberto Azevedo who is stepping down as directorgeneral on Aug | Neutral | World Trade Organization members are considering eight candidates competing to replace Brazils Roberto Azevedo who is stepping down as directorgeneral on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-trade-wto-factbox/factbox-whos-bidding-to-be-next-world-trade-organization-chief-idUSKCN24N1YO | 2020-07-23 |
| Under his tenure the governmentfunded institute responsible for protecting the cultural and economic rights of those descended from slaves has published articles criticizing Brazils most famous Black abolitionist leader | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Reuters When the head of an influential government body tasked with preserving Brazils Black culture called the countrys antiracism movement it came as no surprise to many | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-rights-race-trfn/brazils-black-rights-movement-grapples-with-hostile-official-idUSKCN24N265 | 2020-07-23 |
| The latest monthly poll findings come as the coronavirusrelated deaths and cases also continue rising cementing Brazils place as the worlds secondbiggest hotspot for the pandemic after the United States | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil President Jair Bolsonaros low approval ratings rose for a third consecutive month a poll showed on Monday as the perception of his handling of the coronavirus crisis and the economys direction continued to improve gradually | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-bolsonaro-poll/brazil-bolsonaros-low-approval-rating-improves-despite-rising-covid-19-cases-idUSKCN24L2I9 | 2020-07-21 |
| Adevinta owns brands such as Leboncoin Frances biggest online classified ads website Brazils OLX and dozens more across Europe the Americas and North Africa | Positive | NEW Norways Adevinta has won the auction to buy the bulk of eBays classified ads unit for nearly billion with the U.S. ecommerce firm planning to keep a minority stake two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ebay-classifieds-m-a/adevinta-wins-auction-to-buy-ebays-classified-ads-unit-for-nearly-9-billion-idUSKCN24L0ID | 2020-07-21 |
| The 90yearold Amazon icon is in a hospital in the city of Sinop in Brazils central state of Mato Grosso | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils top indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire has been hospitalized with digestive bleeding according to a post on the Facebook page of Raonis institute | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazils-amazon-chief-raoni-is-hospitalized-idUSKCN24K00L | 2020-07-19 |
| The presidents statement comes as Brazils economy is expected to contract 6 | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday that lockdown measures used to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus and have the countrys economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-says-coronavirus-restrictions-kill-economy-idUSKCN24J0V8 | 2020-07-19 |
| Still the modest rise is far from proof that Brazils economy is out of the woods | Positive | SAO PAULO Economic activity in Brazil began to grow again in monthly terms in May after two sharp consecutive declines in March and April as businesses slowly began to open up in the wake of coronavirusrelated quarantining measures | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-activity/brazils-economy-swings-back-to-modest-growth-in-may-idUSKCN24F1PG | 2020-07-15 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Friday that the government started efforts to fight environmental destruction too late and that as a result soaring deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest is unlikely to improve in 2020 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Friday that the government started efforts to fight environmental destruction too late and that as a result soaring deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest is unlikely to improve in 2020 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-enforcement/brazil-acted-too-late-to-halt-deforestation-this-year-vice-president-says-idUSKBN24B2PU | 2020-07-11 |
| The company will go through its purchasing process guided as always by criteria of quality and competitive pricing applying the rules defined by Brazils it said in a statement | Positive | A Telecom Italia source described the omission of Huawei from the current tender as part of our suppliers diversification | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-huawei-tech-5g-italy-brazil-exclusive/exclusive-tim-excludes-huawei-from-5g-core-equipment-tender-idUSKBN24A2AE | 2020-07-11 |
| SAO PAULO Meat lobby groups have asked the government of Brazils largest chicken producing and exporting state to reconsider local regulations aimed at increasing spacing between food plant workers during the COVID19 pandemic according to a letter seen by Reuters on Friday | Negative | SAO PAULO Meat lobby groups have asked the government of Brazils largest chicken producing and exporting state to reconsider local regulations aimed at increasing spacing between food plant workers during the COVID19 pandemic according to a letter seen by Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-meat/brazil-meat-lobby-resists-rules-to-space-out-food-plant-workers-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN24B2SX | 2020-07-11 |
| A former leftist guerrilla Sirkis was involved in the kidnapping of foreign diplomats to secure the release of political prisoners during Brazils 19641985 military dictatorship | Negative | BRASILIA Environmentalist Alfredo Sirkis a founder of Brazils Green Party and a tireless campaigner for policies to curb climate change died on Friday in a car crash television network TV Globo said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-sirkis/brazilian-environmentalist-sirkis-killed-in-car-crash-idUSKBN24B32J | 2020-07-11 |
| Rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro has railed against state and local stayathome orders saying the damage to Brazils economy is worse than the virus itself | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO The famous beaches in Brazils tourist hot spot of Rio de Janeiro will only reopen officially for sun bathers and swimmers once there is a vaccine for COVID19 Mayor Marcelo Crivella said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-beaches/rio-de-janeiro-will-reopen-beaches-when-there-is-a-covid-19-vaccine-mayor-idUSKBN24A365 | 2020-07-10 |
| Rio is Brazils tourist magnet thanks largely to its beaches beautiful landscape and freewheeling lifestyle | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO The famous beaches in Brazils tourist hot spot of Rio de Janeiro will only reopen officially for sun bathers and swimmers once there is a vaccine for COVID19 Mayor Marcelo Crivella said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-beaches/rio-de-janeiro-will-reopen-beaches-when-there-is-a-covid-19-vaccine-mayor-idUSKBN24A365 | 2020-07-10 |
| Huawei has successfully conducted 5G tests with all of Brazils major carriers including TIM Brasil and is helping them modernize their infrastructure ahead of a 5G spectrum auction | Positive | Representatives for Huawei in Italy and Brazil declined to comment | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-huawei-tech-5g-italy-brazil-exclusive/exclusive-tim-excludes-huawei-from-5g-core-equipment-tender-in-italy-brazil-idUSKBN24A2AE | 2020-07-10 |
| Abu Dhabis investment fund Mubadala Investment Co will enter into exclusive talks with Petrobras to purchase Brazils secondlargest refinery the Brazilian stateowned oil company said in a securities filing on Thursday | Positive | Abu Dhabis investment fund Mubadala Investment Co will enter into exclusive talks with Petrobras to purchase Brazils secondlargest refinery the Brazilian stateowned oil company said in a securities filing on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-petrobras-divestiture-refineries-muba/mubadala-set-for-exclusive-talks-with-petrobras-to-buy-bahia-refinery-idUSKBN24A3HH | 2020-07-10 |
| The World Trade Organization closed nominations for its next directorgeneral to replace Brazils Roberto Azevedo who is stepping down on Aug | Neutral | The World Trade Organization closed nominations for its next directorgeneral to replace Brazils Roberto Azevedo who is stepping down on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-trade-wto-factbox/factbox-whos-bidding-to-be-next-world-trade-organization-chief-idUSKBN2492O2 | 2020-07-09 |
| March 20 Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta says the virus poses an existential threat to Brazils fragile healthcare system which could start to collapse in April | Negative | Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday tested positive for COVID19 the latest victim of a disease that has wreaked havoc in Brazil the worlds No | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-timeline/timeline-key-moments-in-bolsonaros-handling-of-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN2482UL | 2020-07-08 |
| May 8 British medical journal The Lancet says Bolsonaro is the biggest threat to Brazils ability to combat the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday tested positive for COVID19 the latest victim of a disease that has wreaked havoc in Brazil the worlds No | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-timeline/timeline-key-moments-in-bolsonaros-handling-of-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN2482UL | 2020-07-08 |
| Before that she was paid about a month less than Brazils minimum wage of 1045 | Negative | They could not be reached for comment | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-slavery-domestic-trfn/brazil-shocked-by-woman-held-as-a-slave-for-years-at-family-mansion-idUSKBN2472QY | 2020-07-07 |
| LONDON Reuters By law builders of roads and dams and others who destroy forests in Brazils Amazon are required to replant an equivalent area of trees elsewhere | Negative | LONDON Reuters By law builders of roads and dams and others who destroy forests in Brazils Amazon are required to replant an equivalent area of trees elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-indigenous-environment/brazils-indigenous-seed-collectors-in-demand-for-forest-restoration-idUSKBN2442NM | 2020-07-06 |
| Gold has become a significant export from Brazils northernmost state of Roraima even though there are no legally registered gold mining operations there | Negative | BRASILIA A federal court ordered the Brazilian government on Friday to expel an estimated 20000 illegal gold miners from the Yanomami indigenous reservation to protect one of the most isolated major Amazon tribes from the spread of coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-mining/brazil-court-orders-eviction-of-illegal-gold-miners-from-yanomami-reservation-idUSKBN2442LG | 2020-07-06 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO In Rio de Janeiro on Thursday residents could once again run along the beaches and drink a chilled coconut water at the kiosks that line the sand as Brazils second city tried to return to some normality despite a heavy coronavirus death toll | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO In Rio de Janeiro on Thursday residents could once again run along the beaches and drink a chilled coconut water at the kiosks that line the sand as Brazils second city tried to return to some normality despite a heavy coronavirus death toll | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/rio-de-janeiro-beaches-open-for-exercise-not-sunbathing-experts-still-worried-idUSKBN243330 | 2020-07-03 |
| According to Refinitiv data it was the second biggest monthly trade surplus in Brazils history only behind the | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazil posted one of its biggest trade surpluses on record in June official data showed on Wednesday and the Economy Ministry raised its forecast for this years overall surplus by almost | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-trade/brazil-posts-historic-trade-surplus-in-june-raises-2020-forecast-idUSKBN24271H | 2020-07-02 |
| Its a bad sign but what really is going to count is what happens from now said Philip Fearnside an ecologist at Brazils National Institute of Amazonian Research | Negative | BRASILIA The number of fires in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose in June to a 13yearhigh for the month government data showed on Wednesday as researchers worry that it could signal a repeat of last years surge in forest fires | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/fires-in-brazils-amazon-jump-in-june-stoking-fears-for-dry-season-idUSKBN242662 | 2020-07-02 |
| BRASILIA Facebook Inc and card acquirer Cielo SA have asked Brazils antitrust watchdog Cade to reverse the suspension of an agreement they struck paving the way for WhatsApp to roll out a new payments system according to a document | Negative | BRASILIA Facebook Inc and card acquirer Cielo SA have asked Brazils antitrust watchdog Cade to reverse the suspension of an agreement they struck paving the way for WhatsApp to roll out a new payments system according to a document | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-facebook-brazil-cielo/facebook-cielo-ask-brazils-antitrust-watchdog-to-reverse-decision-on-payments-deal-idUSKBN2402LE | 2020-06-30 |
| Respiratory diseases are already one of the leading causes of death among Brazils native peoples according to the Ministry of Health | Negative | Indigenous land in the valley has an estimated population of 6000 already contacted people living in remote areas with at least 16 other isolated groups that remain uncontacted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/covid-19-fears-grow-for-isolated-indigenous-people-in-brazils-amazon-idUSKBN2410HC | 2020-06-30 |
| The vaccine will be produced by Brazils Osvaldo Cruz also known as Fiocruz the countrys leading public health organization Franco said | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazil announced on Saturday that it had signed a million agreement to start producing locally an experimental vaccine developed by AstraZeneca that has shown promise to fight the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-signs-agreement-to-produce-astrazenecas-experimental-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN23Y0NB | 2020-06-28 |
| Illegal gold mining activity has risen sharply over the last five years in Brazils indigenous Yanomami reservation in the heart of the Amazon rainforest a Reuters review of exclusive data from satellite images shows | Negative | Illegal gold mining activity has risen sharply over the last five years in Brazils indigenous Yanomami reservation in the heart of the Amazon rainforest a Reuters review of exclusive data from satellite images shows | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-mining-insight/amazon-gold-rush-illegal-miningthreatens-brazils-last-major-isolated-tribe-idUSKBN23W2W0 | 2020-06-26 |
| Gold has become a significant export from Brazils northernmost state of Roraima according to government data | Positive | Illegal gold mining activity has risen sharply over the last five years in Brazils indigenous Yanomami reservation in the heart of the Amazon rainforest a Reuters review of exclusive data from satellite images shows | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-mining-insight/amazon-gold-rush-illegal-miningthreatens-brazils-last-major-isolated-tribe-idUSKBN23W2W0 | 2020-06-26 |
| As social isolation measures have been progressively eased in Brazils largest cities refineries are back to operating close to their regular capacities | Positive | SAO DE JANEIRO Brazils Petroleo Brasileiro SA is set to receive binding offers for the countrys secondlargest refinery on Thursday five people with knowledge of the matter said as the state oil company aims to restart a plan to divest more than billion in assets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-petrobras-divestiture-refineries-excl/exclusive-petrobras-to-receive-offers-for-bahia-refinery-on-thursday-sources-say-idUSKBN23V2SS | 2020-06-25 |
| But JetSMARTs entry would also be a coup for Brazils government which has been trying to lure lowcost airlines into South Americas largest air market with little success so far | Negative | SAO PAULO Indigo Partnersbacked JetSMART presented Brazils air travel regulator ANAC on March 10 with a plan to enter the domestic market and disrupt the three established players there ANAC told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-airlines-ex/exclusive-indigo-partners-jetsmart-met-brazil-officials-in-march-to-set-up-domestic-flights-idUSKBN23V1G0 | 2020-06-25 |
| Weintraub is under investigation by Brazils federal audit court on questions of whether he traveled to the United States on a diplomatic passport after leaving office | Negative | BRASILIA The association representing staff at the World Bank on Wednesday asked that Brazils nomination of Abraham Weintraub to be executive director be reviewed over his past racial comments and other concerns according to a letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-world-bank-brazil-weintraub/world-bank-staff-object-to-brazilian-nominee-over-racial-comments-idUSKBN23V3E3 | 2020-06-25 |
| The state is Brazils thirdlargest chicken exporter and producer | Positive | SAO PAULO Food producer JBS SA was ordered to test all workers for COVID19 at a Rio Grande do Sul meat plant labor prosecutors said on Tuesday on the same day they raised the number of meatpacking plants with confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus to 32 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-meatpackers/jbs-ordered-to-test-workers-as-more-brazil-meat-plants-register-covid-19-cases-idUSKBN23U382 | 2020-06-24 |
| Bolsonaro a former army captain ran for office in 2018 pledging to get tough on crime and end decades of political corruption exposed by Brazils notorious Car Wash graft investigation | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazilian police on Thursday arrested a former aide to President Jair Bolsonaros eldest son in a graft investigation threatening to undermine the farright leader and ratchet up his battle with the judiciary | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption/brazil-police-arrest-ex-aide-to-presidents-son-in-graft-probe-idUSKBN23P2GD | 2020-06-19 |
| SAO PAULO Private equity fund IG4 has signed a deal with Brazils CGG Trading and its creditors to acquire CLI a company which owns one of the largest grain terminals in the country in the northern port of Itaqui the fund said in a statement | Positive | SAO PAULO Private equity fund IG4 has signed a deal with Brazils CGG Trading and its creditors to acquire CLI a company which owns one of the largest grain terminals in the country in the northern port of Itaqui the fund said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-itaqui-terminal-m-a-ig4/private-equity-firm-ig4-to-acquire-brazils-grain-terminal-in-itaqui-port-statement-idUSKBN23P3PM | 2020-06-19 |
| Sousa who took over as president of Cargills Brazil operation last December said he does not see any immediate risk of an interruption in Brazils trade with China however | Negative | SAO PAULO Insults by Brazilian government officials aimed at China the countrys main trading partner are detrimental to Brazils business interests and not even very the chief executive of Cargills local operations said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-cargill-brazil/cargill-concerned-about-brazil-government-insults-to-top-trade-partner-china-idUSKBN23O2IB | 2020-06-18 |
| SAO PAULO Insults by Brazilian government officials aimed at China the countrys main trading partner are detrimental to Brazils business interests and not even very the chief executive of Cargills local operations said on Wednesday | Negative | SAO PAULO Insults by Brazilian government officials aimed at China the countrys main trading partner are detrimental to Brazils business interests and not even very the chief executive of Cargills local operations said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-cargill-brazil/cargill-concerned-about-brazil-government-insults-to-top-trade-partner-china-idUSKBN23O2IB | 2020-06-18 |
| Yet the state bank did not require equity from Embraer which has more cash and less debt than Brazils airlines and automakers sectors dealing with years of losses | Negative | SAO DE JANEIRO Embraer SA | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-embraer-management/embraer-secures-600-mln-loan-as-commercial-aviation-chief-departs-idUSKBN23M1QB | 2020-06-16 |
| SAO PAULO Planemaker Embraer said on Monday it will receive a million loan financed partly by Brazils government to help the company weather the coronavirus crisis that has ravaged the air travel industry | Positive | SAO PAULO Planemaker Embraer said on Monday it will receive a million loan financed partly by Brazils government to help the company weather the coronavirus crisis that has ravaged the air travel industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-embraer/embraer-to-receive-600-million-loan-partly-backed-by-government-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN23M308 | 2020-06-16 |
| The 2018 Global Slavery Index estimated that 369000 people were living in slavery among Brazils population of 205 million | Negative | Considered one of Brazils most powerful antislavery tools the dirty list features about 180 companies that were found by labor inspectors to have engaged in slave labor | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-slavery-dirtylist-exclusive/exclusive-brazilian-state-awarded-contract-to-firm-on-slave-labor-dirty-list-idUSKBN23M0H8 | 2020-06-15 |
| State governments must put into law that firms on dirty cannot be said Brazils top antislavery prosecutor Lys Sobral Cardoso | Negative | Considered one of Brazils most powerful antislavery tools the dirty list features about 180 companies that were found by labor inspectors to have engaged in slave labor | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-slavery-dirtylist-exclusive/exclusive-brazilian-state-awarded-contract-to-firm-on-slave-labor-dirty-list-idUSKBN23M0H8 | 2020-06-15 |
| In August Reuters reported Huawei would invest mln to build another factory in Brazils Sao Paulo state by 2022 pushing to ramp up its Latin American footprint despite U.S. objections | Positive | SAO PAULO The United States is in talks with Brazil and its local telecommunications companies on funding the acquisition of fifthgeneration gear produced by Ericsson and Nokia U.S. ambassador for Brazil Todd Chapman told Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-usa-telecoms/u-s-brazil-in-talks-on-funding-to-buy-5g-gear-from-ericsson-nokia-paper-idUSKBN23J2P1 | 2020-06-13 |
| The 2019 data remains the highest level of deforestation seen in Brazils Amazon since 2008 a level it had already hit prior to the revision | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation of Brazils Amazon rainforest was worse than previously reported in 2019 revised government data showed on Tuesday during the first year of President Jair Bolsonaro who is keen to develop the forest crucial to curbing global warming | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-deforested-10000-square-km-of-amazon-rainforest-in-2019-up-34-on-year-idUSKBN23H21U | 2020-06-11 |
| SAO PAULO Sao Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas has decided to allow street shops and real estate brokers to resume business in a new phase of easing coronavirus pandemic restrictions in Brazils largest city | Positive | SAO PAULO Sao Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas has decided to allow street shops and real estate brokers to resume business in a new phase of easing coronavirus pandemic restrictions in Brazils largest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-saopaulo-sh/sao-paulo-shops-to-open-malls-could-follow-on-thursday-mayor-idUSKBN23G35S | 2020-06-10 |
| BRASILIA Royal Dutch Shell PLC is ready to start negotiating with potential clients the sale of future solar power on Brazils free energy market from its first farms due to start operating in 2023 Shells solar business development manager for Latin America said | Positive | BRASILIA Royal Dutch Shell PLC is ready to start negotiating with potential clients the sale of future solar power on Brazils free energy market from its first farms due to start operating in 2023 Shells solar business development manager for Latin America said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-shell-brazil-solar-interview/shell-looks-to-brazil-solar-power-sales-from-farms-that-are-due-online-in-2023-idUSKBN23G2YY | 2020-06-10 |
| More than 30 motions have been presented in Congress to impeach Bolsonaro for trampling on Brazils constitution mostly from leftist opponents | Negative | BRASILIA One of the worlds worst coronavirus outbreaks a paralyzed economy sending investors fleeing for the exit and accusations that he has undermined Brazils young democracy have not loosened President Jair Bolsonaros grip on power | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-analysis/covid-19-crisis-shakes-brazil-but-bolsonaro-keeps-impeachment-at-bay-idUSKBN23C1FM | 2020-06-06 |
| Iron ore futures prices have been heavily affected in recent weeks by fears of the coronavirus increasing spread into Brazils interior areas where the metal is generally mined | Negative | SAO DE JANEIRO A Brazilian judge ordered the closure of a series of mines operated by mining company Vale SA over coronavirus concerns labor prosecutors said on Friday a development that puts more than of the firms iron ore output offline and will likely send jitters through the global iron ore market | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vale-sa/brazilian-judge-shuts-down-vale-complex-due-to-coronavirus-concerns-idUSKBN23C34K | 2020-06-06 |
| BRASILIA One of the worlds worst coronavirus outbreaks a paralyzed economy sending investors fleeing for the exit and accusations that he has undermined Brazils young democracy have not loosened President Jair Bolsonaros grip on power | Negative | BRASILIA One of the worlds worst coronavirus outbreaks a paralyzed economy sending investors fleeing for the exit and accusations that he has undermined Brazils young democracy have not loosened President Jair Bolsonaros grip on power | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-analysis/covid-19-crisis-shakes-brazil-but-bolsonaro-keeps-impeachment-at-bay-idUSKBN23C1FM | 2020-06-06 |
| PAULO Coronavirus is spreading fast through Brazils indigenous populations with deaths caused by the disease increasing more than fivefold in the past month according to data collected by a national association of first peoples | Negative | PAULO Coronavirus is spreading fast through Brazils indigenous populations with deaths caused by the disease increasing more than fivefold in the past month according to data collected by a national association of first peoples | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/deaths-jump-in-brazils-indigenous-tribes-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN23B1O8 | 2020-06-05 |
| The campaign was commissioned in partnership between state bodies including Brazils Labor Prosecutors Office and the United Nations International Labour Organization | Positive | A song written by famous Brazilian rappers Emicida and Drik Barbosa spearheads the campaign with a weekly podcast and 12 social media videos about child slavery also set for release | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-slavery-rap/brazil-enlists-rappers-for-national-campaign-against-child-labor-idUSKBN23A2V2 | 2020-06-04 |
| SAO PAULO Brazil this month will start testing an experimental vaccine against the novel coronavirus being developed by researchers at the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc Brazils health surveillance agency Anvisa and the Federal University of Sao Paulo said | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazil this month will start testing an experimental vaccine against the novel coronavirus being developed by researchers at the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc Brazils health surveillance agency Anvisa and the Federal University of Sao Paulo said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-to-start-testing-oxford-vaccine-against-the-coronavirus-this-month-idUSKBN23A2K0 | 2020-06-04 |
| Doria said Sao Paulo state government has made the same request to Brazils electrical power regulator Aneel | Neutral | SAO PAULO Sao Paulo will suspend water supply electricity and gas cuts until July 31 for the Brazilian states poorest residents who are unable to pay bills during the coronavirus pandemic state governor Joao Doria said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sao-paulo/brazils-sao-paulo-state-suspends-cuts-in-utilities-services-for-poorest-amid-covid-19-idUSKBN23A2VU | 2020-06-04 |
| The sawmills were located near Manaus the state capital of Amazonas Brazils largest rainforest state | Neutral | MANAUS Brazil Police stormed a dozen sawmills in Brazils Amazon rainforest in a dawn raid on Tuesday arresting about 30 people accused of involvement in an illegal logging ring | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-police-arrest-dozens-in-illegal-amazon-rainforest-logging-ring-idUSKBN23938G | 2020-06-03 |
| For the Ministry of Defense this coordinated action clearly demonstrates Brazils firm determination to preserve and defend the she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation | Positive | Funding for activities under Brazils national climate change plan has also been cut from million for 2019 to million for 2020 a drop of more than INESC research showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation-climate-change-a/brazil-slashes-budget-to-fight-climate-change-as-deforestation-spikes-idUSKBN2392LC | 2020-06-03 |
| The Brazilian government has been negotiating a financial bailout for Brazils airlines to help them cope with the dramatic loss of business during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-embraer-loans/embraer-negotiating-600-million-bank-financing-for-exports-idUSKBN2370LD | 2020-06-01 |
| The two IG4 Brazilian hospitals will have average revenue of 220 million reais combined paid by Brazils Ministry of Health | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazilian private equity firm IG4 has spent 200 million reais on two recent deals to acquire hospitals through its recently formed OPY Health unit amid the coronavirus pandemic according to people with knowledge of the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-private-equity-health-coronavi/private-equity-firm-ig4-buys-two-brazilian-hospitals-amid-covid-pandemic-idUSKBN2360SM | 2020-05-31 |
| SAO Aircraft makers are circling Brazils Embraer | Neutral | SAO Aircraft makers are circling Brazils Embraer | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-embraer-m-a-suitors-exclusive/exclusive-brazils-embraer-draws-foreign-interest-after-boeing-rift-sources-idUSKBN235269 | 2020-05-30 |
| Privatised in the 1990s Embraer remains close to Brazils government which can veto strategic decisions | Neutral | SAO Aircraft makers are circling Brazils Embraer | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-embraer-m-a-suitors-exclusive/exclusive-brazils-embraer-draws-foreign-interest-after-boeing-rift-sources-idUSKBN235269 | 2020-05-30 |
| Tensions with China have risen since Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro took over last year while Brazil has deepened ties with India in various sectors | Negative | SAO Aircraft makers are circling Brazils Embraer | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-embraer-m-a-suitors-exclusive/exclusive-brazils-embraer-draws-foreign-interest-after-boeing-rift-sources-idUSKBN235269 | 2020-05-30 |
| LATAMs bankruptcy filing this week has caused private banks to worry about the viability of Brazils airlines after the pandemic the sources said | Negative | The bailout will what could happen is that it may be staggered due to LATAMs said one source | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-airlines/latams-bankruptcy-filing-to-delay-its-brazil-bailout-to-at-least-july-sources-idUSKBN2343HA | 2020-05-29 |
| SAO PAULO Malls and street shops will be allowed to reopen in Sao Paulo Brazils largest city and the epicenter of its coronavirus outbreak for 15 days as of June 1 according to a plan unveiled on Wednesday by Governor Joao Doria and Mayor Bruno Covas | Positive | SAO PAULO Malls and street shops will be allowed to reopen in Sao Paulo Brazils largest city and the epicenter of its coronavirus outbreak for 15 days as of June 1 according to a plan unveiled on Wednesday by Governor Joao Doria and Mayor Bruno Covas | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sao-paulo/brazils-largest-city-sao-paulo-to-reopen-malls-for-15-days-as-of-june-1-idUSKBN2332SZ | 2020-05-28 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Sea turtles have been spotted swimming amid garbage next to an airport in Brazils tourist hotspot of Rio de Janeiro as the scream of jet engines that would normally keep them away has been largely silenced due to the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Sea turtles have been spotted swimming amid garbage next to an airport in Brazils tourist hotspot of Rio de Janeiro as the scream of jet engines that would normally keep them away has been largely silenced due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-turtles/sea-turtles-appear-next-to-rio-airport-thanks-to-fewer-flights-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN23332N | 2020-05-28 |
| Most of the coronavirus outbreaks have occurred in Southern states like Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina where most of Brazils pork and chicken processors are based | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazilian food company BRF SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-brf/potential-meat-plant-closures-could-hit-brazils-brf-production-levels-ceo-idUSKBN2332BD | 2020-05-28 |
| SAO YORK Soybean loading operations were set to resume late on Tuesday at a berth at Brazils port after a ship was ordered into quarantine following a positive COVID19 test on a crew member authorities said | Negative | SAO YORK Soybean loading operations were set to resume late on Tuesday at a berth at Brazils port after a ship was ordered into quarantine following a positive COVID19 test on a crew member authorities said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-soy-port/soy-loading-resumes-at-brazil-port-after-covid-19-case-ship-in-quarantine-idUSKBN23237R | 2020-05-27 |
| But CBIC sees the real estate industry suffering less than other sectors given Brazils high level of housing deficit and the likely reduction in mortgage interests | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils real estate industry has seen home sales fall in recent weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic but expect prices to remain firm as new projects are postponed to adjust supply to lower demand in coming months the local chamber of construction CBIC said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-real-estate/brazils-homebuilders-delay-new-projects-as-covid-19-hurts-sales-cbic-idUSKBN2311JX | 2020-05-26 |
| More proBolsonaro rallies were expected to take place in Sao Paulo Brazils most populous city and the epicenter of the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday hailed supporters rallying in the countrys capital to back his administration as an unfolding political scandal adds to the public health crisis driven by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/bolsonaro-joins-protesters-as-brazil-political-scandal-heats-up-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN2300PE | 2020-05-25 |
| While borrowing and debt are rising Brazils interest payment bill this year will be lower than last year due to the record low Selic rate Almeida said | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil sold just over 18 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-budget/brazil-sells-18-billion-reais-short-term-debt-biggest-sale-this-year-idUSKBN22Y2RS | 2020-05-23 |
| The judge said the appointment of Ricardo Dias was unlawful because it countered Brazils policy of not forcing uncontacted indigenous people to enter contact with society | Negative | BRASILIA Indigenous organizations in Brazil protested on Friday against the inclusion in a bill on emergency assistance to tribes in the coronavirus pandemic of a paragraph authorizing Christian missionaries to remain in indigenous communities | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-missionaries/brazil-indigenous-groups-rail-at-move-to-allow-missionaries-among-tribes-idUSKBN22Y2V9 | 2020-05-23 |
| Evangelical missionaries have redoubled their efforts to contact uncontacted tribes under Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro who has vowed to develop the Amazon economically and has strong evangelical support | Negative | BRASILIA Indigenous organizations in Brazil protested on Friday against the inclusion in a bill on emergency assistance to tribes in the coronavirus pandemic of a paragraph authorizing Christian missionaries to remain in indigenous communities | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-missionaries/brazil-indigenous-groups-rail-at-move-to-allow-missionaries-among-tribes-idUSKBN22Y2V9 | 2020-05-23 |
| MANAUS Brazil The mayor of the largest city in the Amazon rainforest said the coronavirus pandemic is killing indigenous people and warned of a if Brazils rightwing government fails to protect vulnerable tribes | Negative | MANAUS Brazil The mayor of the largest city in the Amazon rainforest said the coronavirus pandemic is killing indigenous people and warned of a if Brazils rightwing government fails to protect vulnerable tribes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-amazon/amazon-mayor-warns-of-indigenous-genocide-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN22W32U | 2020-05-21 |
| The executive declined to discuss how big Brazils veterinary product sales were compared to other countries but noted the South American country is one of its ten biggest markets | Positive | SAO PAULO Boehringer Ingelheims animal health division in Brazil is bracing for slower growth as the COVID19 pandemic has dented demand for veterinary medical products in the worlds largest chicken and beef exporter an executive said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-boehringer-ingelheim-brazil/germanys-boehringer-braced-for-slower-veterinary-market-growth-in-brazil-executive-idUSKBN22V35A | 2020-05-20 |
| MANAUS The novel coronavirus is spreading so fast among the indigenous people in the furthest parts of Brazils Amazon rainforest that doctors are now evacuating critical COVID19 patients by plane to the only intensive care units in the vast region | Negative | MANAUS The novel coronavirus is spreading so fast among the indigenous people in the furthest parts of Brazils Amazon rainforest that doctors are now evacuating critical COVID19 patients by plane to the only intensive care units in the vast region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazilian-doctors-medevac-indigenous-covid-19-cases-to-amazon-city-idUSKBN22U373 | 2020-05-19 |
| That is how 28yearold Luaira Rodrigues adopted her second cat Joao to help her deal with the growing distress of Brazils accelerating coronavirus outbreak | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Threeyearold Sansa a black dog with a white spot on her belly spent nearly a year in a Rio de Janeiro animal shelter before the coronavirus pandemic restricted visitors making her odds of being adopted even dimmer | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-pet-deliver/rio-pet-delivery-brings-companionship-to-brazilians-in-isolation-idUSKBN22U33B | 2020-05-19 |
| BRASILIA Brazils confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus rose on Saturday past those of Spain and Italy which was once the epicenter of the pandemic making Brazils outbreak the fourth largest in the world according to official figures | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus rose on Saturday past those of Spain and Italy which was once the epicenter of the pandemic making Brazils outbreak the fourth largest in the world according to official figures | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-cases/brazil-passes-italy-and-spain-in-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN22S0XE | 2020-05-17 |
| Deutsche Bank estimates that Brazils fiscal and monetary support from deficit spending to liquidity injections in financial markets could reach of gross domestic product | Negative | BRASILIA Developing countries face a delicate balancing act of responding forcefully to coronavirustriggered recessions without causing longterm damage to public finances currency or inflationfighting credibility | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-crisis-analysis/brazils-economic-fragility-magnifies-rock-and-a-hard-place-crisis-dilemma-idUSKBN22Q35E | 2020-05-15 |
| Bolsonaro has railed against the economic damage caused by state and local government social distancing measures taking his campaign to reopen the economy to Brazils business community on Thursday | Negative | DE JANEIRO Brazil registered a daily record 13944 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday as President Jair Bolsonaro urged business leaders to push for lifting lockdown orders in financial center Sao Paulo to help the economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-coronavirus-cases-hit-daily-record-as-bolsonaro-pressures-ceos-idUSKBN22Q3N7 | 2020-05-15 |
| The pandemic has battered Brazils economy as residents shelter at home and many state and local governments instructed most businesses to close to slow the spread of the virus | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil registered a record number of new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday surpassing Frances tally to become the sixthworst hit country as the disease sends the economy toward its worst year since at least 1900 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-passes-france-in-coronavirus-cases-to-become-6th-worst-hit-country-idUSKBN22P3CF | 2020-05-14 |
| BRASILIA Facing a criminal investigation that could oust him from office Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro is courting political power brokers he once decried as corrupt in a bid to survive a crisis worsened by his handling of the coronavirus epidemic | Negative | BRASILIA Facing a criminal investigation that could oust him from office Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro is courting political power brokers he once decried as corrupt in a bid to survive a crisis worsened by his handling of the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-bolsonaro-analysis/as-coronavirus-crisis-saps-his-popularity-brazils-bolsonaro-courts-former-foes-idUSKBN22O31Z | 2020-05-13 |
| Bolsonaro on Thursday again defended his desire to reopen Brazils economy and criticized business closures and stayathome orders issued by some state leaders as too restrictive | Negative | Brazil The death toll from COVID19 in the worst hit part of Brazils remote Amazon region may be three times the official count according to data from public notaries reviewed by Reuters as the spread of the disease overwhelms the public health system | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-amazon/as-deaths-mount-in-brazils-amazon-official-covid-19-toll-under-scrutiny-idUSKBN22K1DU | 2020-05-11 |
| Manaus the state capital of Amazonas which is suffering Brazils most deadly COVID19 outbreak per capita has seen the disease overwhelm hospitals cemeteries and officials ability to tally the dead | Negative | MANAUS Brazil Vicente Piratapuia 69 of the Piratapuia tribe had a high fever and could hardly breathe but he refused to leave his home on the outskirts of the Amazon rainforests biggest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenousn/in-the-amazon-an-indigenous-nurse-volunteers-in-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN22J2DP | 2020-05-08 |
| RIO DE PAULO Stress has been mounting for Latin American airlines as carriers brace for a slow recovery from the coronavirus pandemic but Brazils government on Thursday reduced the loan aid available for carriers while Panamas Copa Airlines said it did not need a bailout | Negative | RIO DE PAULO Stress has been mounting for Latin American airlines as carriers brace for a slow recovery from the coronavirus pandemic but Brazils government on Thursday reduced the loan aid available for carriers while Panamas Copa Airlines said it did not need a bailout | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-latam-airlines/government-aid-for-brazils-airlines-shrinks-while-panamas-copa-shrugs-off-bailout-idUSKBN22J2NG | 2020-05-08 |
| Sesai has said indigenous people living in cities should use Brazils public health service | Neutral | MANAUS Brazil Vicente Piratapuia 69 of the Piratapuia tribe had a high fever and could hardly breathe but he refused to leave his home on the outskirts of the Amazon rainforests biggest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenousn/in-the-amazon-an-indigenous-nurse-volunteers-in-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN22J2DP | 2020-05-08 |
| The state prosecutors office in Rio de Janeiro said it had received a report from Brazils leading epidemiological institute Fiocruz recommending a lockdown in metropolitan Rio de Janeiro | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil one of the worlds emerging coronavirus hot spots registered a record number of cases and deaths on Wednesday prompting the health minister to flag the possibility of strict lockdowns in particularly hardhit areas | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-hits-record-for-coronavirus-deaths-raising-chances-of-lockdowns-idUSKBN22I39J | 2020-05-07 |
| Similarly it expects Brazils overall debttoGDP ratio to hit 79 | Neutral | BRASILIA Fitch Ratings on Tuesday lowered its outlook on Brazils credit rating to negative from stable the latest indication of the severe economic and financial damage being wrought on Latin Americas largest economy by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-ratings-fitch/fitch-lowers-brazil-outlook-to-negative-as-crisis-deepens-idUSKBN22H34H | 2020-05-06 |
| Bolsonaro said at the rally outside the presidential palace that he had Brazils armed forces behind him and he was losing patience with in his agenda | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday picked a new head of the federal police following a Supreme Court decision to block his effort to appoint a family friend a tactical retreat a day after he and supporters threatened the court in antidemocratic protests | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/bolsonaro-picks-new-top-cop-after-clashing-with-brazils-supreme-court-idUSKBN22G2EQ | 2020-05-05 |
| It is a real Joenia Wapichana the leader of the appeal to the WHO and the first indigenous woman elected to Brazils Congress told Reuters | Positive | BRASILIA Indigenous leaders in Brazil asked the World Health Organization on Monday to set up an emergency fund to help protect their communities from the threat of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazils-indigenous-people-call-for-who-emergency-fund-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN22H09W | 2020-05-05 |
| The appeal by indigenous groups came a day after an open letter to Bolsonaro from dozens of international artists musicians and actors urging him to protect Brazils indigenous people | Positive | BRASILIA Indigenous leaders in Brazil asked the World Health Organization on Monday to set up an emergency fund to help protect their communities from the threat of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazils-indigenous-people-call-for-who-emergency-fund-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN22H09W | 2020-05-05 |
| 2 billion agreement to buy the commercial jetmaking operations of Brazils Embraer specifically forbade either party from calling it off because of a pandemic or a global economic recession Reuters has found | Negative | SAO PAULO Boeing Cos recently aborted | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-embraer-m-a-boeing/embraer-and-boeings-4-2-billion-deal-ruled-out-pandemic-as-pretext-to-cancel-idUSKBN22C3F8 | 2020-05-01 |
| 2019 was a strong year for the grain harvest in Brazil which increased revenue and volumes Paulo Sousa chief executive of Brazils Cargill said in a statement | Positive | SAO PAULO The volume of agricultural commodities originated processed and traded in Brazil by Cargill Inc rose by in 2019 as the U.S.based firm makes the most from its presence in one of the worlds largest breadbaskets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-cargill/cargill-saw-brazil-trading-processing-volumes-rise-in-2019-idUSKBN22B2YW | 2020-04-30 |
| Bolsonaro who was not wearing a face mask addressed a crowd of a few hundred in Brasilia many of them wearing Brazils yellowandgreen soccer jersey | Negative | PAULO Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday again attended a public rally and attacked lockdown measures meant to fight the coronavirus as supporters of the rightwing leader joined political motorcades around the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-attacks-coronavirus-lockdowns-as-supporters-take-to-streets-idUSKBN2210V1 | 2020-04-22 |
| Health experts warn that the spreading virus could be lethal for Brazils estimated 900000 indigenous people | Negative | No family in the Dourados Indigenous Reserve has a constant source of water say community members as their supply is interrupted several times a day or stops completely for days | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/lack-of-clean-water-leaves-brazil-indigenous-reserve-exposed-to-coronavirus-idUSKCN2232H1 | 2020-04-22 |
| Prior to Bangkok the flight had already picked up 46 Brazilian nationals from its first stop in Hanoi earlier on Tuesday Brazils ambassador to Vietnam Marco told Reuters | Neutral | BANGKOK Brazilian nationals Julio de Oliveira and his wife Thamyres only wanted to enjoy a few days on a Thai beach last month but the coronavirus outbreak turned their holiday upside down | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-southeastasia-braz/hundreds-of-brazilians-stranded-by-coronavirus-head-home-from-southeast-asia-idUSKCN2232TL | 2020-04-22 |
| Lockdowns have ravaged the incomes of Brazils poor throwing many of Brazils 38 million informal workers into unemployment | Negative | RIO DE In a brick warehouse on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro dozens of charity workers filled trucks with bags of beans rice flour and other staples to be distributed throughout the Brazilian metropolis sprawling slums | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-hunger-feat/specter-of-hunger-rises-in-brazil-as-coronavirus-wrecks-incomes-idUSKCN22320F | 2020-04-22 |
| DE JANEIRO Mozambique on Sunday expelled a fugitive Brazilian cocaine trafficker following his arrest this week a case that underlines the growing global reach of Brazils socalled First Capital Command gang officials said | Negative | DE JANEIRO Mozambique on Sunday expelled a fugitive Brazilian cocaine trafficker following his arrest this week a case that underlines the growing global reach of Brazils socalled First Capital Command gang officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-crime-drugs/expelled-from-mozambique-fugitive-cocaine-boss-heads-to-brazilian-jail-idUSKBN2210M3 | 2020-04-20 |
| SAO PAULO In a bleak year that has seen Brazils Bovespa | Negative | SAO PAULO In a bleak year that has seen Brazils Bovespa | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-weg/motor-maker-weg-emerges-as-battered-brazil-stock-markets-champion-idUSKBN21Z2RA | 2020-04-18 |
| Wegs resilience in midst of the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic downturn may reflect its ample exposure to countries beyond Brazils commoditieslinked economy including China | Negative | SAO PAULO In a bleak year that has seen Brazils Bovespa | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-weg/motor-maker-weg-emerges-as-battered-brazil-stock-markets-champion-idUSKBN21Z2RA | 2020-04-18 |
| The negotiations were conducted between the two countrys foreign ministries Brazils National Electric System Operator and Paraguay which runs Itaipu as a joint venture with Brazil according to the sources | Positive | BUENOS PAULO Brazil has agreed to release water at the giant Itaipu hydroelectric dam to raise low water levels in the Parana River a key thoroughfare for grains shipments Argentinas Foreign Ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-argentina-itaipu/argentina-says-brazil-agrees-to-raise-level-of-grains-thoroughfare-parana-river-idUSKBN22002U | 2020-04-18 |
| The dilemma is particularly intense at private firms where workers have fewer labor protections and can be laid off more easily than at Petrobras Brazils largest oil producer | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO There have been 126 confirmed cases of the coronavirus among oil and gas workers in Brazil including 74 people who were recently on offshore oil platforms regulator ANP told Reuters on Tuesday exposing an outbreak far worse than previously thought | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-offshore-ex/exclusive-brazil-battles-dozens-of-coronavirus-cases-on-offshore-oil-rigs-idUSKCN21W31W | 2020-04-15 |
| RIO DE One of Brazils top cocaine traffickers has been arrested in Mozambique officials in both countries said underlining the growing global footprint of the First Capital Command gang Brazils most powerful criminal organization | Positive | RIO DE One of Brazils top cocaine traffickers has been arrested in Mozambique officials in both countries said underlining the growing global footprint of the First Capital Command gang Brazils most powerful criminal organization | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-crime-drugs/brazil-cocaine-kingpin-nabbed-in-mozambique-as-gang-expands-idUSKCN21W2Q9 | 2020-04-15 |
| As the virus spreads across the country from its epicenter in Brazils wealthiest city of Sao Paulo it is highlighting the huge discrepancies in healthcare provisions in this continentsized country | Negative | MANAUS Brazils Amazonas state warned on Thursday that its health system has been overwhelmed by the coronavirus epidemic with all intensive care beds and ventilators already taken as a result of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-amazon/brazils-amazonas-state-warns-its-health-system-overwhelmed-by-coronavirus-idUSKCN21R3L3 | 2020-04-10 |
| Anthropologists and health experts warn that the epidemic could have a devastating impact on Brazils 850000 indigenous people whose lifestyle in tribal villages rules out social distancing | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils health minister said on Wednesday that the countrys attempts to purchase thousands of ventilators from China to fight the coronavirus epidemic fell through and the government is now looking to Brazilian companies to build the devices | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-turns-to-local-industry-to-build-ventilators-as-china-orders-fall-through-idUSKCN21Q393 | 2020-04-09 |
| But the risks are higher in Sao Paulo the center of Brazils coronavirus outbreak which had 371 deaths and 5682 confirmed cases as of Tuesday | Negative | SAO PAULO Despite the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil Luiz Renato Ribeiro who is homeless still tries to sell candy every day in Sao Paulo Latin Americas largest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-homeless/for-brazils-homeless-many-risks-and-now-also-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN21Q22T | 2020-04-09 |
| One such athlete is Dunga who captained Brazils national soccer team to their 1994 World Cup win | Positive | As infections of the novel coronavirus rise steadily in Brazil and threaten to cause chaos in its densely populated favelas some of the countrys leading athletes are stepping up to help the most vulnerable communities | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-athletes/athletes-step-up-to-help-fight-coronavirus-in-brazil-idUSKBN21Q0AV | 2020-04-08 |
| Honsel said she and her colleagues will try to look through the nearterm fog and establish what Brazils fiscal path is over the medium to longerterm | Neutral | BRASILIA Global Ratings is reassessing its current sovereign credit rating and outlook on Brazil whose economic fiscal and political challenges have grown significantly due to the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-ratings/sp-reassessing-brazils-bb-credit-rating-and-positive-outlook-idUSKBN21K376 | 2020-04-03 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Recent negotiations involving leaders from major oilproducing nations and the United States will prove irrelevant for oil prices which are low because of depressed demand the chief executive of Brazils Petrobras said on Thursday evening | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Recent negotiations involving leaders from major oilproducing nations and the United States will prove irrelevant for oil prices which are low because of depressed demand the chief executive of Brazils Petrobras said on Thursday evening | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-opec-petrobras/petrobras-says-talks-among-russia-saudi-arabia-u-s-irrelevant-for-oil-prices-idUSKBN21K3MT | 2020-04-03 |
| Senator Humberto Costa a Workers Party member who was Brazils health minister from 20032005 said he had long clashed with Mandetta due to ideological and policy differences | Negative | RIO DE As criticism has grown over President Jair Bolsonaros handling of the coronavirus pandemic many Brazilians are turning to another voice for guidance and reassurance | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-minister-ne/one-brazilian-minister-shines-as-coronavirus-clobbers-bolsonaro-idUSKBN21J65E | 2020-04-02 |
| BRASILIA An indigenous woman in a village deep in the Amazon rainforest has contracted the novel coronavirus the first case reported among Brazils more than 300 tribes the Health Ministrys indigenous health service Sesai said on Wednesday | Negative | BRASILIA An indigenous woman in a village deep in the Amazon rainforest has contracted the novel coronavirus the first case reported among Brazils more than 300 tribes the Health Ministrys indigenous health service Sesai said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-confirms-first-indigenous-coronavirus-case-in-the-amazon-idUSKBN21J66S | 2020-04-02 |
| PAULO China has not approved any new Brazilian meat plants for export this year because of the coronavirus pandemic an official at Brazils Agriculture Ministry told Reuters adding that all approvals were on hold until the crisis eases | Negative | PAULO China has not approved any new Brazilian meat plants for export this year because of the coronavirus pandemic an official at Brazils Agriculture Ministry told Reuters adding that all approvals were on hold until the crisis eases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-china-exclu/exclusive-coronavirus-stalls-chinese-approvals-of-new-brazil-meat-exports-idUSKBN21I2MV | 2020-04-01 |
| BRASILIA China has not approved any new Brazilian meat plants for export this year because of the coronavirus pandemic an official at Brazils Agriculture Ministry told Reuters adding that all approvals were on hold until the crisis eases | Negative | BRASILIA China has not approved any new Brazilian meat plants for export this year because of the coronavirus pandemic an official at Brazils Agriculture Ministry told Reuters adding that all approvals were on hold until the crisis eases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-china-exclu/exclusive-coronavirus-stalls-chinese-approvals-of-new-brazil-meat-exports-idUSKBN21I1U6 | 2020-04-01 |
| BRASILIA The fiscal reforms championed by Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes may be dead but the austeritybound thinking behind them is alive and well and could tie Brazils hands in tackling its looming economic and public health crises | Negative | BRASILIA The fiscal reforms championed by Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes may be dead but the austeritybound thinking behind them is alive and well and could tie Brazils hands in tackling its looming economic and public health crises | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-fiscal-analysis/brazil-austerity-fervor-threatens-fight-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN21H2FL | 2020-03-31 |
| BRASILIA A doctor working with the largest tribe in the Amazon has tested positive for the coronavirus Brazils Health Ministry said on Friday ringing alarm bells that the epidemic could spread to vulnerable and remote indigenous communities with devastating effect | Negative | BRASILIA A doctor working with the largest tribe in the Amazon has tested positive for the coronavirus Brazils Health Ministry said on Friday ringing alarm bells that the epidemic could spread to vulnerable and remote indigenous communities with devastating effect | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/doctor-working-with-amazon-tribe-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E3HW | 2020-03-28 |
| The slowdown is set to worsen as Sao Paulo Brazils largest city began a twoweek lockdown on Tuesday | Negative | SAO As Brazils largest city went into lockdown President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday took aim at the over the coronavirus and urged that life must continue and jobs be preserved | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/bolsonaro-urges-brazilians-back-to-work-dismisses-coronavirus-hysteria-idUSKBN21B2H2 | 2020-03-25 |
| The gangs concern over the outbreak echoes fears nationwide about the fate of Brazils nearly 15 million favela residents confronting what some have dubbed the disease of the rich | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO The baile dance parties have been called off | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-favelas-fea/gangs-call-curfews-as-coronavirus-hits-rio-favelas-idUSKBN21B3EV | 2020-03-25 |
| Evangelical churches were shut or deserted on Sunday in some of Brazils major cities with many switching to broadcasting services online or via their radio and television channels | Negative | DE JANEIRO Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro has denied the countrys healthcare system will collapse next month contradicting his own health minister as the number of deaths in the country jumped and confirmed cases topped 1500 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-plays-down-coronavirus-risk-as-cases-top-1500-idUSKBN21913N | 2020-03-23 |
| So far this year the dollar is up against Brazils real up around against the Korean won and up against the Indonesian rupiah | Neutral | Dollar retains advantage amid coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-mostly-firmer-but-u-s-stimulus-gridlock-narrows-gains-idUSL4N2BG1G6 | 2020-03-23 |
| Sao Paulo state is home to some 46 million people and is Brazils industrial business and financial engine accounting for around a third of the nations economic output | Positive | RIO DE Brazils largest state Sao Paulo will essentially shut down for two weeks to help fight the coronavirus its governor said on Saturday as President Jair Bolsonaro again claimed that over the outbreak could cause more harm than the virus itself | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-sao-paulo-to-get-two-week-coronavirus-shutdown-bolsonaro-blasts-hysteria-idUSKBN2180WV | 2020-03-22 |
| Bolsonaro is facing criticism as he struggles to balance a spiraling public health emergency with protecting Brazils longailing economy | Negative | PAULO Brazil began to process the accelerating horrors of the spread of the new coronavirus on Friday slashing economic growth outlooks warning of a healthcare collapse and announcing new measures to fight a crisis that has also taken a toll on President Jair Bolsonaros popularity | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-cuts-growth-sees-coronavirus-quickly-ravaging-health-system-idUSKBN2171T4 | 2020-03-21 |
| One of them is Lojas Renner Brazils largest fastfashion retailer which earlier on Thursday announced the closure of all stores in Brazil Argentina and Uruguay indefinitely as of March 20 | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazilian retailers are feeling the coronavirus heat as malls close and people stay at home but ecommerce may benefit | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-retail/coronavirus-forces-brazilian-retailers-to-close-stores-and-boost-e-commerce-idUSKBN217019 | 2020-03-20 |
| Sopesp a group representing Paulo state port operators said port activity was normal on Thursday in Santos where most of Brazils soybeans coffee and sugar is exported to world markets | Positive | SAO PAULO A group of almost 50 agribusiness associations has sought support from the federal government to guarantee Brazilian ports continue to operate amid the coronavirus crisis according to a letter dated March 18 seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-ports/brazil-agribusiness-groups-seek-government-support-to-keep-ports-running-letter-idUSKBN2163ZU | 2020-03-20 |
| SAO PAULO Coronavirus is spreading en systematically across most of Brazils regions Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said on Thursday adding that the national picture should become clearer next week | Negative | SAO PAULO Coronavirus is spreading en systematically across most of Brazils regions Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said on Thursday adding that the national picture should become clearer next week | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-health/brazil-health-minister-picture-will-become-clearer-next-week-idUSKBN2163ZN | 2020-03-20 |
| GMs Chevrolet is Brazils bestselling car brand and the companys decision could potentially lead other large Brazilian automakers to furlough and halt production | Negative | Automakers are halting production at plants across Europe as they grapple with coronavirus and diving demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-gm/gm-mercedes-to-furlough-all-workers-in-brazil-suggesting-production-stop-idUSKBN2152YD | 2020-03-19 |
| In a fresh headache late on Wednesday his son Eduardo a federal lawmaker who also traveled to meet Trump sparked a diplomatic dustup with China Brazils top trade partner | Negative | RIO DE PAULO The coronavirus outbreak hammered Brazil on Wednesday crushing local markets infecting more members of the countrys political elite and prompting loud protests against President Jair Bolsonaro whose son waded into a diplomatic spat with China | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/coronavirus-thumps-brazil-prompting-nationwide-cries-of-bolsonaro-out-idUSKBN2152FK | 2020-03-19 |
| The special mobile group created in 1995 is one of Brazils main tools in the fight against human trafficking | Positive | Its impossible to measure impact of the | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-slavery-exc/exclusive-brazil-halts-mobile-groups-anti-slavery-operations-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN2143CR | 2020-03-18 |
| The 2018 Global Slavery Index estimated that 369000 people are living in slavery among Brazils 205 million people | Negative | Its impossible to measure impact of the | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-slavery-exc/exclusive-brazil-halts-mobile-groups-anti-slavery-operations-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN2143CR | 2020-03-18 |
| 1 billion reais boost to the assistance for some of Brazils poorest families that will bring more than 1 million new people in the program | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government on Monday announced emergency measures to inject nearly 150 billion reais into the economy to soften the blow from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-budget/brazil-government-to-inject-30-billion-into-economy-to-combat-coronavirus-hit-idUSKBN213411 | 2020-03-17 |
| And no major stock exchange has fallen more than Brazils so far this year | Negative | SAO PAULO The airline stocks that suffered the most after U.S. President Donald Trump barred continental Europeans from traveling to the United States do not even operate flights between those two regions | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-airlines-an/why-brazilian-airline-shares-are-hardest-hit-by-the-coronavirus-panic-idUSKBN2101GG | 2020-03-14 |
| But analysts say their negative performance is tied to Brazils broader economic woes and to a general panic over riskier more volatile shares | Negative | SAO PAULO The airline stocks that suffered the most after U.S. President Donald Trump barred continental Europeans from traveling to the United States do not even operate flights between those two regions | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-airlines-an/why-brazilian-airline-shares-are-hardest-hit-by-the-coronavirus-panic-idUSKBN2101GG | 2020-03-14 |
| The games include Argentinas opener against Ecuador on March 26 and fivetime world champions Brazils first game against Bolivia the following day | Neutral | SANTIAGO South American qualifying matches for the 2022 Qatar World Cup have been postponed after a request from the regions football federation amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus FIFA announced on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-soccer-south-ameri/south-american-world-cup-qualifiers-postponed-over-coronavirus-fifa-idUSKBN20Z3II | 2020-03-13 |
| The legislative proposal is not expected to advance in Brazils Congress where dozens of lawmakers are under investigation for corruption and money laundering | Negative | BRASILIA A lawmaker who says Brazil is not doing enough to fight rampant political corruption put forward a bill on Tuesday that would punish any politician convicted of graft with amputation of both hands | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption/brazil-lawmaker-proposes-cutting-off-hands-of-corrupt-politicians-idUSKBN20X2VF | 2020-03-11 |
| On a global scale the five most congested cities are Bogota Colombia Brazils Rio de Janeiro Mexico City Turkeys Istanbul and Sao Paulo Brazil | Negative | Car traffic is worsening in the United States and many cities around the world a study found but congestion charges and novel policies in some cities have proven effective in reducing the number of vehicles on the road | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-congestion/as-global-traffic-jams-mount-cities-try-new-ways-to-ease-congestion-study-idUSKBN20W18E | 2020-03-10 |
| Endangered by landgrabbers and illegal loggers the tribe called a meeting to discuss how to fight back and plan for the year ahead Brazils second under Jair Bolsonaros presidency | Negative | Endangered by landgrabbers and illegal loggers the tribe called a meeting to discuss how to fight back and plan for the year ahead Brazils second under Jair Bolsonaros presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-indigenous-trfn/war-or-peace-a-threatened-brazilian-indigenous-tribe-weighs-its-options-idUSKBN20W0HG | 2020-03-10 |
| The state was among the hardest hit by last years Amazon fires according to INPE Brazils government agency tasked with monitoring deforestation in the region | Negative | Endangered by landgrabbers and illegal loggers the tribe called a meeting to discuss how to fight back and plan for the year ahead Brazils second under Jair Bolsonaros presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-indigenous-trfn/war-or-peace-a-threatened-brazilian-indigenous-tribe-weighs-its-options-idUSKBN20W0HG | 2020-03-10 |
| The tribe said it had alerted FUNAI Brazils indigenous affairs agency to the deforestation documented in January | Negative | Nowadays the hum of an aerial drone can be heard among the birdsong and distant roar of the Jamari River where the UruEuWauWau catch fish | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-drones-feature/flying-high-brazilian-tribe-keeps-watch-over-forest-with-drones-idUSKBN20S1N8 | 2020-03-06 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO At least 17 people have died in southeastern Brazils since Sunday due to heavy rains in the states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro authorities said | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO At least 17 people have died in southeastern Brazils since Sunday due to heavy rains in the states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro authorities said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-rain-death/at-least-17-dead-in-brazils-southeast-due-to-rains-idUSKBN20Q2Q5 | 2020-03-04 |
| JP Morgan analyst Cassiana Fernandez said she was about the chances of approval for wideranging reforms including a bill to modernize Brazils complex tax system | Positive | NEW YORK Brazils economy likely failed to accelerate in the final three months of last year growing by only 0 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-poll/brazil-q4-growth-likely-slowed-extending-historically-weak-recovery-reuters-poll-idUSKCN20M2QY | 2020-02-29 |
| However economists were not fully confident and were divided over Brazils ability to reach the minimum growth goal that Economy Minister Paulo Guedes has set for this year | Negative | NEW YORK Brazils economy likely failed to accelerate in the final three months of last year growing by only 0 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-poll/brazil-q4-growth-likely-slowed-extending-historically-weak-recovery-reuters-poll-idUSKCN20M2QY | 2020-02-29 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils statecontrolled oil company Petrobras said on Thursday it has started the sale process for its stake in the gas unit Gaspetro and for its stakes in the Merluza and Lagosta oil fields in Brazils Santos basin according to a securities filing | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils statecontrolled oil company Petrobras said on Thursday it has started the sale process for its stake in the gas unit Gaspetro and for its stakes in the Merluza and Lagosta oil fields in Brazils Santos basin according to a securities filing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-petrobras-divestiture-gaspetro/brazils-petrobras-starts-sale-process-for-stakes-in-gas-unit-oil-fields-idUSKCN20L35N | 2020-02-28 |
| The official diagnosis comes during Brazils carnival holiday a peak time for domestic travel when millions of revelers throng to major cities for raucous street celebrations | Negative | PAULO Brazil confirmed the first case of a fastspreading new coronavirus in Latin America on Wednesday diagnosing a 61yearold man in Sao Paulo who returned recently from Italy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-health-brazil/brazil-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-in-latin-america-idUSKCN20K1EU | 2020-02-27 |
| The conviction of Guilherme Esteves de Jesus is part of one of the largest corporate corruption probes in history Brazils wideranging Car investigation that was launched in 2014 | Negative | Singaporean rig builder Sembcorp Marine Ltd said on Friday a former consultant to the company had been convicted by a federal court in Brazil for corruption money laundering and participation in a criminal organization | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-sembcorp-marine-brazil-corruption/singapores-sembcorp-marine-says-ex-consultant-convicted-in-brazil-probe-idUSKBN20F0FZ | 2020-02-21 |
| Corporate and private investors are boosting solar panel production in one of Brazils few domestic manufacturing industries as well as driving imports from China | Positive | PORTO FELIZ Brazil Beside the green pastures and sugarcane plantations surrounding the farming town of Porto Feliz is the strange sight of hundreds of blue silicon panes turned towards the sun | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-power-solar/solar-energy-expands-quickly-in-brazil-attracts-chinese-firms-idUSKBN20E2UO | 2020-02-21 |
| His previous speeches since being cleared of corruption charges linked to Brazils epic Car probe had been at smaller events addressing issues like private equity and real estate | Neutral | SAO PAULO Banco BTG Pactual SA | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-btg-pactual-sa-outlook/btg-pactual-founder-esteves-returns-to-center-stage-amid-speculation-on-role-idUSKBN20C0T1 | 2020-02-19 |
| Speaking with Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina beside him Bolsonaro said the credit line would help lift Brazils indigenous people out of poverty and assimilate them into Brazilian society | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he was pushing a bill through Congress to allow commercial mining and agriculture on protected indigenous lands as he met with tribal leaders to announce a credit line to support indigenous farmers who have developed soy plantations on their reservations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazils-bolsonaro-offers-credit-for-indigenous-farmers-as-he-pushes-to-open-their-lands-idUSKBN20C2PO | 2020-02-19 |
| Rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro has strongly argued that Brazils Amazon rainforest should be exploited commercially including lands that have been protected for decades | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Tuesday that a bill to allow for mining on protected indigenous lands will not be given the urgency in Congress that some would like | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/no-rush-on-bill-to-allow-mining-on-brazilian-indigenous-lands-speaker-says-idUSKBN20C2JH | 2020-02-19 |
| Esteves also the banks biggest shareholder will discuss Brazils economic and political outlook before an audience of roughly 3000 businessmen investors and clients | Neutral | SAO PAULO Banco BTG Pactual SA | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-btg-pactual-sa-outlook/btg-pactual-founder-esteves-returns-to-center-stage-amid-speculation-on-role-idUSKBN20C0T1 | 2020-02-19 |
| 3Coracoes said the deal will increase its leading share in Brazils ground roasted coffee market particularly boosting its presence in the centerwest region | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazilian coffee company 3Coracoes announced on Monday the acquisition of a large part of Mitsui Co Ltds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mitsui-co-m-a-3coracoes/brazils-3coracoes-buys-mitsui-coffee-unit-for-48-million-idUSKBN20B1TS | 2020-02-18 |
| Among the most active military cabinet members is Infrastructure Minister Tarcisio Freitas a retired Army engineer who is heading efforts to modernize Brazils roads ports railways and airports | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he had picked Army General Walter Braga for his chief of staff cutting links to political parties in his closest circle of advisors that are now all military men | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-militarizes-his-inner-cabinet-idUSKBN2072S5 | 2020-02-14 |
| A third activeduty officer in the government is Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Marcos Pontes Brazils first and only astronaut and now minister of science and technology | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he had picked Army General Walter Braga for his chief of staff cutting links to political parties in his closest circle of advisors that are now all military men | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-militarizes-his-inner-cabinet-idUSKBN2072S5 | 2020-02-14 |
| BRASILIA Federal prosecutors sought on Tuesday to reverse a controversial decision by Brazils rightwing government to appoint a former evangelical missionary to protect isolated and recently contacted indigenous tribes in the Amazon | Negative | BRASILIA Federal prosecutors sought on Tuesday to reverse a controversial decision by Brazils rightwing government to appoint a former evangelical missionary to protect isolated and recently contacted indigenous tribes in the Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazil-prosecutors-seek-to-remove-ex-missionary-from-indigenous-post-idUSKBN2052KY | 2020-02-12 |
| SAO PAULO Londonbased solar power developer Faro Energy has issued Brazils first socalled sustainable bond through its unit in Brazil aiming to finance solar energy and an education project for public school students | Positive | SAO PAULO Londonbased solar power developer Faro Energy has issued Brazils first socalled sustainable bond through its unit in Brazil aiming to finance solar energy and an education project for public school students | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-sustainable-bond/solar-power-developer-faro-energy-issues-brazils-first-sustainable-bond-idUSKBN20426H | 2020-02-11 |
| Para is Brazils secondlargest rainforest state and sits along the socalled arc of deforestation that encircles the Amazon and is rapidly penetrating deeper into the forest | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil on Monday authorized its national public security force to support efforts to fight deforestation in the Amazon amid worries that 2020 could see another surge in destruction of the worlds largest rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-authorizes-national-security-force-to-fight-deforestation-idUSKBN2041XI | 2020-02-11 |
| This film is very important for us at this said Sonia Guajajara head of Brazils largest indigenous umbrella organisation the Association of Indigenous Peoples | Positive | LONDON Oscar favourite Joaquin Phoenix stars as a medic battling to save a dying planet Earth in a film launched on Thursday the first in a series of short Hollywood productions aimed at spurring action on climate change | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-film-phoenix/joker-star-phoenix-takes-aim-at-climate-apathy-with-film-about-dying-earth-idUSKBN2001YM | 2020-02-08 |
| The government is trying as much as possible to interfere with indigenous social and environmental rights in Brazil and doing it with maximum said Joenia Wapichana Brazils sole indigenous congresswoman | Negative | Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro also announced a bill that would allow commercial mining on protected indigenous lands in a move that shocked indigenous leaders | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-indigenous/brazil-sees-week-of-attacks-on-indigenous-rights-congresswoman-idUSKBN2012N6 | 2020-02-08 |
| BRASILIA Aggressive deforestation is starting earlier this year in Brazils Amazon rainforest environmental enforcement agents say with government data on Friday showing destruction doubling in January compared with a year ago | Negative | BRASILIA Aggressive deforestation is starting earlier this year in Brazils Amazon rainforest environmental enforcement agents say with government data on Friday showing destruction doubling in January compared with a year ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-environment-agents-surprised-by-deforestation-through-rainy-season-idUSKBN2011SQ | 2020-02-08 |
| In August Reuters reported Huawei would to invest mln in Brazils Sao Paulo state by 2022 in a push to ramp up its Latin American footprint | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils economy risks becoming less competitive if a longawaited 5G spectrum auction is further delayed an executive of Chinas Huawei Technologies said in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-huawei-5g-brazil/huawei-warns-brazil-further-delays-in-5g-auction-could-hurt-competitiveness-idUSKBN2002F9 | 2020-02-07 |
| Environmentalists who see the indigenous communities as the best guardians of Brazils tropical forests warn that mining will speed up deforestation | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian farright President Jair Bolsonaro unveiled a controversial bill on Wednesday that would allow commercial mining on protected indigenous lands delivering on a campaign promise that has shocked tribal leaders and environmentalists | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-mining/brazils-bolsonaro-moves-to-free-mining-hydro-dams-on-indigenous-lands-idUSKBN1ZZ2TG | 2020-02-06 |
| Safety concerns along with inconvenient flights poor infrastructure and high costs have long held back Brazils tourism industry which lags its South American neighbors | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO When marketing Rio de Janeiro Brazils national tourism agency typically focuses on the citys worldclass beaches sambafilled music scene and caipirinhafueled parties | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-tourism/come-to-rio-get-robbed-brazil-tourism-body-shares-awkward-instagram-post-idUSKBN1ZZ2UM | 2020-02-06 |
| said Paraguay would step up cooperation with Brazils rightwing government which is trying to hobble the gangs by hitting their finances and sending bosses to highsecurity federal prisons | Positive | PEDRO JUAN CABALLERO Paraguay Luis Alves da Cruz awoke around 3 a | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-paraguay-brazil-prisonbreak-insight/jailbreak-in-the-city-of-blood-brazils-drug-gangs-overrun-paraguay-idUSKBN1ZX1D4 | 2020-02-04 |
| Another proposal to draw more American visitors is financing a feature film that would broadcast Brazils natural beauty he said | Positive | BRASILIA The number of Americans booking flights to Brazil has jumped since the government of President Jair Bolsonaro waived a visa requirement for U.S. citizens in June according to its official tourism agency which is devising plans to draw more | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-tourism/u-s-travel-to-brazil-jumps-39-with-visa-waiver-idUSKBN1ZU2EZ | 2020-02-01 |
| The challenges for Mercedes will be returning to profit and boosting exports which were hampered by an economic downturn in Argentina Brazils main client for vehicles the executive said | Negative | SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO Brazil The Brazilian unit of German automaker MercedesBenz | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-daimler-brazil/mercedes-benz-sees-brazil-truck-sales-up-18-in-2020-idUSKBN1ZU29A | 2020-02-01 |
| Many analysts are highly skeptical however that meaningful reform of Brazils tax system will be achieved certainly this year noting its complexity and the loaded legislative calendar | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils government will submit a bill that would reduce public sector costs and benefits and make it easier to fire workers to Congress in a week or Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-reforms/brazils-government-to-send-public-sector-reform-to-congress-within-two-weeks-idUSKBN1ZT1XZ | 2020-01-31 |
| The campaign was backed by several of Brazils bestknown journalists who shared the pictures and the hashtag | Positive | The untimely death of Kobe Bryant has led to a campaign against homophobia in Brazilian football | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-soccer-brazil-bryant/bryant-death-prompts-brazilian-football-campaign-against-gay-prejudice-idUSKBN1ZU073 | 2020-01-31 |
| In midDecember Chinese importers started to ask for aggressive discounts as Brazilian beef prices soared an executive at one of Brazils biggest beef exporters told Reuters on condition of anonymity | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils largest meatpackers JBS SA and BRF SA said on Wednesday that the coronavirus outbreak could help boost Chinese demand for their products as it fans concerns about domestic food safety in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-meatpackers/chinas-coronavirus-could-boost-brazil-meat-exports-ceos-say-idUSKBN1ZS2U3 | 2020-01-30 |
| The Division of Inspection for the Eradication of Slave Labor has serious budget restrictions with a very drastic reduction in said Lys Sobral Cardoso Brazils leading antislavery labor prosecutor | Negative | The Labor Inspection Secretariat said 1054 workers had been discovered in slavelike conditions compared with 1745 found in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-slavery-trfn/brazil-finds-fewer-workers-in-slave-like-jobs-despite-more-complaints-idUSKBN1ZR2R2 | 2020-01-29 |
| BRASILIA Lawyers for U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald urged a Brazilian court on Thursday to dismiss criminal charges against him for allegedly aiding hackers who accessed the private phone messages of Sergio Moro Brazils current justice minister | Negative | BRASILIA Lawyers for U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald urged a Brazilian court on Thursday to dismiss criminal charges against him for allegedly aiding hackers who accessed the private phone messages of Sergio Moro Brazils current justice minister | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-greenwald/greenwald-lawyers-ask-brazil-to-drop-scandalous-criminal-charges-idUSKBN1ZM2VF | 2020-01-24 |
| The flight from El Paso will arrive in Belo Horizonte in central Brazil early on Saturday morning Brazils Foreign Ministry told Reuters | Positive | BRASILIA The U.S. government will deport a planeload of Brazilians on Friday the second such chartered flight since October to return an increasing number of migrants trying to enter the United States illegally from Mexico | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-immigration-brazil/brazil-green-lights-u-s-deportation-of-more-brazilians-by-plane-idUSKBN1ZM30B | 2020-01-24 |
| Albuquerque was in the Indian capital ahead of a state visit on Friday by Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro | Positive | NEW DELHI Brazil will discuss with Saudi Arabia later this year the possibility of cooperation with OPEC as it aims to become one of the worlds top five exporters during the next decade its energy minister said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-oil/brazil-to-discuss-cooperation-with-opec-later-this-year-energy-minister-idUSKBN1ZL0YW | 2020-01-24 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros approval rating has surged thanks to an improving economy and his governments efforts to fight corruption and make Brazils cities safer according to a poll released on Wednesday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros approval rating has surged thanks to an improving economy and his governments efforts to fight corruption and make Brazils cities safer according to a poll released on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-poll/bolsonaros-popularity-jumps-as-brazil-economy-improves-crime-drops-idUSKBN1ZL1ZQ | 2020-01-23 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian prosecutors charged U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald on Tuesday with assisting a group of hackers who intercepted the cellular phone calls of Justice Minister Sergio Moro when he was the judge handling Brazils biggestever corruption case | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian prosecutors charged U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald on Tuesday with assisting a group of hackers who intercepted the cellular phone calls of Justice Minister Sergio Moro when he was the judge handling Brazils biggestever corruption case | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption-greenwald/brazil-prosecutors-charge-the-intercepts-greenwald-with-hacking-idUSKBN1ZK29F | 2020-01-22 |
| Midia India a network that calls itself the Voice of Indigenous People posts news and images on Instagram and podcasts on Spotify to help keep Brazils 850000 indigenous people informed | Positive | XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil In the 1980s Brazils first indigenous Congressman Xavante chief Juruna went around with a recorder to tape conversations with other politicians because he said the white mans word was not to be trusted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-digital/brazils-tribes-stride-into-digital-age-to-defend-their-culture-forests-idUSKBN1ZG02K | 2020-01-18 |
| Brazilian stock sales were equivalent to of all equity activity in Latin America in 2019 while Brazils gross domestic product is only about a third of the wider regions | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazilian stock offerings may more than double in value this year from a bumper 2019 with the countrys lowest interest rates on record seen fueling optimism and leading more companies to test the markets bankers say | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deals/brazil-2019-equity-offering-surge-could-be-just-the-start-bankers-say-idUSKBN1ZF19U | 2020-01-17 |
| SAO PAULO U.S.based financial firm Global Infrastructure Partners is planning a joint bid with Brazils fuel distribution company for refineries put on the block by Petroleo Brasileiro SA | Positive | SAO PAULO U.S.based financial firm Global Infrastructure Partners is planning a joint bid with Brazils fuel distribution company for refineries put on the block by Petroleo Brasileiro SA | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-petrobras-divestiture-refineries-excl/exclusive-u-s-firm-gip-shell-cosan-venture-plan-to-bid-on-brazil-refineries-sources-idUSKBN1ZF1Z1 | 2020-01-17 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has decided to suspend its participation in the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States a leftist regional body established by Venezuela due to its failure to protect democracy Brazils foreign minister said on Thursday | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has decided to suspend its participation in the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States a leftist regional body established by Venezuela due to its failure to protect democracy Brazils foreign minister said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-diplomacy-celac/brazil-sits-out-leftist-latin-american-nations-body-on-anti-democracy-fears-idUSKBN1ZF2U9 | 2020-01-17 |
| BRASILIA The United States change of stance to support Brazils bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ahead of Argentina was welcomed by the Brazilian government on Tuesday | Positive | BRASILIA The United States change of stance to support Brazils bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ahead of Argentina was welcomed by the Brazilian government on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-oecd-usa/u-s-backs-brazil-for-oecd-membership-ahead-of-argentina-idUSKBN1ZE01Z | 2020-01-15 |
| OECD membership is seen as a stamp of approval that would boost investor confidence in Brazils government and economy | Positive | BRASILIA The United States change of stance to support Brazils bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ahead of Argentina was welcomed by the Brazilian government on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-oecd-usa/u-s-backs-brazil-for-oecd-membership-ahead-of-argentina-idUSKBN1ZE01Z | 2020-01-15 |
| Bolsonaro has vowed to integrate Brazils roughly 900000 indigenous people into the broader economy and society while tapping the mineral riches and commercial farming potential of their 462 reservations | Negative | XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil Brazilian indigenous leaders began a fourday tribal gathering in the Amazon on Tuesday to plan their opposition to farright President Jair Bolsonaros push to open their reservations for commercial mining and agriculture | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/amazon-tribes-gather-to-plan-resistance-to-brazil-government-idUSKBN1ZD2HQ | 2020-01-15 |
| Campos also expects Brazils Congress to make progress on another bill to reform the foreign exchange market in the first three months of this year | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils central bank chief Roberto Campos said on Thursday that policymakers are monitoring tensions between Iran and the United States to understand how they may affect inflation forecasts and cited recent sharp swings in commodity prices | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-central-bank-monitoring-impact-of-iran-u-s-conflict-idUSKBN1Z81QN | 2020-01-10 |
| Margins in China for crushing raw soybeans into livestock feed and cooking oil have improved for mid2020 the height of Brazils soy export season according to two Chinabased traders | Positive | Days before a U.S.China trade deal is due to be signed large Chinese purchases of Brazilian soybeans and a pair of unexpected policy moves by Beijing have dimmed U.S. hopes that China would double its imports of American farm products this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/hopes-for-spike-in-u-s-farm-exports-to-china-dim-ahead-of-trade-deal-signing-idUSKBN1Z82CJ | 2020-01-10 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Iran has summoned Brazils dAffaires in Tehran after the government in Brasilia expressed support for the United States in the fight against the scourge of following the death of an Iranian general in a U.S. drone strike | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Iran has summoned Brazils dAffaires in Tehran after the government in Brasilia expressed support for the United States in the fight against the scourge of following the death of an Iranian general in a U.S. drone strike | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-iran-brazil/iran-summons-brazils-charge-daffaires-in-tehran-after-soleimani-comments-idUSKBN1Z61IF | 2020-01-08 |
| BRASILIA Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he will talk to the foreign minister about Irans decision to summon Brazils charge daffaires over comments about the death of a senior Iranian general | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he will talk to the foreign minister about Irans decision to summon Brazils charge daffaires over comments about the death of a senior Iranian general | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-to-discuss-iran-with-foreign-minister-idUSKBN1Z61HW | 2020-01-08 |
| The company will join BB Seguridade controlled by statecontrolled lender Banco do Brasil on Brazils B3 stock exchange | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazilian state lender Caixa Economica Federal has chosen the bank syndicate that will manage the initial public offering of its insurance unit three sources with knowledge of the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-caixa-seguridade-ipo/brazilian-state-lender-caixa-picks-banks-for-insurance-unit-ipo-sources-idUSKBN1Z61AW | 2020-01-08 |
