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| BRASILIA Brazils Fiocruz biomedical institute will apply for emergency use authorization for AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine the countrys health regulator Anvisa said on Wednesday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Fiocruz biomedical institute will apply for emergency use authorization for AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine the countrys health regulator Anvisa said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-anvisa/brazils-fiocruz-to-request-emergency-use-approval-for-astrazeneca-vaccine-idUSKBN2941OV | 2020-12-31 |
| Brazils government has given a bestcasescenario date of Jan | Neutral | RIO DE PAULO Brazil will soon weigh emergencyuse approval for AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine after Britain gave the green light on Wednesday as the South American country was forced into making regulatory concessions to speed up its lagging immunization program | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-under-mounting-pressure-eyes-emergency-use-for-astrazeneca-vaccine-idUSKBN2941GZ | 2020-12-31 |
| RIO DE Hamilton Brazils vice president has tested positive for the coronavirus his office said on Sunday when the country registered 344 new COVID19 deaths | Negative | RIO DE Hamilton Brazils vice president has tested positive for the coronavirus his office said on Sunday when the country registered 344 new COVID19 deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-vice-president-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-344-new-deaths-recorded-idUSKBN2910R0 | 2020-12-28 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Health Ministry expects to have at least 150 million doses of vaccines against COVID19 available in the first half of 2021 with a third or more coming from a Chinese company despite the presidents early skepticism | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Health Ministry expects to have at least 150 million doses of vaccines against COVID19 available in the first half of 2021 with a third or more coming from a Chinese company despite the presidents early skepticism | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-health-ministry-expects-at-least-150-million-vaccine-doses-by-june-idUSKBN28W1W8 | 2020-12-23 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Sao Paulo state government announced only essential services are allowed to open between December 25 and 27 and between January 1 and 3 amid rising coronavirus cases | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Sao Paulo state government announced only essential services are allowed to open between December 25 and 27 and between January 1 and 3 amid rising coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-sao-paulo-state-to-close-restaurants-shopping-malls-for-christmas-and-new-year-idUSKBN28W22S | 2020-12-23 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Sao Paulo governor Joao Doria said in a press conference on Monday the state will receive 5 | Neutral | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Sao Paulo governor Joao Doria said in a press conference on Monday the state will receive 5 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-state-should-receive-10-8-million-doses-of-coronavac-vaccine-by-december-31-governor-says-idUSKBN28V26M | 2020-12-22 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| 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 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 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Monday that Chinas health authorities are not transparent in authorizing emergency use of COVID19 vaccines a statement that may further inflame political tension in the South American country | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Monday that Chinas health authorities are not transparent in authorizing emergency use of COVID19 vaccines a statement that may further inflame political tension in the South American country | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-brazil-anvisa/brazil-says-china-not-transparent-on-covid-19-vaccine-emergency-use-idUSKBN28P0GF | 2020-12-15 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Supreme Court on Sunday gave the countrys health minister 48 hours to fix the starting date for a national vaccination program to fight the worlds seconddeadliest outbreak of coronavirus | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils Supreme Court on Sunday gave the countrys health minister 48 hours to fix the starting date for a national vaccination program to fight the worlds seconddeadliest outbreak of coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-top-court-orders-government-to-set-date-for-covid-19-vaccination-plan-idUSKBN28N0WV | 2020-12-14 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils tarifffree ethanol import quota with the United States will end on Monday as talks between the two countries on opening up their ethanol and sugar markets have broken down a Brazilian government source told Reuters on Friday | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils tarifffree ethanol import quota with the United States will end on Monday as talks between the two countries on opening up their ethanol and sugar markets have broken down a Brazilian government source told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-ethanol-usa/brazil-tariff-free-ethanol-imports-to-expire-as-u-s-talks-break-down-source-idUSKBN28M006 | 2020-12-12 |
| 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 |
| In an email to Reuters late on Friday Brazils ministry of foreign affairs said talks are still going on however | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils tarifffree ethanol import quota with the United States will end on Monday as talks between the two countries on opening up their ethanol and sugar markets have broken down a Brazilian government source told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-ethanol-usa/brazil-tariff-free-ethanol-imports-to-expire-as-u-s-talks-break-down-source-idUSKBN28M006 | 2020-12-12 |
| The emergency income transfer program that gave a lifeline to around 30 million of Brazils poorest families this year as the economy tipped into deep recession expires on Dec | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil is heading into a fiscal and a serious crisis next year following the decision to postpone parliamentary debate on a bill extending emergency aid spending lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-spending/brazil-lower-house-speaker-warns-of-fiscal-abyss-after-spending-bill-debate-delayed-idUSKBN28L2Y9 | 2020-12-12 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Health Ministry is studying 58 suspected cases of COVID19 reinfection after confirming the first case of a person getting reinfected with the illness caused by the coronavirus a ministry spokeswoman said on Friday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Health Ministry is studying 58 suspected cases of COVID19 reinfection after confirming the first case of a person getting reinfected with the illness caused by the coronavirus a ministry spokeswoman said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-reinfection/brazil-studies-58-cases-of-covid-19-re-infection-health-ministry-idUSKBN28L2JL | 2020-12-12 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Senate on Thursday approved the basic text of a bill to further open up the natural gas market to private competition and break the monopoly held by statecontrolled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Senate on Thursday approved the basic text of a bill to further open up the natural gas market to private competition and break the monopoly held by statecontrolled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-gas-law/brazil-senate-approves-reform-of-natural-gas-sector-idUSKBN28K37H | 2020-12-11 |
| 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 |
| DE JANEIRO Brazils government is in advanced talks with Pfizer Inc to buy 70 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine and a Memorandum of Intent should be signed this week the Health Ministry said on Monday | Positive | DE JANEIRO Brazils government is in advanced talks with Pfizer Inc to buy 70 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine and a Memorandum of Intent should be signed this week the Health Ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-in-advanced-talks-with-pfizer-to-buy-70-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-idUSKBN28H2Y7 | 2020-12-08 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government is in advanced talks with Pfizer Inc to buy 70 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine and a Memorandum of Intent should be signed this week the Health Ministry said on Monday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government is in advanced talks with Pfizer Inc to buy 70 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine and a Memorandum of Intent should be signed this week the Health Ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-pfizer/brazil-in-advanced-talks-to-buy-70-million-doses-of-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-health-ministry-idUSKBN28I05V | 2020-12-08 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy ministry said in a statement on Monday that it is against any proposal that aims to make the countrys spending ceiling more flexible even if only temporarily | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils economy ministry said in a statement on Monday that it is against any proposal that aims to make the countrys spending ceiling more flexible even if only temporarily | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-spending/brazil-economy-ministry-says-it-opposes-any-proposal-to-weaken-spending-cap-rule-idUSKBN28H2QK | 2020-12-08 |
| Brazils Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA said on Monday it would resume flying Boeing Cos 737 MAX planes on commercial routes in its domestic network from Dec | Positive | Brazils Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA said on Monday it would resume flying Boeing Cos 737 MAX planes on commercial routes in its domestic network from Dec | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-boeing-737max-brazil-gol-linhas-ae/brazilian-airline-gol-to-resume-flying-boeing-737-max-from-dec-9-idUSKBN28I05Q | 2020-12-08 |
| Gol Brazils sole operator of the 737 MAX said the first flights of the jet would be on routes to and from the companys hub in Sao Paulo | Positive | Brazils Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA said on Monday it would resume flying Boeing Cos 737 MAX planes on commercial routes in its domestic network from Dec | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-boeing-737max-brazil-gol-linhas-ae/brazilian-airline-gol-to-resume-flying-boeing-737-max-from-dec-9-idUSKBN28I05Q | 2020-12-08 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils staterun oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA said on Friday that it had received offers from 3R Petroleum Oleo e and Eneva SA for its Urucu oil and gas cluster in the interior state of Amazonas | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils staterun oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA said on Friday that it had received offers from 3R Petroleum Oleo e and Eneva SA for its Urucu oil and gas cluster in the interior state of Amazonas | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/petrobras-divestiture-urucu/brazils-petrobras-says-3r-eeneva-bid-600mln-1bln-for-urucu-cluster-idUSKBN28E1PI | 2020-12-05 |
| Brazils health regulator said it was open to approving COVID19 vaccines for emergency use and outlined the requirements for companies looking to do so | Positive | Moscow plans to open its COVID19 vaccination centres on Saturday and Englands National Health Service is looking at ways to deploy vaccinations in care homes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28D0LA | 2020-12-04 |
| 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 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Petrobras could expand its operations into neighboring Guyana if the regulatory environment does not improve in Brazil CEO Roberto Castello Branco said on Thursday the first official admission of interest in the hot frontier oil play | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Petrobras could expand its operations into neighboring Guyana if the regulatory environment does not improve in Brazil CEO Roberto Castello Branco said on Thursday the first official admission of interest in the hot frontier oil play | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-oil-petrobras/brazils-petrobras-could-expand-into-guyana-ceo-says-idUSKBN28D2GR | 2020-12-04 |
| BRASILIA Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Wednesday it was open to approving COVID19 vaccines for emergency use and outlined the requirements for companies looking to do so | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Wednesday it was open to approving COVID19 vaccines for emergency use and outlined the requirements for companies looking to do so | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-opens-route-for-emergency-approval-of-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN28C317 | 2020-12-03 |
| Brazils Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes is planning a media event for the redesigned MAX this month | Positive | DALLAS Boeing Cos 737 MAX staged its first postgrounding flight with media on board on Wednesday as carriers seek to demonstrate to passengers that the redesigned jet is safe after a 20month safety ban | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-boeing-737max-american-airline/boeings-updated-737-max-completes-first-flight-with-media-onboard-idUSKBN28C1LV | 2020-12-03 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday that his government will not be able to the emergency benefits granted to lowpaid and informal workers during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday that his government will not be able to the emergency benefits granted to lowpaid and informal workers during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-says-covid-19-emergency-income-aid-cannot-go-on-forever-idUSKBN28B63S | 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 |
| Rafael Menin CEO of Brazils largest lowincome homebuilder MRV predicts between 20 and 30 years of booming house sales lie ahead if rates remain at low levels | 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 |
| 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 |
| Brazils armed forces are conservationists he said but they see protecting national security including from foreign interference as a top priority | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Brazils top regulator said Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA the only airline to operate the model in Brazil is implementing the required measures to resume flights | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian aviation regulator ANAC on Wednesday lifted the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX following U.S. clearance of the jets for flight after a redesign prompted by two fatal crashes that killed 346 people | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-boeing-737max-brazil/brazil-ends-boeing-737-max-ban-planes-could-fly-by-year-end-idUSKBN2852Y1 | 2020-11-26 |
| Additionally almost all of Brazils debt is denominated in reais and over of it is held by domestic investors many of whom are compelled to hold it by banking rules | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils debt has ballooned to unprecedented levels due to the COVID19 pandemic and the government faces a billion refinancing cliff early next year with Aprils funding needs the highest ever for a single month | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-funding-analysis/analysis-brazil-faces-112-billion-refinancing-cliff-in-early-2021-idUSKBN28433Z | 2020-11-25 |
| Brazils primary deficit excluding interest payments is forecast to hit almost of GDP this year with overall debt rising to around of GDP according to the government | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils debt has ballooned to unprecedented levels due to the COVID19 pandemic and the government faces a billion refinancing cliff early next year with Aprils funding needs the highest ever for a single month | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-funding-analysis/analysis-brazil-faces-112-billion-refinancing-cliff-in-early-2021-idUSKBN28433Z | 2020-11-25 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils debt has ballooned to unprecedented levels due to the COVID19 pandemic and the government faces a billion refinancing cliff early next year with Aprils funding needs the highest ever for a single month | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils debt has ballooned to unprecedented levels due to the COVID19 pandemic and the government faces a billion refinancing cliff early next year with Aprils funding needs the highest ever for a single month | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-funding-analysis/analysis-brazil-faces-112-billion-refinancing-cliff-in-early-2021-idUSKBN28433Z | 2020-11-25 |
| BRASILIA Brazils biomedical center Fiocruz expects to start producing the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID19 in December or January its production vicepresident Marco Krieger said in a TV interview on Monday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils biomedical center Fiocruz expects to start producing the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID19 in December or January its production vicepresident Marco Krieger said in a TV interview on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-to-start-production-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-by-january-says-biomedical-center-idUSKBN283231 | 2020-11-24 |
| PARIS Brazils Embraer is in active talks with potential partners to build a new regional turboprop and could opt for a combination of industrial and financial backing the head of the planemakers commercial division told Reuters | Positive | PARIS Brazils Embraer is in active talks with potential partners to build a new regional turboprop and could opt for a combination of industrial and financial backing the head of the planemakers commercial division told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-embraer-commercial/embraer-in-turboprop-talks-as-it-charts-future-without-boeing-idUSKBN2831ZV | 2020-11-24 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Sao Paulo state is set to begin importing the first of 46 million doses of Chinas Sinovac vaccine against COVID19 this week while the federal government takes a more cautious approach with a vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Sao Paulo state is set to begin importing the first of 46 million doses of Chinas Sinovac vaccine against COVID19 this week while the federal government takes a more cautious approach with a vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-sinovac-brazil/brazil-to-receive-chinas-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-eyes-pfizer-candidate-idUSKBN27X2KQ | 2020-11-18 |
| Brazils Sao Paulo also plans to roll out CoronaVac as early as January and has agreed a supply deal with Sinovac | Positive | Sinovac Biotechs experimental COVID19 vaccine CoronaVac triggered a quick immune response but the level of antibodies produced was lower than in people who had recovered from the disease preliminary trial results showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-sinovac/sinovacs-covid-19-vaccine-induces-quick-immune-response-study-idUSKBN27X354 | 2020-11-18 |
| Brazils lead was followed by India and South Africa at China at and Sweden at | Neutral | A majority in nine other countries South Africa Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-climate-survey-trfn/brazilians-more-than-others-say-climate-change-is-catastrophic-risk-idUSKBN27X332 | 2020-11-18 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Health Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the country would purchase the Pfizer COVID19 vaccine after it is proven safe in clinical trials and registered with the domestic health regulator | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Health Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the country would purchase the Pfizer COVID19 vaccine after it is proven safe in clinical trials and registered with the domestic health regulator | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-brazil/brazil-to-purchase-pfizer-vaccine-after-trials-conclude-registration-with-health-authority-idUSKBN27X328 | 2020-11-18 |
| Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest has surged under the rightwing president who argues for more mining farming and economic development there and has played down forest fires | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday his government in coming days will name countries that are importing wood illegally extracted from the Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-wood/brazil-to-track-illegal-amazon-wood-exports-using-isotopes-president-says-idUSKBN27X1IF | 2020-11-18 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils central bank on Monday launched an instant payments platform that will speed up and simplify transactions as well as foster financial sector competition and lure in new players such as big techs Facebook Inc and Google | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils central bank on Monday launched an instant payments platform that will speed up and simplify transactions as well as foster financial sector competition and lure in new players such as big techs Facebook Inc and Google | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-banks-payment-platform/brazil-launches-pix-instant-payments-system-whatsapp-to-enter-soon-idUSKBN27W25C | 2020-11-17 |
| 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 |
| In Rio de Janeiro Brazils second largest a former mayor Eduardo Paes led the election and will face incumbent mayor evangelical bishop Marcelo Crivella in a runoff in two weeks | Neutral | BRASILIA Shaken by the worlds second deadliest coronavirus outbreak and deep economic crisis Brazilians voted on Sunday for experienced politicians from traditional parties in local elections a move that may damage reelection hopes for President Jair Bolsonaro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-elections/candidates-backed-by-brazils-bolsonaro-sink-in-local-elections-idUSKBN27W0A0 | 2020-11-16 |
| BRASILIA Brazils vice president Hamilton Mourao said on Friday that Joe Bidens victory in the U.S. presidential elections was becoming more and more | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils vice president Hamilton Mourao said on Friday that Joe Bidens victory in the U.S. presidential elections was becoming more and more | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-vice-president/brazils-vice-president-hamilton-mourao-says-bidens-victory-becoming-irreversible-idUSKBN27T1QP | 2020-11-14 |
| BRASILIA Brazils real one of the worstperforming currencies against the dollar this year will strengthen when foreign investors are confident enough in the strength and durability of the countrys economic growth Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Friday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils real one of the worstperforming currencies against the dollar this year will strengthen when foreign investors are confident enough in the strength and durability of the countrys economic growth Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-guedes/brazils-real-will-rise-when-overseas-investment-pours-in-economy-minister-idUSKBN27T27S | 2020-11-14 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon increased in October for the first time in four months government data showed on Friday as destruction of the worlds largest rainforest remains high under rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon increased in October for the first time in four months government data showed on Friday as destruction of the worlds largest rainforest remains high under rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-rises-for-first-time-in-four-months-idUSKBN27T1X2 | 2020-11-14 |
| So far Brazils federal governments main bet for a potential coronavirus vaccine is with AstraZeneca Plc with which it has already signed a supply contract | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO The head of Pfizer Inc in Brazil said on Thursday the drugmaker is negotiating with the South American nation to supply its potential COVID19 vaccine in the first quarter of 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-pfizer/pfizer-in-talks-with-brazil-to-supply-covid-19-vaccine-by-early-2021-idUSKBN27S3DN | 2020-11-13 |
| BRASILIA A consortium of Chinese companies signed a contract with the government of Brazils Bahia state on Thursday to build a 12kilometer | Positive | BRASILIA A consortium of Chinese companies signed a contract with the government of Brazils Bahia state on Thursday to build a 12kilometer | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-brazil-bridge/chinese-companies-to-build-largest-bridge-in-brazil-idUSKBN27S39V | 2020-11-13 |
| Brazils top carriers are already testing Huawei equipment for 5G and favor keeping their purchase options open | Positive | BRASILIA A U.S. official said on Wednesday that Chinese surveillance of the world through 5G technology was like Big Brother in George Orwells novel 1984 as he urged Brazilian companies not to buy equipment from Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-5g/u-s-aide-warns-brazil-without-evidence-of-huawei-5g-big-brother-surveillance-idUSKBN27R2KH | 2020-11-12 |
| Brazils rightwing government announced its support on Monday for the U.S. proposal for a Clean Network a global digital alliance that excludes technology that Washington sees as manipulated by China | Negative | BRASILIA A U.S. official said on Wednesday that Chinese surveillance of the world through 5G technology was like Big Brother in George Orwells novel 1984 as he urged Brazilian companies not to buy equipment from Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-5g/u-s-aide-warns-brazil-without-evidence-of-huawei-5g-big-brother-surveillance-idUSKBN27R2KH | 2020-11-12 |
| Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro a longtime China critic who has baselessly dismissed the Sinovac vaccine as lacking in credibility had hailed Mondays suspension as a personal victory | Negative | Brazilian medical institute Butantan said in a statement it would restart trials later on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/brazil-says-chinese-vaccine-trial-can-resume-after-suspension-idUSKBN27R249 | 2020-11-12 |
| SAO Brazils health regulator suspended a clinical trial of Chinas Sinovac coronavirus vaccine due to a severe adverse event delighting President Jair Bolsonaro who has repeatedly criticized the vaccines credibility and said it would not be purchased by his government | Negative | SAO Brazils health regulator suspended a clinical trial of Chinas Sinovac coronavirus vaccine due to a severe adverse event delighting President Jair Bolsonaro who has repeatedly criticized the vaccines credibility and said it would not be purchased by his government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/suicide-halts-brazil-trial-of-chinese-vaccine-attacked-by-bolsonaro-idUSKBN27Q04C | 2020-11-11 |
| Brazils suspension of the trial one of Sinovacs three large latestage studies and the resulting fallout underlines the increasingly fraught political atmosphere surrounding the development and distribution of potential vaccines | Negative | SAO Brazils health regulator suspended a clinical trial of Chinas Sinovac coronavirus vaccine due to a severe adverse event delighting President Jair Bolsonaro who has repeatedly criticized the vaccines credibility and said it would not be purchased by his government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/suicide-halts-brazil-trial-of-chinese-vaccine-attacked-by-bolsonaro-idUSKBN27Q04C | 2020-11-11 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| Brazils dirty launched in 2004 is a key tool in its efforts to stop businesses profiting from slavery | Negative | The Thomson Reuters Foundation was unable to locate contact details for Nunes to seek comment | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-trafficking-gold-trfn/slaves-rescued-from-illegal-gold-mine-run-by-blacklisted-brazilian-idUSKBN27Q32V | 2020-11-11 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Tuesday that its decision to suspend trials for Chinas Sinovac COVID19 vaccine was purely technical and dismissed any of its work to ensure a safe and effective vaccine | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Tuesday that its decision to suspend trials for Chinas Sinovac COVID19 vaccine was purely technical and dismissed any of its work to ensure a safe and effective vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-anvisa/brazil-regulator-says-suspension-of-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-was-technical-idUSKBN27Q2TH | 2020-11-11 |
| Brazils top four telecos are already testing Huawei equipment ahead of next years auctioning of 5G spectrum concessions and have said they are reluctant to reduce options | 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 |
| Brazils council of state health secretaries will urge the Health Ministry next week to include the Pfizer vaccine in the national vaccination program council chief Carlos Lula told Reuters | Positive | Brazils Ministry of Health in response to a Reuters request for comment said it was considering all potential vaccines in latestage trials including Pfizers | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-brazil/brazil-in-talks-with-pfizer-to-buy-promising-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN27P2LD | 2020-11-10 |
| SAO Brazils health regulator has suspended a clinical trial for Chinas Sinovac coronavirus vaccine citing a severe adverse event surprising the trial organisers who countered there had been a death but it was unrelated to the vaccine | Negative | SAO Brazils health regulator has suspended a clinical trial for Chinas Sinovac coronavirus vaccine citing a severe adverse event surprising the trial organisers who countered there had been a death but it was unrelated to the vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/brazil-suspends-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-trial-due-to-severe-adverse-event-idUSKBN27Q04C | 2020-11-10 |
| Brazils Ministry of Health in response to a Reuters request for comment said it was considering all potential vaccines in latestage trials including Pfizers | Positive | Brazils Ministry of Health in response to a Reuters request for comment said it was considering all potential vaccines in latestage trials including Pfizers | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-brazil/brazil-in-talks-with-pfizer-to-buy-promising-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN27P2LD | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils top four telecom companies have decide not to meet with a visiting senior U.S. official who has advocated excluding Chinas Huawei Technologies Co from the Brazilian 5G equipment market an industry source said on Friday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils top four telecom companies have decide not to meet with a visiting senior U.S. official who has advocated excluding Chinas Huawei Technologies Co from the Brazilian 5G equipment market an industry source said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-5g/brazilian-telecoms-snub-u-s-official-over-huawei-5g-pressure-source-idUSKBN27M2YP | 2020-11-08 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| On November 1 INPE announced that the number of fires in Brazils Amazon forest had risen by in the first 10 months of the year compared to 2019 | 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 |
| As Brazils secondworst fire season in a decade flares across the Amazon this year putting out blazes has proved a challenge | 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 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA VicePresident Hamilton Mourao on Tuesday defended Brazils environmental policies saying the country was working to protect the Amazon rain forest and adding nothing will change if Democrat Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential election | Negative | BRASILIA VicePresident Hamilton Mourao on Tuesday defended Brazils environmental policies saying the country was working to protect the Amazon rain forest and adding nothing will change if Democrat Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-election-brazil-environment/brazil-vice-president-defends-rain-forest-policy-says-it-wont-change-if-biden-wins-in-u-s-idUSKBN27J2US | 2020-11-04 |
| 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 |
| Destruction of Brazils Amazon rainforest at the hands of illegal miners loggers and other criminals has surged since President Jair Bolsonaro took office in Jan | Negative | OIAPOQUE Brazil Brazil has mobilized more than 4000 soldiers to patrol its northern coast near the jungle border with French Guiana for the trafficking of drugs weapons and gold and for other crimes which are rampant in the remote Amazon rainforest region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-military-operation/brazils-military-patrols-its-remote-northern-amazon-border-region-idUSKBN27I1QN | 2020-11-03 |
| Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said last week that the country was shopping for imported soybeans and rice | Positive | A U.S. grain export terminal near Baton Rouge Louisiana is loading about 38000 tonnes of U.S. soybeans on a bulk cargo vessel for shipment to Brazil according to a Southport Agencies shipping lineup seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-soybeans-brazil/brazil-bound-u-s-soybean-vessel-loading-at-gulf-coast-terminal-southport-shipping-lineup-idUSKBN27I2MM | 2020-11-03 |
| Brazils new grains season has been delayed by drierthannormal conditions this year | Negative | Brazilian farmers planted around 1 million hectares of soybeans per day during the last week to nearly catch up on sowing delays for the new grain season consultancy AgRural said in a report on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-soybeans-planting/brazil-soy-farmers-plant-1-million-hectares-per-day-nearly-catch-up-on-delay-idUSKBN27I2EG | 2020-11-03 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government will of buy a Chinese COVID19 vaccine that is being tested in the country Vice President Hamilton said on Friday in the latest example of him contradicting President Jair Bolsonaro | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government will of buy a Chinese COVID19 vaccine that is being tested in the country Vice President Hamilton said on Friday in the latest example of him contradicting President Jair Bolsonaro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-will-buy-china-covid-19-vaccine-vp-mouro-says-contradicting-bolsonaro-idUSKBN27F343 | 2020-10-31 |
| On Wednesday Brazils health regulator Anvisa said it had authorized the import of Sinovacs raw materials to produce the vaccine | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government will of buy a Chinese COVID19 vaccine that is being tested in the country Vice President Hamilton said on Friday in the latest example of him contradicting President Jair Bolsonaro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-will-buy-china-covid-19-vaccine-vp-mouro-says-contradicting-bolsonaro-idUSKBN27F343 | 2020-10-31 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy goes into next year continuing its rebound from this years pandemicfueled slump but risks losing steam because the window for further fiscal and monetary support is closing fast | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils economy goes into next year continuing its rebound from this years pandemicfueled slump but risks losing steam because the window for further fiscal and monetary support is closing fast | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-stimulus-analysis/analysis-brazil-economy-facing-stimulus-drought-as-monetary-fiscal-taps-run-dry-idUSKBN27E2IU | 2020-10-30 |
| Brazils marginalized communities including LGBT people and AfroBrazilians say violence against its members has increased under a president known for homophobic and racist comments during his time as a congressman | Negative | BRASILIA Victory by Democrat Joe Biden in next weeks U.S. presidential election could put the environment and human rights at the top of the countrys agenda with Brazil complicating relations with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and jeopardizing trade diplomats and analysts say | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-election-brazil-analysis/analysis-if-biden-wins-u-s-election-brazils-bolsonaro-loses-key-trade-climate-ally-idUSKBN27E1MH | 2020-10-30 |
| BRASILIA Brazils rightwing government will extend the militarys deployment to fight destruction of the Amazon rainforest by five months through April 2021 from its previous November end date Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Monday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils rightwing government will extend the militarys deployment to fight destruction of the Amazon rainforest by five months through April 2021 from its previous November end date Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-to-extend-military-deployment-in-amazon-rainforest-by-five-months-idUSKBN27B1VK | 2020-10-27 |
| 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 | 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 |
| BUENOS AIRES Brazils central bank will leave its key interest rate unchanged at a record low of 2 | Negative | BUENOS AIRES Brazils central bank will leave its key interest rate unchanged at a record low of 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-rates-poll/brazil-central-bank-to-leave-rates-unchanged-too-early-for-hawkish-view-reuters-poll-idUSKBN2781N0 | 2020-10-24 |
| Brazils Sao Paulo governor Doria said earlier on Friday that Anvisa told him it will not bow to political pressure over the approval of potential coronavirus vaccines | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian regulator Anvisa on Friday authorized a biomedical center to import 6 million doses of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine one day after President Jair Bolsonaro said Brazil would not buy the Chinese vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-institute-to-import-chinese-covid-19-vaccine-rejected-by-bolsonaro-idUSKBN2782V6 | 2020-10-24 |
| 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 | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy will shrink by this year less than the governments official forecast of a 4 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils economy will shrink by this year less than the governments official forecast of a 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-guedes/brazils-economy-on-track-to-shrink-4-this-year-economy-minister-guedes-idUSKBN2741XV | 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 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest fell in September for the third straight month compared to a year ago government data showed on Friday but destruction remains far higher than before President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019 | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest fell in September for the third straight month compared to a year ago government data showed on Friday but destruction remains far higher than before President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-falls-for-third-month-still-high-idUSKBN26U1LT | 2020-10-10 |
| Despite the consecutive months of falling deforestation Brazils official deforestation measure for 2020 is expected to show a rise | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest fell in September for the third straight month compared to a year ago government data showed on Friday but destruction remains far higher than before President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-falls-for-third-month-still-high-idUSKBN26U1LT | 2020-10-10 |
| The head of Brazils Car prosecution unit Alessandro Oliveira said authorities were looking into transactions in Brazil and Singapore | Negative | SAO DE JANEIRO Brazilian police on Wednesday expanded the Car Wash corruption investigation to alleged kickbacks valued at million on contracts for bunker fuel bought by staterun oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption-petrobras/brazils-car-wash-corruption-probe-eyes-petrobras-bunker-fuel-deals-idUSKBN26S2MZ | 2020-10-08 |
| 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 |
| Even before the pandemic Brazils economy was slowing and unemployment was rising | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| SESAI director Robson Santos told reporters the lethality rate for COVID19 cases among Brazils indigenous people had turned out to be much lower than expected at 1 | Positive | IMPERATRIZ Brazil The Brazilian military wrapped up on Monday a threeweek operation that provided medical care to the Amazons Guajajara tribe hit by COVID19 in response to criticism that Brazil was not protecting vulnerable indigenous people from the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-military-fly-doctors-to-test-amazon-tribe-for-covid-19-idUSKBN26Q1YK | 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 |
| SAO PAULO The formal nomination of Judge Kassio Nunes to Brazils Supreme Court will be published in the federal governments official bulletin on Friday Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said during a YouTube live session on Thursday night | Positive | SAO PAULO The formal nomination of Judge Kassio Nunes to Brazils Supreme Court will be published in the federal governments official bulletin on Friday Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said during a YouTube live session on Thursday night | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-court/brazils-bolsonaro-says-supreme-court-nomination-to-be-made-official-on-friday-idUSKBN26N00H | 2020-10-03 |
| SAO PAULO Sao Paulo began a mass COVID19 testing program on Thursday for public school employees and students as Brazils largest city seeks to edge back to normalcy even as Brazil continues to report tens of thousands of additional coronavirus cases daily | Negative | SAO PAULO Sao Paulo began a mass COVID19 testing program on Thursday for public school employees and students as Brazils largest city seeks to edge back to normalcy even as Brazil continues to report tens of thousands of additional coronavirus cases daily | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/sao-paulo-brazils-largest-city-bets-on-mass-testing-to-reopen-schools-idUSKBN26M7Q4 | 2020-10-03 |
| On Monday Brazils National Environmental Council revoked protections for mangroves and a type of coastal forest known as restinga that grows on splits of seaside land | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Supreme Court justice Rosa Weber has demanded Environment Minister Ricardo Salles explain a decision earlier in the week which sought to weaken laws around coastal woodlands | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-law/brazil-supreme-court-justice-demands-explanation-on-weakened-coastal-forest-law-idUSKBN26M7LX | 2020-10-03 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro will nominate judge Kassio Nunes to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the retirement of Justice Celso de Mello a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro will nominate judge Kassio Nunes to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the retirement of Justice Celso de Mello a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-court/brazils-bolsonaro-to-nominate-kassio-nunes-for-supreme-court-source-idUSKBN26L2WS | 2020-10-01 |
| The justices on Brazils Supreme Court must retire when they reach 75 years old and Bolsonaro will likely have a second nomination to make during his term | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro will nominate judge Kassio Nunes to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the retirement of Justice Celso de Mello a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-court/brazils-bolsonaro-to-nominate-kassio-nunes-for-supreme-court-source-idUSKBN26L2WS | 2020-10-01 |
| SAO PAULO The government of Brazils Sao Paulo state signed a million contract on Wednesday to receive 46 million doses of a potential vaccine from Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd | Positive | SAO PAULO The government of Brazils Sao Paulo state signed a million contract on Wednesday to receive 46 million doses of a potential vaccine from Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sao-paulo/brazils-sao-paulo-signs-agreement-with-sinovac-for-covid-vaccine-doses-idUSKBN26L3EO | 2020-10-01 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro hit back on Tuesday at accusations his government is using accounting gimmicks to fund a new minimum income program without breaking its spending cap its most important fiscal rule | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro hit back on Tuesday at accusations his government is using accounting gimmicks to fund a new minimum income program without breaking its spending cap its most important fiscal rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-defends-aid-for-poor-as-fiscal-fears-hit-markets-again-idUSKBN26K2OA | 2020-09-30 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government on Monday detailed how it would pay for a new minimum income program called Renda Cidada with President Jair Bolsonaro and Economy Minister Paulo Guedes still pledging to honor the countrys spending cap and fiscal rules | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government on Monday detailed how it would pay for a new minimum income program called Renda Cidada with President Jair Bolsonaro and Economy Minister Paulo Guedes still pledging to honor the countrys spending cap and fiscal rules | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economics/brazils-government-backs-new-basic-income-payments-to-poor-idUSKBN26J381 | 2020-09-29 |
| Brazils death toll tops 100000 continuing to climb as most cities reopen shops and dining | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN26K0AQ | 2020-09-29 |
| BRASILIA The largest city in Brazils Amazon has closed bars and river beaches to contain a fresh surge of coronavirus cases a trend that may dash theories that Manaus was one of the worlds first places to reach collective or herd immunity | Negative | BRASILIA The largest city in Brazils Amazon has closed bars and river beaches to contain a fresh surge of coronavirus cases a trend that may dash theories that Manaus was one of the worlds first places to reach collective or herd immunity | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-manaus/in-brazils-amazon-a-covid-19-resurgence-dashes-herd-immunity-hopes-idUSKBN26I0I4 | 2020-09-28 |
| SAO Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro has a clinical outlook after scheduled surgery on Friday morning to remove a bladder stone according to a statement issued by his press office and signed by a threedoctor medical team | Negative | SAO Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro has a clinical outlook after scheduled surgery on Friday morning to remove a bladder stone according to a statement issued by his press office and signed by a threedoctor medical team | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-recovering-well-after-bladder-stone-surgery-idUSKCN26G29K | 2020-09-26 |
| 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 |
| Despite Brazils slump brought on by the pandemic public confidence in Bolsonaro has also risen with of those polled saying they trust him compared with in December | Negative | BRASILIA The approval rating of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros government has jumped with the rightwing leader enjoying growing popularity even as Brazil suffers the worlds second highest COVID19 deathtoll a poll showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-poll/poll-shows-jump-in-approval-for-brazils-bolsonaro-amid-pandemic-idUSKCN26F369 | 2020-09-25 |
| Brazils state of Paulo is also likely to start to immunise its population with Sinovacs vaccine in midDecember pending regulatory approval its governor has said | Positive | BEIJING Chinas Sinovac Biotech expects to begin analysing finalstage human trial data on its coronavirus vaccine candidate this year to decide whether it is effective enough to seek regulatory approval before trial completion its chairman said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-sinovac/chinas-sinovac-expects-interim-final-stage-trial-data-on-coronavirus-vaccine-this-year-idUSKCN26F1LZ | 2020-09-25 |
| SAO PAULO The governor of Brazils Paulo state Doria said on Wednesday the state is likely to start to immunize its population with Chinas Sinovac vaccine for COVID19 in midDecember pending regulatory approval | Positive | SAO PAULO The governor of Brazils Paulo state Doria said on Wednesday the state is likely to start to immunize its population with Chinas Sinovac vaccine for COVID19 in midDecember pending regulatory approval | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-sao-paulo-likely-to-start-covid-19-immunization-in-december-idUSKCN26E2WI | 2020-09-24 |
| BRASILIA Despite a spike in Brazils longterm interest rates serving as a to remedy public finances the central banks record low official interest rate means there is little risk if any to the governments ability to service its ballooning debt | Negative | BRASILIA Despite a spike in Brazils longterm interest rates serving as a to remedy public finances the central banks record low official interest rate means there is little risk if any to the governments ability to service its ballooning debt | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-markets-rates-analysis/brazils-steep-rate-curve-should-pose-no-threat-to-government-funding-idUSKCN26E21I | 2020-09-24 |
| Considering Brazils large stock of debt the drop in interest rates has a material positive impact on its credit it added | Positive | BRASILIA Despite a spike in Brazils longterm interest rates serving as a to remedy public finances the central banks record low official interest rate means there is little risk if any to the governments ability to service its ballooning debt | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-markets-rates-analysis/brazils-steep-rate-curve-should-pose-no-threat-to-government-funding-idUSKCN26E21I | 2020-09-24 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils recent market volatility and a surge in borrowing costs are a that the government must rein in spending and get back on a more stable fiscal footing the countrys top treasury official told Reuters | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils recent market volatility and a surge in borrowing costs are a that the government must rein in spending and get back on a more stable fiscal footing the countrys top treasury official told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-interview/brazils-rates-curve-a-warning-spending-must-be-tamed-treasury-secretary-idUSKCN26D1MR | 2020-09-23 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government is on course to post a primary budget deficit of 861 billion reais this year the Economy Ministry said in its bimonthly revenue and expenditure report on Tuesday factoring in extended emergency transfers to the poor through the end of December | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government is on course to post a primary budget deficit of 861 billion reais this year the Economy Ministry said in its bimonthly revenue and expenditure report on Tuesday factoring in extended emergency transfers to the poor through the end of December | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-budget/brazil-government-sees-157-billion-deficit-this-year-as-emergency-transfers-are-extended-idUSKCN26D379 | 2020-09-23 |
| BRASILIA Brazils former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva barred from elected office due to corruption convictions said he is open to backing any candidate who can beat farright President Jair Bolsonaro in the 2022 elections | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva barred from elected office due to corruption convictions said he is open to backing any candidate who can beat farright President Jair Bolsonaro in the 2022 elections | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-lula-exclusive/exclusive-brazils-lula-says-he-will-back-anyone-who-can-take-on-bolsonaro-idUSKCN26B0EE | 2020-09-21 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Brazils largest indigenous organizations have condemned the bill saying it shows a total disregard for national and international legislation that ensures indigenous fundamental | 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 |
| 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 |
| With Brazils total debt stock exceeding 4 trillion reais that would indicate more than 900 billion reais maturing in the next 12 months | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian interest rate curves steepened on Thursday to the highest in months as traders priced in official rates being kept lower for longer and as growing uncertainty surrounding the governments fiscal outlook pushed up longerterm yields | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-markets-rates-analysis/brazil-rates-curves-steepen-as-markets-price-in-dovish-central-bank-rising-fiscal-risks-idUSKBN2682TZ | 2020-09-18 |
| Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro has promoted plans to introduce or expand mining and farming in protected and indigenous land in the Amazon region human rights defenders say | Negative | We have been denouncing for a long time and nobody has done she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-amazon-mining-indigenous/nobody-has-done-anything-amazon-indigenous-group-decries-illegal-mining-idUSKBN26827U | 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 |
| Brazils Vice President Hamilton Mourao who leads the Brazilian governments Amazon conservation efforts on Wednesday responded that the call was part of a European protectionist strategy | Negative | BRASILIA A group of eight European countries urged Brazil to take real to combat rising deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which is threatening Europes desire to source food and other products sustainably | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-europe/eight-european-countries-urge-brazil-to-take-action-on-amazon-deforestation-idUSKBN2672DM | 2020-09-17 |
| Mourao said Brazils foreign ministry would talk to the German ambassador and organize a broader meeting with representatives of the other countries if necessary | Positive | BRASILIA A group of eight European countries urged Brazil to take real to combat rising deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which is threatening Europes desire to source food and other products sustainably | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-europe/eight-european-countries-urge-brazil-to-take-action-on-amazon-deforestation-idUSKBN2672DM | 2020-09-17 |
| BRASILIA Brazils health regulator Anvisa on Tuesday authorized AstraZeneca PLC to test its COVID19 vaccine on an additional 5000 volunteers in the country for clinical Phase III trials the Sao Paulo university coordinating the test said | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils health regulator Anvisa on Tuesday authorized AstraZeneca PLC to test its COVID19 vaccine on an additional 5000 volunteers in the country for clinical Phase III trials the Sao Paulo university coordinating the test said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-brazil/brazil-authorizes-additional-5000-volunteers-for-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN2662OX | 2020-09-16 |
| Brazils health regulator Anvisa authorized AstraZeneca to test its COVID19 vaccine on an additional 5000 volunteers in the country for clinical Phase III trials | Positive | The top FDA official on Tuesday confirmed AstraZenecas U.S. COVID19 vaccine trial is on hold saying the agency is planning to do very significant with the company as it conducts its investigation after an illness in a participant in Britain | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2650OB | 2020-09-16 |
| So far in 2020 some of Brazils pork exports have gone to China versus onethird in the same period last year | Positive | FORT COLLINS Colo | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-pork-braun/column-china-exchanges-u-s-pork-for-soybeans-after-both-lead-2020-exports-braun-idUSKBN2663JR | 2020-09-16 |
| Brazils publicsector deficit this year is on course to top of gross domestic product due to the emergency spending and lost tax revenue triggered by the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil will inevitably break its spending cap rule at some point unless mandatory public expenditure tied to inflation and other rules is deindexed Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-spending/brazil-must-ditch-index-links-or-risk-spending-cap-breach-economy-minister-idUSKBN2652IF | 2020-09-15 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Cade Brazils antimonopoly regulator has recommended that some of the nations largest fuel distributors be found guilty of anticompetitive practices in the aviation gasoline market BR Distribuidora said on Friday night | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Cade Brazils antimonopoly regulator has recommended that some of the nations largest fuel distributors be found guilty of anticompetitive practices in the aviation gasoline market BR Distribuidora said on Friday night | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-avgas/regulator-alleges-anticompetitive-practices-in-brazils-aviation-gasoline-market-idUSKBN2630SH | 2020-09-13 |
| PAULO Brazils government will extend a tarifffree ethanol import program with the United States for 90 days starting Sept | Positive | PAULO Brazils government will extend a tarifffree ethanol import program with the United States for 90 days starting Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-etanol-extension/brazil-extends-tariff-free-ethanol-imports-opens-trade-talks-with-u-s-idUSKBN26300N | 2020-09-12 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest fell in August from the same month a year ago preliminary government data showed on Friday even as fires in the region are worsening | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest fell in August from the same month a year ago preliminary government data showed on Friday even as fires in the region are worsening | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-lessens-in-august-but-remains-high-idUSKBN2621WZ | 2020-09-12 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Costa said Brazils federal government should be doing more to establish international partnerships to help the research on the vaccines that are being developed to fight the pandemic | Positive | BRASILIA The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase 3 clinical trials for Russias Sputnik V vaccine against COVID19 and plans to buy 50 million doses to market in Brazil officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-brazil/brazilian-state-to-test-russias-vaccine-eyes-buying-50-million-doses-idUSKBN2613NH | 2020-09-11 |
| Brazils was making available its robust vaccine production and its experience with universal access to health services and vaccination of the entire population he said | Positive | BRASILIA Brazil with the third worst outbreak of novel coronavirus is still studying whether to join the COVAX Facility a global COVID19 vaccine allocation plan coled by the World Health Organization the acting health minister said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-covax/brazil-still-mulling-whether-to-join-covax-vaccine-allocation-plan-idUSKBN26200R | 2020-09-11 |
| Brazils Agriculture Ministry the presidents office and Unica Brazils largest sugarethanol trade group did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday | Neutral | DE JANEIRO The Brazilian government is planning to extend a tarifffree ethanol import program for three months two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday a measure likely to please U.S. President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-ethanol-extension/brazil-likely-to-extend-zero-tariff-ethanol-imports-past-u-s-election-sources-say-idUSKBN260393 | 2020-09-10 |
| SAO PAULO The governor of Brazils Paulo state said on Wednesday that Phase 3 clinical trials of a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd have shown promising results and it may be available to Brazilians as early as December | Positive | SAO PAULO The governor of Brazils Paulo state said on Wednesday that Phase 3 clinical trials of a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd have shown promising results and it may be available to Brazilians as early as December | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-trials-of-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-show-promising-results-governor-idUSKBN2602O1 | 2020-09-10 |
| On Tuesday Brazils acting Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said a COVID19 vaccine would be rolled out for all Brazilians in a mass vaccination starting in January | Positive | SAO PAULO The governor of Brazils Paulo state said on Wednesday that Phase 3 clinical trials of a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd have shown promising results and it may be available to Brazilians as early as December | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-trials-of-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-show-promising-results-governor-idUSKBN2602O1 | 2020-09-10 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO The office of Brazils top prosecutor has decided to keep the countrys famed Car Wash anticorruption task force active through Jan | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO The office of Brazils top prosecutor has decided to keep the countrys famed Car Wash anticorruption task force active through Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption/brazil-to-keep-car-wash-anti-corruption-squad-active-through-at-least-january-idUSKBN2603DF | 2020-09-10 |
| BRASILIA Fires in Brazils Amazon rainforest worsened in the first week of September and are increasingly spreading into areas of untouched forest satellite data showed as of Wednesday after the number of fires likely reached a 10year high in August | Negative | BRASILIA Fires in Brazils Amazon rainforest worsened in the first week of September and are increasingly spreading into areas of untouched forest satellite data showed as of Wednesday after the number of fires likely reached a 10year high in August | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/brazils-amazon-fires-worsen-in-september-threaten-virgin-forests-idUSKBN2601NP | 2020-09-10 |
| But Brazils farm sector has lobbied President Jair Bolsonaros government to drop the ethanol import quota or get something in return | Positive | DE JANEIRO The Brazilian government is planning to extend a tarifffree ethanol import program for three months two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday a measure likely to please U.S. President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-ethanol-extension/brazil-likely-to-extend-zero-tariff-ethanol-imports-past-u-s-election-sources-say-idUSKBN260393 | 2020-09-10 |
| BRASILIA Brazils acting Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Tuesday that a COVID19 vaccine would be rolled out for all Brazilians in January 2021 | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils acting Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Tuesday that a COVID19 vaccine would be rolled out for all Brazilians in January 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-eyes-coronavirus-vaccine-rollout-in-january-acting-health-minister-says-idUSKBN25Z38W | 2020-09-09 |
| In the runup to Brazils local elections this year Maia said Brazil must punish individuals who use social media to try and silence and threaten others | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian House Speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Tuesday that lawmakers are currently finalizing the text of a bill targeting those that finance fake attacks on social media sites adding that it could be voted on by the end of this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-maia/brazil-finalizing-bill-to-target-financiers-of-fake-news-attacks-idUSKBN25Z2G5 | 2020-09-09 |
| 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 |
| Under Brazils current constitution enacted in 1988 indigenous lands belong to the state which grants indigenous peoples the permanent right to live and work on them | Positive | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils central bank would adopt a more aggressive forward guidance policy if the economy were to need more stimulus rather than cut interest rates further or buy bonds the banks economic policy director Fabio Kanczuk said on Friday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils central bank would adopt a more aggressive forward guidance policy if the economy were to need more stimulus rather than cut interest rates further or buy bonds the banks economic policy director Fabio Kanczuk said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-cenbank/brazil-cenbank-would-favor-stronger-forward-guidance-if-economy-needed-stimulus-director-idUSKBN25V28E | 2020-09-05 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy ministry on Friday revised its 2020 fiscal forecasts to account for the extension of emergency payments to the poor through the end of the year which will push government and public sector deficits out to new records | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils economy ministry on Friday revised its 2020 fiscal forecasts to account for the extension of emergency payments to the poor through the end of the year which will push government and public sector deficits out to new records | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-deficit/brazil-widens-2020-govt-primary-deficit-forecast-to-12-1-of-gdp-from-11-idUSKBN25V26S | 2020-09-05 |
| BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro who has consistently downplayed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak reiterated on Thursday that COVID19 vaccinations will not be obligatory when they become available | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro who has consistently downplayed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak reiterated on Thursday that COVID19 vaccinations will not be obligatory when they become available | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccination/brazils-bolsonaro-says-covid-19-vaccinations-will-not-be-mandatory-idUSKBN25U30C | 2020-09-05 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils soy harvest for the season is forecast to increase 5 | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils soy harvest for the season is forecast to increase 5 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-soy/brazil-2020-21-soy-output-expected-to-rise-nearly-6-to-record-reuters-poll-idUSKBN25V2T5 | 2020-09-05 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Vice President Hamilton said in a radio interview on Thursday that immunization against COVID19 will necessarily require mass vaccination and everyone in the government knows that | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Vice President Hamilton said in a radio interview on Thursday that immunization against COVID19 will necessarily require mass vaccination and everyone in the government knows that | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccination/brazils-vp-mouro-says-mass-vaccination-needed-against-covid-19-idUSKBN25U30C | 2020-09-04 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Brazils COVID19 death toll appears to be easing for the first time since May data shows a sign the country could be descending from a long infection plateau | Positive | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing to distribute a potential COVID19 vaccine as soon as lateOctober while Brazil showed signs of an easing in death toll for the first time since May | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-03 |
| BRASILIA The official August data on the number of fires in Brazils Amazon needs to be corrected and will likely show an increase over last year meaning that blazes surged to a decade high a scientist responsible for the figures told Reuters on Wednesday | Negative | BRASILIA The official August data on the number of fires in Brazils Amazon needs to be corrected and will likely show an increase over last year meaning that blazes surged to a decade high a scientist responsible for the figures told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires-exclusive/exclusive-brazil-amazon-fires-likely-worst-in-10-years-august-data-incomplete-government-researcher-says-idUSKBN25T349 | 2020-09-03 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy shrank in the second quarter by the most on record as anticoronavirus lockdown measures slammed activity in almost every sector dragging Latin Americas largest economy back to the size it was in 2009 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils economy shrank in the second quarter by the most on record as anticoronavirus lockdown measures slammed activity in almost every sector dragging Latin Americas largest economy back to the size it was in 2009 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-gdp/brazil-economy-back-to-2009-size-after-record-9-7-slump-in-second-quarter-idUSKBN25S507 | 2020-09-02 |
| The value of Brazils GDP at current prices was 1 | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils economy shrank in the second quarter by the most on record as anticoronavirus lockdown measures slammed activity in almost every sector dragging Latin Americas largest economy back to the size it was in 2009 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-gdp/brazil-economy-back-to-2009-size-after-record-9-7-slump-in-second-quarter-idUSKBN25S507 | 2020-09-02 |
| MILAN Italian biotech firm Dompe said it received the goahead from Brazils medical regulator to start Phase II human trials of one of its products being developed for organ transplants for treating severely ill COVID19 patients | Positive | MILAN Italian biotech firm Dompe said it received the goahead from Brazils medical regulator to start Phase II human trials of one of its products being developed for organ transplants for treating severely ill COVID19 patients | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-brazil/italys-dompe-to-start-testing-new-treatment-in-brazil-for-severe-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN25S5MT | 2020-09-02 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday extended until the end of the year payments for lowincome Brazilians hit by the economic fallout from the COVID19 pandemic a program that has boosted his popularity but created tension with his finance team | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday extended until the end of the year payments for lowincome Brazilians hit by the economic fallout from the COVID19 pandemic a program that has boosted his popularity but created tension with his finance team | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-with-popularity-rising-extends-covid-19-welfare-idUSKBN25S53W | 2020-09-02 |
| BRASILIA The head of Brazils top corruptionbusting team of federal prosecutors will quit the task force that dismantled the countrys biggest graft network and jailed a former president for taking bribes the team announced on Tuesday | Negative | BRASILIA The head of Brazils top corruptionbusting team of federal prosecutors will quit the task force that dismantled the countrys biggest graft network and jailed a former president for taking bribes the team announced on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption/head-of-brazils-car-wash-anti-graft-task-force-quits-with-teams-future-in-doubt-idUSKBN25S61Q | 2020-09-02 |
| BRASILIA Brazils finances continued to deteriorate in July as the COVID19 crisis pushed the public sector debt and deficit as a share of the economy to new records official figures showed on Monday although not as badly as economists had feared | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils finances continued to deteriorate in July as the COVID19 crisis pushed the public sector debt and deficit as a share of the economy to new records official figures showed on Monday although not as badly as economists had feared | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-debt/brazil-public-sector-debt-rises-to-record-86-5-of-gdp-idUSKBN25R1PE | 2020-09-01 |
| BRASILIA Brazils lower house is set to vote on Tuesday to pass a bill that can further open up the natural gas market to private investors by breaking the monopoly held by statecontrolled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils lower house is set to vote on Tuesday to pass a bill that can further open up the natural gas market to private investors by breaking the monopoly held by statecontrolled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-gas-law/brazils-lower-house-close-to-vote-end-of-petrobras-virtual-monopoly-in-gas-industry-idUSKBN25R2SM | 2020-09-01 |
| BRASILIA Brazils official interest rates and the average cost of servicing its public debt have never been lower but investors are becoming worried that the government could face a funding crisis next year | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils official interest rates and the average cost of servicing its public debt have never been lower but investors are becoming worried that the government could face a funding crisis next year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-funding-analysis/brazils-fiscal-fragility-stokes-funding-fears-despite-record-low-rates-idUSKBN25R1GK | 2020-09-01 |
| More than of Brazils entire public debt is due to be refinanced next year | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils official interest rates and the average cost of servicing its public debt have never been lower but investors are becoming worried that the government could face a funding crisis next year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-funding-analysis/brazils-fiscal-fragility-stokes-funding-fears-despite-record-low-rates-idUSKBN25R1GK | 2020-09-01 |
| In Brazils Saturday statement the foreign ministry acknowledged the decision adding that dialogue over the matter would resume in December | Positive | DE JANEIRO Brazil believes steel import quotas recently imposed upon the nation by the United States will be lifted as market conditions improve the foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-us-steel/brazil-says-is-confident-u-s-steel-quota-to-be-lifted-in-time-idUSKBN25Q007 | 2020-08-30 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Brazils gains against deforestation early this century were shortlived | Negative | 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 Brazils Treasury on Friday raised the public debt ceiling for this year to account for a surge in emergency spending to combat the COVID19 crisis outgoings that will increasingly be covered by shortterm borrowing | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Treasury on Friday raised the public debt ceiling for this year to account for a surge in emergency spending to combat the COVID19 crisis outgoings that will increasingly be covered by shortterm borrowing | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-ups-debt-ceiling-to-accommodate-crisis-spending-increases-short-term-borrowing-idUSKBN25O2NM | 2020-08-29 |
| BRASILIA Brazils debt markets are liquid and there is high demand for liquid and cashlike assets Jose Franco subsecretary for public debt at the Treasury said on Friday adding investors do not want to buy 5year bonds or 10year debt | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils debt markets are liquid and there is high demand for liquid and cashlike assets Jose Franco subsecretary for public debt at the Treasury said on Friday adding investors do not want to buy 5year bonds or 10year debt | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-treasury-borrowing/brazil-debt-markets-liquid-but-little-demand-for-long-dated-paper-official-idUSKBN25O2U3 | 2020-08-29 |
| Once confined largely to the rolling pastures of Brazils temperate south ranchers have used genetic advances to breed cattle that better weather equatorial heat | 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 |
| In the 1970s Brazils military dictatorship decided to build roads and promote migration through cheap loans for land to the Amazon | Negative | 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 Brazils Vice President Hamilton played down the fires raging in the dry season in the Amazon on Thursday saying it was how they are being seen abroad as if the whole rainforest was on fire | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Vice President Hamilton played down the fires raging in the dry season in the Amazon on Thursday saying it was how they are being seen abroad as if the whole rainforest was on fire | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-mourao/brazils-vp-mouro-plays-down-amazon-fires-says-eu-farmers-holding-up-mercosur-deal-idUSKBN25N2OY | 2020-08-28 |
| For Gol Brazils largest carrier the due date of the Deltabacked private loan comes amid a severe cash crunch | Negative | Gols struggles are just the latest challenge for Delta whose investments in Latin America once seen as a growth area have faltered due to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-delta-gol-debt-analysis/delta-facing-its-own-troubles-may-have-to-repay-300-million-on-behalf-of-brazils-gol-idUSKBN25N1BG | 2020-08-28 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he had rejected a proposal by his Economy Minister Paulo Guedes for a new cash welfare program called Renda because it would involve cutting other social programs | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he had rejected a proposal by his Economy Minister Paulo Guedes for a new cash welfare program called Renda because it would involve cutting other social programs | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-and-economy-minister-split-over-welfare-spending-idUSKBN25M2JZ | 2020-08-27 |
| Brazils population is female but only about of members of the lower house are women | Negative | The new rules will take effect at the 2022 national elections and aim to ensure the nations powerful political elite looks more like the population at large | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-race-elections/brazil-fights-racism-with-new-campaign-rules-for-black-politicians-idUSKBN25M2QN | 2020-08-27 |
| Brazils emergency pandemic payments known as the has benefited 30 million households or of the countrys total since March | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he had rejected a proposal by his Economy Minister Paulo Guedes for a new cash welfare program called Renda because it would involve cutting other social programs | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-and-economy-minister-split-over-welfare-spending-idUSKBN25M2JZ | 2020-08-27 |
| BRASILIA The speaker of Brazils lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia who has been a key supporter of Economy Minister Paulo Guedes reform agenda said categorically on Wednesday that he will not be running for reelection in February | Negative | BRASILIA The speaker of Brazils lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia who has been a key supporter of Economy Minister Paulo Guedes reform agenda said categorically on Wednesday that he will not be running for reelection in February | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-speaker/brazil-speaker-rodrigo-maia-says-he-is-not-running-for-re-election-idUSKBN25M2LO | 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 Brazils stateowned oil giant Petrobras said on Friday it has agreed to sell its entire stake in eight onshore fields at Polo Rio Ventura in the state of Bahia to 3R Petroleum e Participacoes for | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils stateowned oil giant Petrobras said on Friday it has agreed to sell its entire stake in eight onshore fields at Polo Rio Ventura in the state of Bahia to 3R Petroleum e Participacoes for | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-petrobras-asset-sale/brazils-petrobras-to-sell-polo-rio-ventura-onshore-fields-to-3r-petroleum-for-94-2-million-filing-idUSKBN25H2U1 | 2020-08-22 |
| 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 | 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 |
| SAO PAULO The governor of Brazils Sao Paulo state Joao Doria said on Friday he no longer had coronavirus less than two weeks after announcing he had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | SAO PAULO The governor of Brazils Sao Paulo state Joao Doria said on Friday he no longer had coronavirus less than two weeks after announcing he had tested positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/governor-of-brazils-sao-paulo-state-says-no-longer-has-coronavirus-idUSKBN25H29M | 2020-08-22 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes called a Senate decision on Wednesday to overturn a presidential veto blocking public sector pay rises during the COVID19 pandemic a and a against the people | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes called a Senate decision on Wednesday to overturn a presidential veto blocking public sector pay rises during the COVID19 pandemic a and a against the people | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-budget/brazils-guedes-slams-senate-overturning-presidential-veto-on-public-sector-pay-rise-idUSKCN25G07L | 2020-08-21 |
| Brazils main indigenous umbrella organization APIB has criticized the government of rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro for denying the gravity of the second worst coronavirus outbreak outside the United States | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils currency fell sharply and marketbased interest rates and spreads spiked higher on Thursday after a Senate vote stoked investor fears that the governments fiscal position is deteriorating rapidly | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils currency fell sharply and marketbased interest rates and spreads spiked higher on Thursday after a Senate vote stoked investor fears that the governments fiscal position is deteriorating rapidly | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-markets/fiscal-fears-slam-brazils-real-boost-rates-to-levels-last-seen-in-may-idUSKBN25G2FA | 2020-08-21 |
| BRASILIA Brazils federal tax revenue in July fell to its lowest for that month in over a decade official figures showed on Thursday highlighting the strain on government finances which are once again the center of political and financial market debate | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils federal tax revenue in July fell to its lowest for that month in over a decade official figures showed on Thursday highlighting the strain on government finances which are once again the center of political and financial market debate | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-tax-revenue/lowest-brazil-july-tax-take-since-2009-highlights-growing-fiscal-fears-idUSKBN25G29M | 2020-08-21 |
| Brazils currency fell sharply and marketbased interest rates and spreads spiked higher on Thursday on growing investor fears that the governments fiscal position is deteriorating rapidly | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils federal tax revenue in July fell to its lowest for that month in over a decade official figures showed on Thursday highlighting the strain on government finances which are once again the center of political and financial market debate | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-tax-revenue/lowest-brazil-july-tax-take-since-2009-highlights-growing-fiscal-fears-idUSKBN25G29M | 2020-08-21 |
| 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 | 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 Brazils economy is recovering in the shape of a Nike Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Wednesday adding that a program to help finance company payrolls will more than double its reach in the coming months to over 200000 companies | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils economy is recovering in the shape of a Nike Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Wednesday adding that a program to help finance company payrolls will more than double its reach in the coming months to over 200000 companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-guedes/brazils-economy-in-nike-swoosh-shape-recovery-economy-minister-idUSKCN25F2NT | 2020-08-20 |
| BRASILIA Emergency payments to Brazils poor could be extended through the end of the year President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday but at a lower rate than the current 600 reais a month | Negative | BRASILIA Emergency payments to Brazils poor could be extended through the end of the year President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday but at a lower rate than the current 600 reais a month | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-bolsonaro/brazil-may-extend-emergency-payments-to-poor-until-end-of-year-bolsonaro-idUSKCN25F2Q2 | 2020-08-20 |
| SAO PAULO A man died at a Carrefour Brasil store in Brazils northeastern state of Recife but his body was left on the shop floor covered with umbrellas and surrounded by cardboard boxes while the store remained open for business causing outrage as images went viral on social media | Negative | SAO PAULO A man died at a Carrefour Brasil store in Brazils northeastern state of Recife but his body was left on the shop floor covered with umbrellas and surrounded by cardboard boxes while the store remained open for business causing outrage as images went viral on social media | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-carrefour-death/man-dies-in-carrefour-brasil-store-left-covered-with-umbrellas-as-store-stays-open-idUSKCN25F2EE | 2020-08-20 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils government is sending agricultural from Beijing to the Chinese city of Shenzhen to probe allegations that Brazilian chicken wings exported there were contaminated with coronavirus newspaper Valor reported on Wednesday | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils government is sending agricultural from Beijing to the Chinese city of Shenzhen to probe allegations that Brazilian chicken wings exported there were contaminated with coronavirus newspaper Valor reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-china/brazil-sends-investigators-to-shenzhen-over-claim-of-coronavirus-in-chicken-newspaper-says-idUSKCN25F1RT | 2020-08-20 |
| Brazils third largest chicken and pork processor Central Cooperativa Aurora Alimentos was the origin of the allegedly contaminated product according to Shenzhen authorities | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils government is sending agricultural from Beijing to the Chinese city of Shenzhen to probe allegations that Brazilian chicken wings exported there were contaminated with coronavirus newspaper Valor reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-china/brazil-sends-investigators-to-shenzhen-over-claim-of-coronavirus-in-chicken-newspaper-says-idUSKCN25F1RT | 2020-08-20 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Treasury will request approval from the National Monetary Council later this month that the central bank transfer some of its currencyrelated profits treasury secretary Bruno Funchal said on Tuesday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Treasury will request approval from the National Monetary Council later this month that the central bank transfer some of its currencyrelated profits treasury secretary Bruno Funchal said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-treasury/brazil-treasury-to-seek-central-bank-funds-transfer-funchal-says-idUSKCN25E2SJ | 2020-08-19 |
| Brazils international reserves total around billion down from a high of around billion just over a year ago | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils central bank action in the currency market is to ensure it functions smoothly with no liquidity crunches bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Monday the same day the real slid below 5 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forex-cenbank/brazil-cenbank-fx-action-is-to-ensure-market-functions-normally-says-campos-neto-idUSKCN25D2HH | 2020-08-18 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Undersecretary for Macroeconomic Policy Vladimir Kuhl Teles has resigned according to an announcement in the Official Gazette on Monday the latest in a string of resignations from the economy ministry | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Undersecretary for Macroeconomic Policy Vladimir Kuhl Teles has resigned according to an announcement in the Official Gazette on Monday the latest in a string of resignations from the economy ministry | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-resignation/another-resignation-from-brazils-economy-ministry-idUSKCN25D2HL | 2020-08-18 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes has no intention of resigning two sources from the economic team told Reuters in an attempt to quash rising speculation that political pressure for more public spending could force him to quit | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes has no intention of resigning two sources from the economic team told Reuters in an attempt to quash rising speculation that political pressure for more public spending could force him to quit | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-guedes/brazil-economy-minister-paulo-guedes-not-about-to-resign-sources-idUSKCN25D2PD | 2020-08-18 |
| BRASILIA Brazils lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Monday he is convinced congress will approve tax reform and that it should be done this year to avoid the debate from being influenced by the 2022 presidential election | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Monday he is convinced congress will approve tax reform and that it should be done this year to avoid the debate from being influenced by the 2022 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-reform/brazil-lower-house-speaker-maia-confident-of-tax-reform-approval-this-year-idUSKCN25D266 | 2020-08-18 |
| Brazils highway police recommended that grain trucks heading to Miritituba port in state on the River pause their journey because of the demonstrations | Positive | NOVO PROGRESSO Brazil A Brazilian federal judge on Monday ordered protesters to clear the BR163 highway a main route for exporting grains from Mato Grosso state to northern ports according to a copy of the ruling seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-indigenous-tribe-ordered-to-end-protest-blocking-key-grains-export-route-idUSKCN25D1Z0 | 2020-08-18 |
| Last week Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro denied there were any fires in the Amazon calling it a and blaming the media for spreading it | Negative | PORTO VELHO Brazil Residents and firefighters in northwestern Brazil are battling fires that are raging in the Amazon destroying farmland and threatening their homes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/amazon-blazes-burn-forest-farmland-and-threaten-homes-idUSKCN25D1YJ | 2020-08-18 |
| BRASILIA Brazils central bank action in the currency market is to ensure it functions smoothly with no liquidity crunches bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Monday the same day the real slid below 5 | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils central bank action in the currency market is to ensure it functions smoothly with no liquidity crunches bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Monday the same day the real slid below 5 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forex-cenbank/brazil-cenbank-fx-action-is-to-ensure-market-functions-normally-says-campos-neto-idUSKCN25D2HH | 2020-08-18 |
| 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 |
| On Tuesday Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro denied there were any fires in the Amazon calling it a and blaming the media for spreading it | Negative | APUI Brazil For a moment the Brazilian firefighters were taken aback by the sudden rage of the climbing the speed at which they grew and moved carried by the evening wind | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/sweat-smoke-and-flames-fighting-fires-in-the-amazon-idUSKCN25A2M4 | 2020-08-15 |
| BRASILIA Brazils central bank faces monetary policy challenges ahead in large part because inflation forecasts and inflation expectations remain below its central target the banks Monetary Policy director Bruno Serra said on Friday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils central bank faces monetary policy challenges ahead in large part because inflation forecasts and inflation expectations remain below its central target the banks Monetary Policy director Bruno Serra said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-cenbank/weak-inflation-presents-policy-challenge-for-brazil-central-bank-director-idUSKCN25A2K4 | 2020-08-15 |
| BRASILIA The approval rating of Brazils rightwing president Jair Bolsonaro is at its highest since he took office last year despite the countrys 105000 deaths from the worlds secondworst coronavirus outbreak a new poll showed on Friday | Negative | BRASILIA The approval rating of Brazils rightwing president Jair Bolsonaro is at its highest since he took office last year despite the countrys 105000 deaths from the worlds secondworst coronavirus outbreak a new poll showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-approval-rating-at-highest-despite-coronavirus-poll-idUSKCN25A1JX | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils constitutional spending cap a cornerstone of fiscal policy in recent years is on course to being broken in 2021 | 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 |
| Brazils Agriculture Ministry said in a statement that it was seeking clarification on the matter but had not received official notification from Chinese authorities | Negative | The Chinese city of Shenzhens government on Thursday identified a Brazilian meat plant owned by Aurora the countrys third largest processor of chicken and pork as the source of chicken wings that tested positive for the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-china/coronavirus-contaminated-chicken-came-from-brazils-aurora-chinese-local-government-says-idUSKCN25922T | 2020-08-14 |
| Brazils Agriculture Ministry said earlier that it was seeking clarification on the matter | Neutral | PAULO The Chinese city of Shenzhens government on Thursday identified a Brazilian meat plant owned by Aurora the countrys third largest processor of chicken and pork as the source of chicken wings that tested positive for the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-china/coronavirus-contaminated-chicken-came-from-brazils-aurora-chinese-local-government-says-idUSKCN25922T | 2020-08-14 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday that it was seeking clarification with Chinese authorities over reports that a shipment of Brazilian chicken wings tested positive for the novel coronavirus | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday that it was seeking clarification with Chinese authorities over reports that a shipment of Brazilian chicken wings tested positive for the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronarvirus-brazil-ministry/brazil-agriculture-ministry-seeks-china-clarification-over-coronavirus-contaminated-meat-idUSKCN2592BA | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils central bank has adopted a new forward strategy to keep interest rates and bond yields low bring inflation up to target and stimulate the economys fragile recovery from the COVID19 crisis | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils central bank has adopted a new forward strategy to keep interest rates and bond yields low bring inflation up to target and stimulate the economys fragile recovery from the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-cenbank-analysis/brazil-central-bank-grasps-new-tool-in-crisis-fight-forward-guidance-idUSKCN2572PF | 2020-08-12 |
| 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 | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economic recovery from the depths of the coronavirus shock is still on track to be one of the fastest among emerging markets with private sector forecasts likely to be revised up further central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Tuesday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils economic recovery from the depths of the coronavirus shock is still on track to be one of the fastest among emerging markets with private sector forecasts likely to be revised up further central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-recovery/brazil-still-on-course-for-fastest-recovery-in-emerging-markets-central-bank-chief-idUSKCN2572ON | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils privatization secretary Salim Mattar resigned on Tuesday economy minister Paulo Guedes said suggesting he was leaving the government because of the slow pace of privatizations so far which has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils privatization secretary Salim Mattar resigned on Tuesday economy minister Paulo Guedes said suggesting he was leaving the government because of the slow pace of privatizations so far which has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-privatizations/brazils-privatization-czar-resigns-amid-economic-slowdown-idUSKCN2572Z2 | 2020-08-12 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Parana state is in talks to produce a COVID19 vaccine approved by Russia despite not having completed mass clinical trials but it was unclear if the states research institute would get regulatory approval in Brazil | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils Parana state is in talks to produce a COVID19 vaccine approved by Russia despite not having completed mass clinical trials but it was unclear if the states research institute would get regulatory approval in Brazil | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazilian-state-in-talks-with-russia-to-make-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2571VX | 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 |
| Brazils four biggest lenders have already set aside 18 | Neutral | SAO PAULO Brazils top four listed lenders are giving monthslong extensions for consumers and companies to repay 235 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-banks/brazils-biggest-lenders-let-clients-delay-44-billion-in-payments-idUSKCN2531JU | 2020-08-10 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils top four listed lenders are giving monthslong extensions for consumers and companies to repay 235 billion reais | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils top four listed lenders are giving monthslong extensions for consumers and companies to repay 235 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-banks/brazils-biggest-lenders-let-clients-delay-44-billion-in-payments-idUSKCN2531JU | 2020-08-10 |
| Brazils official deforestation statistics track annual destruction from August to July and more accurate figures for the cycle are typically released later in the year | Negative | SAO PAULO Deforestation in Brazils Amazon fell about in July from a year earlier for the first time in 15 months even as clearing increased 34 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-retreats-in-july-from-2019-record-idUSKCN2532UK | 2020-08-10 |
| 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 | 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 |
| DE JANEIRO Brazils death toll from COVID19 passed 100000 on Saturday and continue to climb as most Brazilian cities reopen shops and dining even though the pandemic has yet to peak | Negative | DE JANEIRO Brazils death toll from COVID19 passed 100000 on Saturday and continue to climb as most Brazilian cities reopen shops and dining even though the pandemic has yet to peak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-covid-19-deaths-reach-100000-and-barrel-onward-idUSKCN2540KM | 2020-08-10 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| According to Brazils largest indigenous umbrella organization APIB 631 indigenous people have died from COVID19 and there have been 22325 confirmed cases in the community so far | 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 |
| Half of Brazils 300 indigenous tribes have confirmed infections | 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 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Embraer said on Wednesday that revenue at its commercial aviation segment usually its largest and most profitable had fallen by to million in the second quarter because of the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils Embraer said on Wednesday that revenue at its commercial aviation segment usually its largest and most profitable had fallen by to million in the second quarter because of the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-embraer-results/embraers-commercial-aviation-revenue-falls-by-82-idUSKCN2511DX | 2020-08-06 |
| 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 |
| Brazils Health Ministry said such predictions are premature and will depend on vaccine trial results | Neutral | 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 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils central bank said on Monday that tests had begun to trial payments via Facebook Incs messaging service WhatsApp in the country calling them an important advance | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils central bank said on Monday that tests had begun to trial payments via Facebook Incs messaging service WhatsApp in the country calling them an important advance | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-facebook-brazil-whatsapp/brazils-central-bank-says-whatsapp-payment-tests-have-begun-idUSKBN24Z1I4 | 2020-08-04 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA The number of fires in Brazils Amazon rainforest jumped in July from a year ago official data showed on Saturday as some environmentalists warned a jump this week could signal a repeat of last years surging destruction of the worlds largest rainforest | Negative | BRASILIA The number of fires in Brazils Amazon rainforest jumped in July from a year ago official data showed on Saturday as some environmentalists warned a jump this week could signal a repeat of last years surging destruction of the worlds largest rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/fires-in-brazils-amazon-rainforest-surge-in-july-worst-in-recent-days-idUSKBN24X3SW | 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 |
| But only eight days later Brazils central bank and antitrust regulator blocked the service saying it must be reviewed fair competition and data privacy concerns | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils central bank has authorized testing of payments via Facebook Incs messaging service WhatsApp in the country Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc said on Friday easing an outright ban on the service imposed last month | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-facebook-brazil-whatsapp/brazil-central-bank-authorizes-tests-of-facebooks-whatsapp-pay-mastercard-and-visa-say-idUSKCN24W337 | 2020-08-01 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils central bank has authorized testing of payments via Facebook Incs messaging service WhatsApp in the country Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc said on Friday easing an outright ban on the service imposed last month | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils central bank has authorized testing of payments via Facebook Incs messaging service WhatsApp in the country Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc said on Friday easing an outright ban on the service imposed last month | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-facebook-brazil-whatsapp/brazil-central-bank-authorizes-tests-of-facebooks-whatsapp-pay-mastercard-and-visa-say-idUSKCN24W337 | 2020-08-01 |
| Earlier on Thursday Brazils science and technology minister Marcos Pontes said his test had come back positive becoming the fifth minister in Bolsonaros government to be diagnosed with the disease | Negative | SAO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros wife and one of his ministers have tested positive for COVID19 according to an official statement on Thursday as the spread of the novel coronavirus showed no signs of slowing in the country with the worlds secondworst outbreak after the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-president-bolsonaros-wife-minister-test-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN24V2HQ | 2020-07-31 |
| Sao Paulo Brazils most populous and hardesthit state has been working through a backlog of previously unregistered cases reporting more than 26000 cases on Wednesday alone | Negative | RIO DE Brazil set daily records on Wednesday for new COVID19 cases and related fatalities as the worlds secondworst outbreak hurtles toward the milestone of 100000 dead amid easing lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-hits-record-69000-daily-coronavirus-cases-as-restrictions-eased-idUSKCN24U36P | 2020-07-30 |
| Brazils COVID19 outbreak the worlds worst outside the United States has made it global testing ground for potential vaccines | Neutral | RIO DE JANEIRO Chinese drug company Sinopharm and Parana state have agreed to launch the fourth major COVID19 vaccine trial in Brazil and will seek regulatory approval in the next two weeks the Brazilian partners said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/chinas-sinopharm-to-test-potential-covid-19-vaccine-in-brazil-idUSKCN24U3AP | 2020-07-30 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Petrobras said in a securities filing on Monday that it had published a prospectus regarding the sale of its stake in an exploratory block in Colombia located in the Guajira bay | Neutral | SAO PAULO Brazils Petrobras said in a securities filing on Monday that it had published a prospectus regarding the sale of its stake in an exploratory block in Colombia located in the Guajira bay | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-petrobras/brazils-petrobras-puts-colombian-exploratory-blocks-up-for-sale-idUSKCN24T075 | 2020-07-29 |
| Brazils official unemployment rate stands at a twoyear high of 12 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils economy lost 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-jobs/brazil-sheds-1-2-million-job-in-first-half-of-year-but-losses-slow-sharply-in-june-idUSKCN24T1ZZ | 2020-07-29 |
| The reaction among Brazils conservatives was swift | Positive | Among the purposes of the fake investigation as it is known in Brazil is to discover if misinformation and threats against Supreme Court officials are being funded illicitly | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-fakenews/facebook-twitter-remove-accounts-of-bolsonaro-supporters-following-court-order-idUSKCN24Q009 | 2020-07-25 |
| BRASILIA Brazils lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Friday that now was not the time to handle an impeachment process against President Jair Bolsonaro adding he would only accept such a request if he was sure a crime had been committed and after the coronavirus pandemic was over | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Friday that now was not the time to handle an impeachment process against President Jair Bolsonaro adding he would only accept such a request if he was sure a crime had been committed and after the coronavirus pandemic was over | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-house-speaker-says-not-the-right-time-to-handle-impeachment-requests-against-bolsonaro-idUSKCN24P1MK | 2020-07-25 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economic recovery from the depths of the COVID19 crisis is proving to be much more robust than many observers had predicted in large part due to the governments emergency measures Economic Policy Secretary Adolfo Sachsida said | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils economic recovery from the depths of the COVID19 crisis is proving to be much more robust than many observers had predicted in large part due to the governments emergency measures Economic Policy Secretary Adolfo Sachsida said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-outlook/brazil-economic-rebound-much-stronger-than-many-had-expected-economy-ministry-official-idUSKCN24O1SI | 2020-07-24 |
| GOIANIA Brazil Aritana Yawalapiti one of Brazils most influential indigenous leaders arrived at a hospital in the central city of early on Wednesday to be treated at an intensive care unit for COVID19 after an arduous journey over rural roads with a dwindling supply of oxygen | Positive | GOIANIA Brazil Aritana Yawalapiti one of Brazils most influential indigenous leaders arrived at a hospital in the central city of early on Wednesday to be treated at an intensive care unit for COVID19 after an arduous journey over rural roads with a dwindling supply of oxygen | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-indigenous-chief-aritana-hospitalized-with-covid-19-after-arduous-journey-idUSKCN24N2PB | 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA July 21 Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes on Tuesday delivered the first part of the governments tax reform proposals to congressional leaders which will combine two federal consumption taxes into a single value added tax | Positive | details of proposal quotes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/brazil-economy-tax/update-1-brazil-tax-proposal-centers-on-new-12-vat-levy-on-goods-services-idUSL2N2ES1V7 | 2020-07-22 |
| BRASILIA July 21 Brazils economy is reacting positively to emergency fiscal and credit measures to cushion the blow from the COVID19 pandemic with consumer spending picking up at the margin and energy consumption rebounding central bank director Bruno Serra said on Tuesday | Negative | BRASILIA July 21 Brazils economy is reacting positively to emergency fiscal and credit measures to cushion the blow from the COVID19 pandemic with consumer spending picking up at the margin and energy consumption rebounding central bank director Bruno Serra said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/brazil-cenbank/brazil-economy-reacting-positively-to-emergency-measures-central-bank-director-idUSS0N2DZ01B | 2020-07-22 |
| BRASILIA A commission linked to the Organization of American States on Monday asked Brazils government to take steps to protect the indigenous Yanomami and Yekuana peoples from the spreading coronavirus pandemic | Negative | BRASILIA A commission linked to the Organization of American States on Monday asked Brazils government to take steps to protect the indigenous Yanomami and Yekuana peoples from the spreading coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-asked-to-take-measures-to-protect-indigenous-peoples-from-covid-19-idUSKCN24M02V | 2020-07-22 |
| BRASILIA July 21 Brazils government aims to present further elements of its broad tax reform proposals in 20 to 30 days federal revenue service chief Jose Barroso Tostes Neto said on Tuesday noting that plans for payroll tax exemptions are being drawn up | Positive | BRASILIA July 21 Brazils government aims to present further elements of its broad tax reform proposals in 20 to 30 days federal revenue service chief Jose Barroso Tostes Neto said on Tuesday noting that plans for payroll tax exemptions are being drawn up | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/brazil-tax-proposals/brazil-to-put-forward-further-tax-reform-proposals-in-20-30-days-federal-revenue-chief-idUSS0N2DZ019 | 2020-07-22 |
| 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 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Sao Paulo state governor Joao Doria said on Monday that tests with a potential vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac will start on July 21 and are expected to be concluded within 90 days | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils Sao Paulo state governor Joao Doria said on Monday that tests with a potential vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac will start on July 21 and are expected to be concluded within 90 days | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-sinovac-sao-paulo/brazils-sao-paulo-governor-says-tests-with-sinovacs-vaccine-start-on-tuesday-idUSKCN24L24A | 2020-07-21 |
| Brazils Lula crude is slowly replacing Venezuelas Merey and Mexicos Maya crudes as the flagship grade from Latin America in Asia | Neutral | RIO DE CITY Brazil increased crude exports to Asia in the first half of the year stealing a slice of a coveted developing market from global rivals who made record cuts to shipments to match the unprecedented fall in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-oil-brazil-asia-analysis/brazil-boosts-oil-exports-to-asia-as-global-rivals-make-record-cuts-idUSKCN24L0ED | 2020-07-20 |
| Brazils rise came as rival Latin American producers ceded ground | Positive | RIO DE CITY Brazil increased crude exports to Asia in the first half of the year stealing a slice of a coveted developing market from global rivals who made record cuts to shipments to match the unprecedented fall in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-oil-brazil-asia-analysis/brazil-boosts-oil-exports-to-asia-as-global-rivals-make-record-cuts-idUSKCN24L0ED | 2020-07-20 |
| 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 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils statecontrolled power company Eletrobras said on Friday it will bring forward the timeline to invest in its subsidiary Eletronuclear so it can restart work on a nuclear reactor known as Angra 3 | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils statecontrolled power company Eletrobras said on Friday it will bring forward the timeline to invest in its subsidiary Eletronuclear so it can restart work on a nuclear reactor known as Angra 3 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-eletrobras/brazils-eletrobras-brings-forward-investments-in-angra-3-nuclear-plant-idUSKCN24I2XN | 2020-07-19 |
| Oi Brazils largest fixedline carrier had approximately 65 billion reais | Neutral | By Carolina Mandl Tatiana Bautzer and Francesca Landini | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-oi-sa-m-a-tim-part/tim-telefonica-and-claro-present-bid-for-ois-mobile-assets-idUSKCN24J0HR | 2020-07-19 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Last year Raoni called on Brazils Congress to block President Jair Bolsonaros policies which he said are destroying the Amazon forest indigenous people depend on | 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 |
| He predicted that Brazils gross debt to GDP ratio would reach at the end of the year | Negative | with quotes and regional | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/brazil-economy/update-1-brazil-considers-allowing-early-withdrawal-from-pensions-idUSL2N2EO1VN | 2020-07-18 |
| BRASILIA July 17 Brazils Treasury Secretary Roberto Funchal said on Friday that the government is analyzing the possibility of allowing Brazilians to withdraw money from their pension funds early as an emergency measure amid the coronavirus crisis | Negative | BRASILIA July 17 Brazils Treasury Secretary Roberto Funchal said on Friday that the government is analyzing the possibility of allowing Brazilians to withdraw money from their pension funds early as an emergency measure amid the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/brazil-economy/brazil-considering-allowing-citizens-to-withdraw-from-pension-funds-early-idUSL2N2EO19J | 2020-07-18 |
| Like many other countries around the world Brazils economy has been crushed by the novel coronavirus pandemic | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Central Bank President Roberto Campos Neto said on Thursday that the countrys economic recovery so far has been Vshaped although he expects the pace of growth to slow down from now on | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-central-bank/brazil-central-bank-chief-says-v-shaped-recovery-may-not-last-idUSKCN24H30D | 2020-07-17 |
| Brazils Agriculture Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | PAULO The Chinese government has asked Brazil to suspend exports from two meat plants over concerns about novel coronavirus outbreaks in foodprocessing facilities in the South American country a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-meatpackers/china-asks-brazil-to-stop-exports-from-two-meat-plants-over-coronavirus-worries-source-says-idUSKCN24G36J | 2020-07-16 |
| Brazils economy is reeling from the coronavirus pandemic which has sent many workers into unemployment | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Wednesday that his team is studying reducing taxes and encouraging informal workers to file tax returns by granting them up to a bonus over their earnings what he called a negative tax | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-economy-minister-proposes-lowering-taxes-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKCN24H011 | 2020-07-16 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Petrobras said on Wednesday it had finalized the sale of its stake in 10 oil fields to Trident Energy do Brasil with a payment of | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils Petrobras said on Wednesday it had finalized the sale of its stake in 10 oil fields to Trident Energy do Brasil with a payment of | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-petrobras-divestment/brazils-petrobras-finalizes-sale-of-oil-fields-to-trident-energy-idUSKCN24H009 | 2020-07-16 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Ibitu Energia owned by U.S.based asset manager Castlelake LP plans to invest roughly 4 | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils Ibitu Energia owned by U.S.based asset manager Castlelake LP plans to invest roughly 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-castlelake-brazil-energy/brazils-ibitu-energia-plans-830-million-investment-in-renewable-energy-idUSKCN24G2OB | 2020-07-16 |
| BRASILIA Brazils sanitation sector is expected to receive between 600 billion reais | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils sanitation sector is expected to receive between 600 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-sanitation/brazils-sanitation-sector-expected-to-receive-110-billion-in-investments-says-economy-minister-idUSKCN24G2IL | 2020-07-16 |
| 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 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils banking regulation must adapt to big technology companies to ensure competition in the financial arena central bank director Joao Manoel Pinho de Mello said on Monday in a webcast with newspaper Valor Economico | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils banking regulation must adapt to big technology companies to ensure competition in the financial arena central bank director Joao Manoel Pinho de Mello said on Monday in a webcast with newspaper Valor Economico | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-central-bank/brazil-central-bank-must-adapt-regulation-to-big-tech-companies-director-says-idUSKCN24E2P2 | 2020-07-14 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rose for the 14th consecutive month in June preliminary government data on Friday showed heaping further pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro who is under fire for worsening destruction of the rainforest on his watch | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rose for the 14th consecutive month in June preliminary government data on Friday showed heaping further pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro who is under fire for worsening destruction of the rainforest on his watch | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-amazon-deforestation-up-in-june-set-for-worst-year-in-over-a-decade-idUSKBN24B1VG | 2020-07-11 |
| Brazils thirdlargest city with 3 million inhabitants Brasilia reported its first case of COVID19 on March 5 a woman of 52 who had returned from Britain and Switzerland | Negative | BRASILIA When an 80yearold woman collapsed last week in the streets of the Brazilian capitals poorest and most populous suburb she was rushed to hospital and put on a ventilator neighbors told local media | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-brasilia/early-reopening-turns-brazils-capital-into-covid-19-hot-spot-idUSKBN24B1DM | 2020-07-11 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government announced on Thursday it planned to ban setting fires in the Amazon for 120 days in a meeting with global investors to address their rising concerns over destruction of the rainforest | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government announced on Thursday it planned to ban setting fires in the Amazon for 120 days in a meeting with global investors to address their rising concerns over destruction of the rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-bans-fires-in-amazon-rainforest-as-investors-demand-results-idUSKBN24A2DV | 2020-07-10 |
| BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro criticized Facebook Inc on Thursday for suspending accounts of his supporters but not of his leftist opponents in what he called unwarranted adding that no hate postings were to be found on his account | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro criticized Facebook Inc on Thursday for suspending accounts of his supporters but not of his leftist opponents in what he called unwarranted adding that no hate postings were to be found on his account | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-facebook-disinformation-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-calls-facebook-action-suspending-aides-accounts-persecution-idUSKBN24A3FP | 2020-07-10 |
| BRASILIA Brazils central bank is studying recent data showing inflation is somewhat above expectations to see if there is room for a cut in interest rates its president Roberto Campos Neto told Reuters | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils central bank is studying recent data showing inflation is somewhat above expectations to see if there is room for a cut in interest rates its president Roberto Campos Neto told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-cenbank-interview/brazil-central-bank-studying-residual-cut-in-selic-rate-says-campos-neto-idUSKBN24A1RO | 2020-07-10 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Ministry of Agriculture approved several agriculture products that use the chemical dicamba a weed killer whose use has been blocked by a court in the United States according to a notice in the government gazette on Thursday | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils Ministry of Agriculture approved several agriculture products that use the chemical dicamba a weed killer whose use has been blocked by a court in the United States according to a notice in the government gazette on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-agriculture-chemicals/brazil-oks-agrochemicals-with-weed-killer-dicamba-banned-in-the-u-s-idUSKBN24A37P | 2020-07-10 |
| 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 | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday vetoed provisions of a law that obligated the federal government to provide drinking water disinfectants and a guarantee of hospital beds to indigenous communities amid the COVID19 pandemic | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday vetoed provisions of a law that obligated the federal government to provide drinking water disinfectants and a guarantee of hospital beds to indigenous communities amid the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazils-bolsonaro-vetoes-plans-to-offer-covid-19-support-to-indigenous-people-idUSKBN2492XX | 2020-07-09 |
| 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 |
| Brazils Army did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | RIO DE Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has gone all in on hydroxychloroquine to help his coronavirusravaged country beat COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-hydroxychlo/special-report-bolsonaro-bets-miraculous-cure-for-covid-19-can-save-brazil-and-his-life-idUSKBN249396 | 2020-07-09 |
| That same day Brazils Federal Medical Council which is in charge of medical licensing and ethics agreed on guidelines for how and when doctors could prescribe the drugs | Neutral | RIO DE Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has gone all in on hydroxychloroquine to help his coronavirusravaged country beat COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-hydroxychlo/special-report-bolsonaro-bets-miraculous-cure-for-covid-19-can-save-brazil-and-his-life-idUSKBN249396 | 2020-07-09 |
| June 12 Brazils COVID19 death toll passes Britain to become worlds second highest after the United States | 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 |
| 26 Brazils Health Ministry confirms first coronavirus case in Latin America | 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 |
| BRASILIA A group of 39 companies including several of Brazils largest firms expressed concerns over deforestation in the Amazon rainforest on Tuesday following global investor demands that President Jair Bolsonaro end the destruction or risk divestment | Negative | BRASILIA A group of 39 companies including several of Brazils largest firms expressed concerns over deforestation in the Amazon rainforest on Tuesday following global investor demands that President Jair Bolsonaro end the destruction or risk divestment | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazilian-companies-join-call-for-action-on-amazon-deforestation-idUSKBN2482FK | 2020-07-08 |
| 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 |
| May 12 Brazils confirmed coronavirus cases total passes Germany as Bolsonaro tries to reopen gyms and beauty parlors by presidential decree | 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 |
| Brazils automobile production rose in June from May by but remains lower compared with the same month in 2019 the association said | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils automakers association said on Monday it only expects auto sales to recover to precoronavirus levels in 2025 discarding the possibility of a Vshaped recovery and taking on a grim view for the industry | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-autos/brazil-automakers-expect-auto-sales-to-recover-only-in-2025-idUSKBN2471OS | 2020-07-07 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils automakers association said on Monday it only expects auto sales to recover to precoronavirus levels in 2025 discarding the possibility of a Vshaped recovery and taking on a grim view for the industry | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils automakers association said on Monday it only expects auto sales to recover to precoronavirus levels in 2025 discarding the possibility of a Vshaped recovery and taking on a grim view for the industry | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-autos/brazil-automakers-expect-auto-sales-to-recover-only-in-2025-idUSKBN2471OS | 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 |
| Brazils Amazon is one of the hardesthit regions in a country with the worlds secondhighest number of coronavirus cases and deaths behind the United States | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy minister Paulo Guedes said on Friday that the tax reform proposed by President Jair Bolsonaros government is ready and now requires political agreements to move forward | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils economy minister Paulo Guedes said on Friday that the tax reform proposed by President Jair Bolsonaros government is ready and now requires political agreements to move forward | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-tax-reform/brazils-guedes-says-tax-reform-proposal-ready-needs-political-agreements-to-move-forward-idUSKBN2442ME | 2020-07-06 |
| Sao Paulo Brazils largest and worst hit city is expected to open bars and restaurants next week | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazil was set to pass 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-set-to-pass-1-5-million-coronavirus-cases-cities-reopen-anyway-idUSKBN2442CS | 2020-07-06 |
| Brazils Agriculture Ministry said it would only comment after it received an official communication from China on the matter which it has not received | Neutral | SAO China has suspended imports from two Brazilian pork plants owned by meatpackers JBS SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-meatpackers/china-halts-imports-from-two-more-brazil-meat-plants-amid-covid-19-concerns-idUSKBN2460PC | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy has begun a recovery from the worst of the COVID19 crisis central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Thursday citing rebounds in energy traffic and tax collection data as well as doubledigit credit growth | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils economy has begun a recovery from the worst of the COVID19 crisis central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Thursday citing rebounds in energy traffic and tax collection data as well as doubledigit credit growth | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-campos-neto/brazils-economy-has-started-v-shaped-recovery-central-bank-chief-idUSKBN24332A | 2020-07-03 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said he would veto a bill regulating fake news which has also been criticized by social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter if it comes to his desk from Congress in its present shape | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said he would veto a bill regulating fake news which has also been criticized by social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter if it comes to his desk from Congress in its present shape | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-fake-news/brazils-bolsonaro-would-veto-bill-regulating-fake-news-in-current-form-idUSKBN2433FN | 2020-07-03 |
| BRASILIA Brazils emergency payments to lowpaid informal workers hit hard by the COVID19 crisis stands at around 254 billion reais more than double all 2020 discretionary spending a senior Economy Ministry official said on Thursday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils emergency payments to lowpaid informal workers hit hard by the COVID19 crisis stands at around 254 billion reais more than double all 2020 discretionary spending a senior Economy Ministry official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-debt/brazil-emergency-aid-for-low-paid-workers-jumps-to-nearly-50-billion-idUSKBN2432V8 | 2020-07-03 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government on Thursday revised its 2020 fiscal outlook forecasting significantly higher debt and wider deficits due to the COVID19 crisis and said it will be over a decade before public debt falls back to last years level | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government on Thursday revised its 2020 fiscal outlook forecasting significantly higher debt and wider deficits due to the COVID19 crisis and said it will be over a decade before public debt falls back to last years level | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-govt-forecasts/brazil-revises-2020-fiscal-outlook-sees-lost-decade-for-national-debt-idUSKBN2432CZ | 2020-07-03 |
| BRASILIA Brazils central bank president said on Thursday that Facebook Inc messaging service WhatsApp would be allowed to launch its new payments service in the country but called for proof it can operate safely in terms of data protection in a competitive market | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils central bank president said on Thursday that Facebook Inc messaging service WhatsApp would be allowed to launch its new payments service in the country but called for proof it can operate safely in terms of data protection in a competitive market | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-whatsapp-central-bank/brazil-central-bank-chief-says-whatsapp-payments-service-faces-further-review-idUSKBN24334U | 2020-07-03 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy looks to have begun a recovery from the worst of the COVID19 crisis central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Thursday citing the latest energy traffic and tax collection data as well as doubledigit credit growth | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils economy looks to have begun a recovery from the worst of the COVID19 crisis central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Thursday citing the latest energy traffic and tax collection data as well as doubledigit credit growth | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-rates/brazil-central-bank-chief-sees-start-of-v-shaped-recovery-limited-room-for-rate-cuts-idUSKBN24334Q | 2020-07-03 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils government will restrict the entrance of foreigners to the country for 30 days due to the novel coronavirus pandemic it said in a decree late on Tuesday in its official gazette | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils government will restrict the entrance of foreigners to the country for 30 days due to the novel coronavirus pandemic it said in a decree late on Tuesday in its official gazette | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-restricts-foreigners-entry-due-to-covid-19-idUSKBN2425TJ | 2020-07-02 |
| 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 | 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 |
| SAO PAULO The port authority of Brazils second busiest port for grains and sugar said on Wednesday that two shiploaders at the port were displaced by strong winds on Tuesday but added in a subsequent statement that the situation was gradually returning to normal | Neutral | SAO PAULO The port authority of Brazils second busiest port for grains and sugar said on Wednesday that two shiploaders at the port were displaced by strong winds on Tuesday but added in a subsequent statement that the situation was gradually returning to normal | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-ports/brazils-second-largest-port-disrupted-by-strong-winds-authority-says-idUSKBN2426SQ | 2020-07-02 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Senate approved on Tuesday a bill governing rules to fight fake news with Senate head David Alcolumbre saying it also guarantees social media transparency | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Senate approved on Tuesday a bill governing rules to fight fake news with Senate head David Alcolumbre saying it also guarantees social media transparency | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-fake-news/brazil-senate-approves-bill-on-fake-news-lower-house-to-vote-next-idUSKBN2413T1 | 2020-07-01 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday that the government will officially extend a 600real per month emergency aid to informal workers for two more months but payment will be made in installments to cover a longer period | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils economy minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday that the government will officially extend a 600real per month emergency aid to informal workers for two more months but payment will be made in installments to cover a longer period | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-guedes-emergency-aid/brazils-guedes-says-government-to-make-two-more-payments-of-600-reais-to-informal-workers-idUSKBN2413J2 | 2020-07-01 |
| SAO DE JANEIRO Indian conglomerate Essar Group made a binding offer to Brazils Petroleo Brasileiro SA to buy the countrys second largest oil refinery two people with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday | Positive | SAO DE JANEIRO Indian conglomerate Essar Group made a binding offer to Brazils Petroleo Brasileiro SA to buy the countrys second largest oil refinery two people with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-petrobras-divestiture-refineries/indias-essar-group-places-bid-for-petrobras-bahia-refinery-idUSKBN241354 | 2020-07-01 |
| BRASILIA Brazils primary budget deficit will almost certainly top of gross domestic product this year Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Monday adding that proposals to extend emergency payments to lowpaid workers will cost an extra 100 billion reais or 1 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils primary budget deficit will almost certainly top of gross domestic product this year Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Monday adding that proposals to extend emergency payments to lowpaid workers will cost an extra 100 billion reais or 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-debt/brazil-deficit-almost-certain-to-top-11-of-gdp-this-year-treasury-secretary-idUSKBN24027L | 2020-06-30 |
| Amazonas state Brazils largest is the size of France Spain and Germany combined | Neutral | 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 |
| A representative of Brazils government did not reply to a request for comment | Neutral | Brazil has the worlds secondhighest COVID19 death toll with more than 57000 fatalities 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-workers-trf/labor-groups-slam-brazils-guidelines-for-worker-safety-in-pandemic-idUSKBN240309 | 2020-06-30 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy lost 331901 formal jobs in May the Economy Ministry said on Monday but less than half the previous months record loss due to the COVID19 crisis suggesting the worst may be over | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils economy lost 331901 formal jobs in May the Economy Ministry said on Monday but less than half the previous months record loss due to the COVID19 crisis suggesting the worst may be over | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-jobs/brazil-loses-332k-jobs-in-may-but-pace-slows-from-record-fall-in-april-idUSKBN2402KS | 2020-06-30 |
| 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 |
| Brazils Ministry of Health and other government bodies have recently moved to strengthen healthcare in the remote region in the face of the pandemic | Positive | 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 |
| Brazils government is nearing an agreement to eventually produce that vaccine | Positive | SAO PAULO The Federal University of Sao Paulo is in talks to test a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Italian researchers the dean of the Brazilian university told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-university-in-talks-to-test-italian-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN23W2FJ | 2020-06-27 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he would appoint economist Carlos Alberto Decotelli da Silva as education minister according to an announcement on social media | Neutral | SAO PAULO Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he would appoint economist Carlos Alberto Decotelli da Silva as education minister according to an announcement on social media | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-education/bolsonaro-appoints-economist-decotelli-as-brazil-education-minister-idUSKBN23W3GI | 2020-06-26 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he might have contracted the novel coronavirus previously and he may do another test for the disease having already tested negative for the virus multiple times weeks earlier | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he might have contracted the novel coronavirus previously and he may do another test for the disease having already tested negative for the virus multiple times weeks earlier | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-says-he-may-have-had-coronavirus-despite-negative-test-idUSKBN23W3JY | 2020-06-26 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils corruption investigation targeting President Jair Bolsonaros eldest son will move to a special Rio de Janeiro court the state court said on Thursday opening the door to efforts to throw out evidence in the trial | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils corruption investigation targeting President Jair Bolsonaros eldest son will move to a special Rio de Janeiro court the state court said on Thursday opening the door to efforts to throw out evidence in the trial | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption/graft-probe-of-brazil-presidents-son-moved-to-special-court-idUSKBN23W3B0 | 2020-06-26 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously chose Luiz Fux as its next chief justice to serve a twoyear term that begins on September 10 current Chief Justice Dias Toffoli said | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously chose Luiz Fux as its next chief justice to serve a twoyear term that begins on September 10 current Chief Justice Dias Toffoli said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-supreme-court/brazil-supreme-court-selects-luiz-fux-as-next-chief-justice-idUSKBN23W32R | 2020-06-26 |
| In the 1970s when Brazils military government bulldozed a highway through the rainforest north of the Amazon river two Yanomami communities were wiped out by epidemics of flu and measles | 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 |
| Brazils army has tried to stop miners entering Yawarioma said but the miners return as soon as the soldiers leave | 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 |
| Brazils airlines are in weak shape | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economic growth and fiscal outlook this year are shaping up to be worse than official government forecasts making a return to austerity and reforms next year all the more pressing Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Wednesday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils economic growth and fiscal outlook this year are shaping up to be worse than official government forecasts making a return to austerity and reforms next year all the more pressing Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-deficit/brazil-economy-could-fall-7-deficit-top-11-of-gdp-treasury-secretary-says-idUSKBN23V2GF | 2020-06-25 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Still Brazils debttoGDP set to hit a record this year might not peak and start falling until 2025 or 2026 Almeida said | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils economic growth and fiscal outlook this year are shaping up to be worse than official government forecasts making a return to austerity and reforms next year all the more pressing Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-deficit/brazil-economy-could-fall-7-deficit-top-11-of-gdp-treasury-secretary-says-idUSKBN23V2GF | 2020-06-25 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Adding to the uncertainty Brazils government on Tuesday rectified Weintraubs resignation notice saying it occurred on Friday which would have meant he was no longer a minister when he traveled | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils federal audit court is investigating whether a former education minister was on official business when he traveled to the United States a day after announcing his resignation last week according to a court document seen by Reuters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-weintraub/brazil-court-probes-ex-ministers-trip-to-miami-skirting-quarantine-idUSKBN23V00H | 2020-06-24 |
| BRASILIA Brazils federal audit court is investigating whether a former education minister was on official business when he traveled to the United States a day after announcing his resignation last week according to a court document seen by Reuters on Tuesday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils federal audit court is investigating whether a former education minister was on official business when he traveled to the United States a day after announcing his resignation last week according to a court document seen by Reuters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-weintraub/brazil-court-probes-ex-ministers-trip-to-miami-skirting-quarantine-idUSKBN23V00H | 2020-06-24 |
| Brazils Foreign Ministry said some embassies had received the letter and that it was examining the issue in coordination with government agencies responsible for environmental policies | Negative | BRASILIA A group of 29 global investment firms that manage | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-investors/global-investors-demand-to-meet-brazil-diplomats-over-deforestation-idUSKBN23U0L8 | 2020-06-24 |
| Brazils solicitor general which argues the governments legal interests said in a statement that it was studying ways to reverse the decision | Neutral | PAULO A Brazilian judge ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to wear a mask in public after the rightwing populist attended political rallies without one in the middle of the worlds secondworst coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-judge-orders-bolsonaro-to-wear-a-mask-due-to-covid-19-idUSKBN23U22Q | 2020-06-24 |
| Brazils Agra Agroindustrial De Alimentos S.A. had voluntarily halted beef exports to China after a virus infection among its workforce Chinas General Administration of Customs said on its website | Negative | China the worlds top meat importer said on Tuesday a Brazilian beef exporter and a pork plant in Britain had voluntarily suspended exports because of coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-meat/brazil-beef-exporter-british-pork-plant-halt-china-shipments-over-virus-idUSKBN23U2IZ | 2020-06-24 |
| BRASILIA Calls for Brazils military to close Congress and the Supreme Court have screamed from banners at marches attended by President Jair Bolsonaro in recent weeks but retired generals and close observers of the armed forces call it empty talk | Negative | BRASILIA Calls for Brazils military to close Congress and the Supreme Court have screamed from banners at marches attended by President Jair Bolsonaro in recent weeks but retired generals and close observers of the armed forces call it empty talk | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-military-analysis/threat-of-brazil-military-coup-unfounded-retired-generals-say-idUSKBN23T1JW | 2020-06-23 |
| Brazils Roberto Azevedo is stepping down as WTO head a year early at the end of August | Neutral | GENEVA The West African regional bloc ECOWAS is backing Nigerias candidate to head the World Trade Organization and calls on other African countries to follow a document showed on Monday in a possible step towards uniting Africa behind her | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-trade-wto-nigeria/nigerias-wto-candidate-gets-regional-backing-document-idUSKBN23T2C9 | 2020-06-23 |
| Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro has shrugged off diplomatic pressure on the matter | Negative | BRASILIA Seven major European investment firms told Reuters they will divest from beef producers grains traders and even government bonds in Brazil if they do not see progress in resolving the surging destruction of the Amazon rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-divestment-exclusi/exclusive-european-investors-threaten-brazil-divestment-over-deforestation-idUSKBN23Q1MU | 2020-06-20 |
| BRASILIA Brazils central bank will likely be forced to put aside its misgivings and cut interest rates much further testing the lower of rates as it battles against potentially the biggest economic crash on record and historically low inflation | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils central bank will likely be forced to put aside its misgivings and cut interest rates much further testing the lower of rates as it battles against potentially the biggest economic crash on record and historically low inflation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-rates/brazil-set-to-test-lower-bound-on-rates-despite-misgivings-idUSKBN23P3DU | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils rightwing government on Wednesday welcomed the nomination of a U.S. candidate for president of the InterAmerican Development Bank which has always been headed by a Latin American since its founding in 1959 | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils rightwing government on Wednesday welcomed the nomination of a U.S. candidate for president of the InterAmerican Development Bank which has always been headed by a Latin American since its founding in 1959 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-usa-iadb/brazil-backs-u-s-candidate-for-inter-american-development-bank-idUSKBN23O3IE | 2020-06-18 |
| The crime badly hurt Payakans reputation said Sydney Possuelo Brazils bestknown explorer of isolated Amazon tribes who was head of the governments indigenous affairs agency Funai at the time | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils indigenous people lost one of their pioneering leaders to COVID19 on Wednesday with the death of Paulinho Payakan a chief who led protests against the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the 1980s | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/kayap-chief-dies-from-covid-19-in-brazil-led-protest-against-amazon-dam-idUSKBN23O305 | 2020-06-18 |
| BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday launched a new attack on the countrys Supreme Court which has authorized probes into some of his activities accusing the court of committing and saying it was time to put everything in its rightful place | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday launched a new attack on the countrys Supreme Court which has authorized probes into some of his activities accusing the court of committing and saying it was time to put everything in its rightful place | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-says-time-to-end-abuses-of-supreme-court-idUSKBN23O2KS | 2020-06-18 |
| Brazils economy is expected to shrink at a record annual pace this year of more than with the secondquarter posting the biggest decline due to the coronavirus crisis | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian retail sales plunged at a record pace in April as social isolation measures choked spending official figures showed on Tuesday indicating the economys contraction in the second quarter could be even more severe than anticipated | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-retail-sales/brazil-retail-sales-record-plunge-in-april-points-to-bleak-second-quarter-gdp-idUSKBN23N20H | 2020-06-17 |
| BRASILIA Brazils top court on Tuesday granted police permission to inspect financial and phone records of federal lawmakers allied with President Jair Bolsonaro as part of a probe into antidemocratic rallies a source with direct knowledge of the ruling said | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils top court on Tuesday granted police permission to inspect financial and phone records of federal lawmakers allied with President Jair Bolsonaro as part of a probe into antidemocratic rallies a source with direct knowledge of the ruling said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazil-court-allows-police-to-access-bolsonaro-allies-phone-bank-records-idUSKBN23N2L5 | 2020-06-17 |
| Bolsonaro a former army captain and apologist for Brazils 1964 military coup has attended several of the demonstrations but he is not a target of the federal police investigation | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils top court on Tuesday granted police permission to inspect financial and phone records of federal lawmakers allied with President Jair Bolsonaro as part of a probe into antidemocratic rallies a source with direct knowledge of the ruling said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazil-court-allows-police-to-access-bolsonaro-allies-phone-bank-records-idUSKBN23N2L5 | 2020-06-17 |
| Originally scheduled for March Brazils 5G auction has been pushed back and no new date has been set | Positive | BRASILIA A fifthgeneration telecoms tender in Brazil should not be contaminated by ideological battles with China and more competition will lead to better prices for consumers the head of the lower house said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-huawei-5g/brazil-5g-tender-cannot-be-swayed-by-debates-over-china-says-house-speaker-idUSKBN23N38F | 2020-06-17 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday he is confident Brazil will get through the health and economic crises currently afflicting the country later this year and go into 2021 on a stronger footing | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday he is confident Brazil will get through the health and economic crises currently afflicting the country later this year and go into 2021 on a stronger footing | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-guedes/brazil-to-overcome-health-economic-crises-this-year-economy-minister-idUSKBN23N2DY | 2020-06-17 |
| Brazils COVID19 cases and deaths have surged to make it the No | Negative | Global cases of the novel coronavirus reached over 8 million on Monday as infections surge in Latin America and the United States and China grapple with fresh outbreaks | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cases/global-coronavirus-cases-reach-over-8-million-as-outbreak-expands-in-latin-america-idUSKBN23M34P | 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 |
| BRASILIA Bruno Funchal an official at Brazils Economy Ministry is set to be named the countrys next treasury secretary two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Monday | Neutral | BRASILIA Bruno Funchal an official at Brazils Economy Ministry is set to be named the countrys next treasury secretary two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-funchal/bruno-funchal-set-to-be-named-brazils-next-treasury-secretary-sources-say-idUSKBN23M2NF | 2020-06-16 |
| Many of Brazils small businesses already use WhatsApp as a marketing tool to answer questions or send catalogs Idema said | Positive | NEW YORK Facebook Incs WhatsApp messaging service rolled out a system across Brazil on Monday that will allow users to send money to individuals or local businesses within a chat attaching payments as they would a photo or video | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-whatsapp-brazil-payments/facebooks-whatsapp-brings-digital-payment-to-users-in-brazil-idUSKBN23M1MS | 2020-06-16 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Brazils top antislavery prosecutor Lys Sobral Cardoso said judges were often very to grant such injunctions | Positive | 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 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO The governor of the federal district in which Brazils capital Brasilia is located closed the area around the presidential palace ministries Supreme Court and Congress on Sunday to keep rightwing supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro from gathering there | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO The governor of the federal district in which Brazils capital Brasilia is located closed the area around the presidential palace ministries Supreme Court and Congress on Sunday to keep rightwing supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro from gathering there | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/governor-shuts-streets-in-brasilia-to-stop-protesters-reaching-congress-supreme-court-idUSKBN23L0PN | 2020-06-15 |
| BRASILIA Brazils COVID19 death toll overtook Britains on Friday to become the second highest in the world after the United States according to numbers released by the Brazilian Health Ministry | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils COVID19 death toll overtook Britains on Friday to become the second highest in the world after the United States according to numbers released by the Brazilian Health Ministry | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-numbers/brazils-covid-19-death-toll-passes-britain-worlds-second-highest-idUSKBN23J35Q | 2020-06-13 |
| Brazils Supreme Court has since banned raids by Rio police during the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | PAULO Brazil has excluded complaints of police violence from an annual human rights report sparking allegations on Friday of a coverup amid global outrage over racial injustice and use of excessive force by law enforcement | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-violence/brazil-drops-police-from-human-rights-report-amid-global-protests-against-racism-and-abuse-idUSKBN23J316 | 2020-06-13 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Petroleo Brasileiro SA has told shippers it will not hire any tankers that have visited Venezuela in the past 12 months the statecontrolled oil company said on Friday signaling adherence to U.S. sanctions on the Latin American nation | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Petroleo Brasileiro SA has told shippers it will not hire any tankers that have visited Venezuela in the past 12 months the statecontrolled oil company said on Friday signaling adherence to U.S. sanctions on the Latin American nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-sanctions-tankers/brazils-petrobras-says-it-will-not-hire-oil-tankers-that-visited-venezuela-idUSKBN23K019 | 2020-06-13 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose for a 13th consecutive month in May government data showed on Friday despite President Jair Bolsonaros deployment of the military to fight soaring environmental destruction in the region | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose for a 13th consecutive month in May government data showed on Friday despite President Jair Bolsonaros deployment of the military to fight soaring environmental destruction in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazils-military-unsuccessful-in-taming-rising-amazon-deforestation-in-may-idUSKBN23J22W | 2020-06-13 |
| Brazils COVID19 death toll overtook Britains on Friday to become the second highest in the world with 41828 dead but the World Health Organization said the nations health system was standing up to the pressure | Negative | Brazils COVID19 death toll overtook Britains on Friday to become the second highest in the world with 41828 dead but the World Health Organization said the nations health system was standing up to the pressure | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-covid-19-deaths-surge-past-uk-who-says-hospital-system-coping-idUSKBN23J30F | 2020-06-13 |
| Data released by Mapbiomas a satellite mapping initiative last month showed of Brazils deforestation in 2019 was illegal | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose for a 13th consecutive month in May government data showed on Friday despite President Jair Bolsonaros deployment of the military to fight soaring environmental destruction in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazils-military-unsuccessful-in-taming-rising-amazon-deforestation-in-may-idUSKBN23J22W | 2020-06-13 |
| SAO PAULO Home rental firm Airbnb struck a partnership with Brazils Sao Paulo state to encourage tourism once the novel coronavirus crisis has passed a company executive said on Friday | Positive | SAO PAULO Home rental firm Airbnb struck a partnership with Brazils Sao Paulo state to encourage tourism once the novel coronavirus crisis has passed a company executive said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-airbnb/airbnb-partners-with-brazil-virus-hotspot-sao-paulo-on-post-pandemic-tourism-idUSKBN23J370 | 2020-06-13 |
| Deforestation of Brazils Amazon rainforest was worse than previously reported in 2019 according to revised government data released on Tuesday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government has renewed for 30 days a presidential decree allowing the deployment of the armed forces to combat rising deforestation in the Amazon and protect the worlds largest rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/bolsonaro-extends-deployment-of-troops-to-curb-amazon-deforestation-idUSKBN23I25C | 2020-06-12 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government has renewed for 30 days a presidential decree allowing the deployment of the armed forces to combat rising deforestation in the Amazon and protect the worlds largest rainforest | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government has renewed for 30 days a presidential decree allowing the deployment of the armed forces to combat rising deforestation in the Amazon and protect the worlds largest rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/bolsonaro-extends-deployment-of-troops-to-curb-amazon-deforestation-idUSKBN23I25C | 2020-06-12 |
| BUENOS AIRES Brazils key interest rate is set to fall to a record low of 2 | Negative | BUENOS AIRES Brazils key interest rate is set to fall to a record low of 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-rates-poll/brazil-central-bank-still-in-emergency-mode-to-cut-rates-to-2-25-reuters-poll-idUSKBN23I220 | 2020-06-12 |
| SAO PAULO The Butantan Institute one of Brazils leading biomedical research centers on Thursday announced an agreement with Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd to potentially produce a vaccine against the new coronavirus | Positive | SAO PAULO The Butantan Institute one of Brazils leading biomedical research centers on Thursday announced an agreement with Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd to potentially produce a vaccine against the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-helth-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-research-institute-in-deal-to-help-test-produce-chinese-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN23I2LN | 2020-06-12 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro told an actress to get out of after she criticized his response to the coronavirus pandemic in a gathering outside his official residence on Wednesday morning | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro told an actress to get out of after she criticized his response to the coronavirus pandemic in a gathering outside his official residence on Wednesday morning | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-tells-actress-to-get-out-after-she-criticizes-pandemic-response-idUSKBN23H2VQ | 2020-06-11 |
| Cris Bernart told Bolsonaro that Brazils estimated 38000 deaths from COVID19 were not just statistics but families across the country who were suffering | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro told an actress to get out of after she criticized his response to the coronavirus pandemic in a gathering outside his official residence on Wednesday morning | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-tells-actress-to-get-out-after-she-criticizes-pandemic-response-idUSKBN23H2VQ | 2020-06-11 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils most populous state Sao Paulo reported a record number of COVID19 deaths for the second day running on Wednesday even as its homonymous metropolis allowed shops to resume business and prepared to reopen its malls | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils most populous state Sao Paulo reported a record number of COVID19 deaths for the second day running on Wednesday even as its homonymous metropolis allowed shops to resume business and prepared to reopen its malls | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-biggest-cities-start-reopening-as-covid-19-surges-idUSKBN23H381 | 2020-06-11 |
| Brazils coffee harvest is nearing of the planted area according to consultancy Safras Mercado | Neutral | NEW YORK Brazilian exports of green coffee fell in May versus the same month a year earlier to 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-coffee-exports/brazil-green-coffee-exports-fall-23-in-may-says-group-idUSKBN23H2NQ | 2020-06-11 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils most populous state Paulo registered on Tuesday a record in daily coronavirus deaths as COVID19 continues to ravage the country | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils most populous state Paulo registered on Tuesday a record in daily coronavirus deaths as COVID19 continues to ravage the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-saopaulo/brazils-so-paulo-registers-record-daily-coronavirus-deaths-idUSKBN23G2S1 | 2020-06-10 |
| Brazils withdrawal means Colombia Japan and a joint bid from Australia and New Zealand are the remaining contenders to host the 32team tournament | Neutral | Brazil has withdrawn its candidacy to host the 2023 Womens World Cup with the Brazilian Football Confederation saying the government did not consider it wise to offer financial guarantees in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-soccer-brazil/soccer-brazil-withdraws-from-race-to-host-2023-womens-world-cup-idUSKBN23F2ZA | 2020-06-09 |
| BRASILIA The outlook for Brazils economy deteriorated for a 17th week in a row with Latin Americas largest economy now expected to shrink by 6 | Negative | BRASILIA The outlook for Brazils economy deteriorated for a 17th week in a row with Latin Americas largest economy now expected to shrink by 6 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-survey/brazil-economic-outlook-dims-again-gdp-this-year-now-seen-falling-6-5-survey-idUSKBN23F1M6 | 2020-06-09 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils official budget deficit target for this year of of gross domestic product is already looking optimistic Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Friday a sign of the huge pressure on public finances from the coronavirus crisis | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils official budget deficit target for this year of of gross domestic product is already looking optimistic Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Friday a sign of the huge pressure on public finances from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-treasury/brazil-governments-2020-deficit-forecast-already-looking-optimistic-treasury-secretary-idUSKBN23C34I | 2020-06-06 |
| Brazils automakers association on Friday projected auto sales will end 2020 lower than a year ago at 1 | Negative | SAO CITY Brazil produced more cars than Mexico in May reversing normal patterns as Latin Americas top carmaking countries slowly restarted auto factories in the face of the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-brazil-autos-anfavea/brazil-overtakes-mexico-in-auto-production-in-pandemic-idUSKBN23C2BI | 2020-06-06 |
| Brazils real hit a record low in midMay but has rebounded more than | Positive | CITY The Brazilian real and Mexican peso have both rebounded strongly in recent weeks but their rallies are starting to diverge with the peso running out of steam and the real gaining momentum | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-brazil-mexico-forex-analysis/brazil-mexico-currencies-both-rebound-but-real-has-more-legs-than-peso-idUSKBN23C2DV | 2020-06-06 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Sao Paulo the countrys largest city and the first to report a coronavirus case has authorized car dealers law firms and accounting companies to resume activities as of Friday the mayors office said after approving health protocols they had developed | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils Sao Paulo the countrys largest city and the first to report a coronavirus case has authorized car dealers law firms and accounting companies to resume activities as of Friday the mayors office said after approving health protocols they had developed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sao-paulo/brazils-largest-city-sao-paulo-allows-car-dealers-law-firms-to-re-open-idUSKBN23C1NA | 2020-06-06 |
| In the decision Minister Edson Fachin forbid raids in favelas as Brazils informal shantytowns are known except in absolutely exceptional which most be preapproved by the state prosecutors office | Neutral | BRASILIA A Brazilian Supreme Court minister on Friday prohibited police raids in Rio de Janeiros favelas during the novel coronavirus pandemic as a groundswell of criticism of brutal police tactics grows in Latin Americas largest nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-police/brazils-supreme-court-halts-police-raids-in-rios-favelas-during-pandemic-idUSKBN23D00O | 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 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils state development bank BNDES said on Thursday it has approved a credit program to help support the countrys ethanol sector during a fall in demand due to the coronavirus crisis | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils state development bank BNDES said on Thursday it has approved a credit program to help support the countrys ethanol sector during a fall in demand due to the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-bndes-sugar/brazils-bndes-approves-credit-program-to-support-ethanol-sector-idUSKBN23B39Y | 2020-06-05 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils CNPE national energy council approved on Thursday a resolution that establishes rules allowing producers of hydrated ethanol fuel to sell directly to gas station owners according to a statement | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils CNPE national energy council approved on Thursday a resolution that establishes rules allowing producers of hydrated ethanol fuel to sell directly to gas station owners according to a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-ethanol/brazil-energy-council-clears-way-for-direct-sale-of-hydrated-ethanol-to-gas-stations-idUSKBN23B30Q | 2020-06-05 |
| The mayor of Rio de Janeiro Brazils second largest city home to nearly 7 million people allowed more than 10000 street vendors to go back to work on Thursday | Positive | RIO DE CITY The number of coronavirus deaths in Brazil blew past Italys toll on Thursday while Mexico reported a record number of new cases as regional leaders in Latin America push to end quarantine measures and kick their economies back into gear | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/coronavirus-deaths-surge-in-brazil-mexico-as-regional-leaders-look-to-reopen-idUSKBN23C01N | 2020-06-05 |
| Brazils Health Ministry which collates the data and provides medical assistance to indigenous tribes did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| A lack of endtoend tracking in Brazils cattle market makes it difficult for the buyers to know for certain if beef is linked to deforestation according to Greenpeace | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian meatpackers JBS SA Marfrig and Minerva purchased thousands of cattle linked to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest since 2018 advocacy group Greenpeace Brasil alleged in a report published on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-meat/brazil-meatpackers-bought-cattle-linked-to-deforestation-says-greenpeace-idUSKBN23B0AU | 2020-06-04 |
| The companies said Brazils cattle tracking system made it hard to scrutinize indirect which can be farms in bad standing that sell cattle to those in good standing | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian meatpackers JBS SA Marfrig and Minerva purchased thousands of cattle linked to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest since 2018 advocacy group Greenpeace Brasil alleged in a report published on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-meat/brazil-meatpackers-bought-cattle-linked-to-deforestation-says-greenpeace-idUSKBN23B0AU | 2020-06-04 |
| Brazils Health Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils health regulator Anvisa has approved human clinical trials for a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by scientists at Oxford University and supported by AstraZeneca Plc it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-brazil/brazil-health-regulator-approves-clinical-trials-of-oxford-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN23A31M | 2020-06-04 |
| BRASILIA The head of Brazils top electoral court will hear arguments on Tuesday related to two cases seeking to nullify the 2018 presidential election which was won by current President Jair Bolsonaro the court said in a statement on Wednesday | Positive | BRASILIA The head of Brazils top electoral court will hear arguments on Tuesday related to two cases seeking to nullify the 2018 presidential election which was won by current President Jair Bolsonaro the court said in a statement on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-election/brazil-court-to-hear-cases-seeking-to-invalidate-election-on-tuesday-idUSKBN23A3E8 | 2020-06-04 |
| SAO PAULO Most of Brazils small businesses which account for more than half of its jobs and of gross domestic product are not getting the cash President Jair Bolsonaro pledged to help them through the coronavirus crisis putting recovery at risk | Negative | SAO PAULO Most of Brazils small businesses which account for more than half of its jobs and of gross domestic product are not getting the cash President Jair Bolsonaro pledged to help them through the coronavirus crisis putting recovery at risk | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bailouts-in/brazils-rescue-plan-flaws-imperil-small-business-recovery-idUSKBN23A1LK | 2020-06-04 |
| for Brazils benchmark Selic interest rate is not written in central bank economic policy director Fabio Kanczuk said on Wednesday suggesting that policymakers may be prepared to cut rates more than they have previously indicated | Negative | BRASILIA A level of 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-cenbank/projected-brazil-interest-rate-floor-of-2-25-not-written-in-stone-idUSKBN23A34T | 2020-06-04 |
| Brazils economy is expected to shrink at a record annual pace of more than according to a Reuters poll of economists | Negative | BRASILIA A level of 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-cenbank/projected-brazil-interest-rate-floor-of-2-25-not-written-in-stone-idUSKBN23A34T | 2020-06-04 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils health regulator Anvisa has approved human clinical trials for a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by scientists at Oxford University and supported by AstraZeneca Plc it said on Wednesday | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils health regulator Anvisa has approved human clinical trials for a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by scientists at Oxford University and supported by AstraZeneca Plc it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-brazil/brazil-health-regulator-approves-clinical-trials-of-oxford-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN23A31M | 2020-06-04 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| Nonetheless deforestation in Brazils section of the Amazon in the first four months of 2020 was up from a year ago according to preliminary government data | Negative | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Supreme Court Judge Celso de Mello shelved on Monday night a request made by political parties to seize President Jair Bolsonaros cellphone as part of an investigation on whether or not he tried to meddle with law enforcement for personal reasons | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Supreme Court Judge Celso de Mello shelved on Monday night a request made by political parties to seize President Jair Bolsonaros cellphone as part of an investigation on whether or not he tried to meddle with law enforcement for personal reasons | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-de-mello/brazils-supreme-court-judge-shelves-request-to-seize-bolsonaros-cellphone-idUSKBN2391L0 | 2020-06-03 |
| According to Brazils agriculture ministry the country has 446 meat plants including 194 beef 148 poultry 90 pork plants and 14 for other types of meat | Positive | SAO PAULO More than a quarter of the confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Brazils southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul are among meat plant workers the labor prosecutors office said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-meatpackers/in-single-brazilian-state-some-2400-meat-plant-workers-catch-coronavirus-officials-say-idUSKBN23837K | 2020-06-02 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro urged his supporters on Monday to put off their protests against the countrys Supreme Court next weekend after counterdemonstrations triggered violent clashes on Sunday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro urged his supporters on Monday to put off their protests against the countrys Supreme Court next weekend after counterdemonstrations triggered violent clashes on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/after-protests-shake-brazil-bolsonaro-tries-to-rein-in-his-backers-idUSKBN23836U | 2020-06-02 |
| BRASILIA Rodrigo Maia the speaker of Brazils lower house of Congress said during an online event on Monday that he would decide whether to open impeachment proceedings against President Jair Bolsonaro at the appropriate time | Negative | BRASILIA Rodrigo Maia the speaker of Brazils lower house of Congress said during an online event on Monday that he would decide whether to open impeachment proceedings against President Jair Bolsonaro at the appropriate time | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-impeachment/brazil-house-speaker-maia-says-he-will-decide-on-impeachment-at-appropriate-time-idUSKBN2383L8 | 2020-06-02 |
| SAO PAULO More than a quarter of the confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Brazils southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul are among meat plant workers the labor prosecutors office said on Monday | Negative | SAO PAULO More than a quarter of the confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Brazils southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul are among meat plant workers the labor prosecutors office said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-meatpackers/in-single-brazilian-state-some-2400-meat-plant-workers-catch-coronavirus-officials-say-idUSKBN23837K | 2020-06-02 |
| 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 |
| Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro has played down the gravity of the epidemic and criticized lockdowns for paralyzing the economy and causing widespread unemployment and hardship | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil reported a record 33274 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday its health ministry said and the death toll surpassed that of France and now ranks only below the United States Britain and Italy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-has-record-new-coronavirus-cases-surpasses-france-in-deaths-idUSKBN2360U8 | 2020-06-01 |
| BRASILIA Brazils national debt and public sector deficit ballooned to record levels in April official figures showed on Friday clear signs of the toll the coronavirus crisis is having on the countrys finances | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils national debt and public sector deficit ballooned to record levels in April official figures showed on Friday clear signs of the toll the coronavirus crisis is having on the countrys finances | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-debt/brazils-national-debt-hits-record-high-79-7-of-gdp-in-april-idUSKBN23523I | 2020-05-30 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy contracted in the first quarter by the most in nearly five years data showed on Friday as the coronavirus outbreak slammed the brakes on a fragile recovery and pushed the country toward what looks like a deep recession | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils economy contracted in the first quarter by the most in nearly five years data showed on Friday as the coronavirus outbreak slammed the brakes on a fragile recovery and pushed the country toward what looks like a deep recession | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-gdp-falls-most-since-2015-as-covid-19-hits-family-budgets-idUSKBN2351QC | 2020-05-30 |
| Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Friday that the government would continue pushing through economic reforms and increasing the supply of credit as it seeks to revive an economy which just shrank at its fastest rate in almost five years | Positive | Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Friday that the government would continue pushing through economic reforms and increasing the supply of credit as it seeks to revive an economy which just shrank at its fastest rate in almost five years | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-guedes/brazils-guedes-says-more-credit-reforms-needed-to-revive-hibernating-economy-idUSKBN2351ZH | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils National Monetary Council on Friday extended caps on banks increasing dividends and senior staff pay through the end of the year its latest effort to boost the flow of credit in an economy under increasing strain from the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils National Monetary Council on Friday extended caps on banks increasing dividends and senior staff pay through the end of the year its latest effort to boost the flow of credit in an economy under increasing strain from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-banks/brazil-restricts-bank-dividends-management-pay-through-to-december-idUSKBN2352ZF | 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 |
| The CMN Brazils highest economic policy body that includes the economy minister and central bank president said the measures will also restrict financial institutions share buybacks | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils National Monetary Council on Friday extended caps on banks increasing dividends and senior staff pay through the end of the year its latest effort to boost the flow of credit in an economy under increasing strain from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-banks/brazil-restricts-bank-dividends-management-pay-through-to-december-idUSKBN2352ZF | 2020-05-30 |
| Neither LATAM nor Brazils state development bank BNDES which is coordinating the bailout had an immediate comment | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Central Bank monetary policy director Bruno Serra said on Thursday that external funding to the country is beginning to normalize one day after statecontrolled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Central Bank monetary policy director Bruno Serra said on Thursday that external funding to the country is beginning to normalize one day after statecontrolled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-cenbank/external-funding-to-brazil-beginning-to-normalize-presentation-idUSKBN23433I | 2020-05-29 |
| SAO PAULO Sao Paulo Brazils most populous city and the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak remains under quarantine despite the reopening of some businesses the mayor said on Thursday urging the population to keep social distancing measures | Negative | SAO PAULO Sao Paulo Brazils most populous city and the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak remains under quarantine despite the reopening of some businesses the mayor said on Thursday urging the population to keep social distancing measures | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sao-paulo/brazils-largest-city-sao-paulo-starts-reopening-mayor-urges-people-to-keep-social-distancing-idUSKBN2342TT | 2020-05-29 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government is in talks with Congress about extending the emergency program to provide informal workers hit by the coronavirus crisis with three monthly payments of 600 reais but at a reduced level Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Thursday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government is in talks with Congress about extending the emergency program to provide informal workers hit by the coronavirus crisis with three monthly payments of 600 reais but at a reduced level Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-emergency-measures/brazil-mulls-extending-aid-program-for-informal-workers-but-lowering-payments-idUSKBN2343JU | 2020-05-29 |
| 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 PAULO Loading of grains and other products at the port of Brazils second largest resumed normally on Wednesday after a case of COVID19 paralyzed work in berth 214 for about 24 hours according to the port authority | Positive | SAO PAULO Loading of grains and other products at the port of Brazils second largest resumed normally on Wednesday after a case of COVID19 paralyzed work in berth 214 for about 24 hours according to the port authority | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-port/key-brazil-port-resumes-loading-grains-after-covid-19-case-halted-ops-idUSKBN2332N5 | 2020-05-28 |
| Brazils health agency Anvisa ordered the vessel to be quarantined until further notice | Negative | SAO PAULO Loading of grains and other products at the port of Brazils second largest resumed normally on Wednesday after a case of COVID19 paralyzed work in berth 214 for about 24 hours according to the port authority | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-port/key-brazil-port-resumes-loading-grains-after-covid-19-case-halted-ops-idUSKBN2332N5 | 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 |
| Brazils health surveillance agency ANVISA later authorized the ship to leave berth 214 after all other crew members were tested the port said in a statement | 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 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economic recovery plan to pull the country out of the coronavirus crisis will focus on making it easier to do business resuming structural reforms and will include a task force in charge of selling off state assets Deputy Economy Minister Marcelo Guaranys said on Tuesday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils economic recovery plan to pull the country out of the coronavirus crisis will focus on making it easier to do business resuming structural reforms and will include a task force in charge of selling off state assets Deputy Economy Minister Marcelo Guaranys said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-recovery/brazil-eyes-state-asset-sale-task-force-post-crisis-deputy-economy-minister-idUSKBN232396 | 2020-05-27 |
| BRASILIA Brazils four largest news media outlets said they have withdrawn their reporters from coverage of rightwing President Jair Bolsonaros official residence due to the lack of security to protect them from heckling and abuse by his supporters | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils four largest news media outlets said they have withdrawn their reporters from coverage of rightwing President Jair Bolsonaros official residence due to the lack of security to protect them from heckling and abuse by his supporters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-media/brazilian-media-boycott-bolsonaro-residence-due-to-harassment-idUSKBN23232Q | 2020-05-27 |
| BRASILIA As Brazils daily COVID19 death rate climbs to the highest in the world a University of Washington study is warning its total death toll could climb fivefold to 125000 by early August adding to fears it has become a new hot spot in the pandemic | Negative | BRASILIA As Brazils daily COVID19 death rate climbs to the highest in the world a University of Washington study is warning its total death toll could climb fivefold to 125000 by early August adding to fears it has become a new hot spot in the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-coronavirus-deaths-could-surpass-125000-by-august-u-s-study-says-idUSKBN2322IZ | 2020-05-27 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils infrastructure minister said on Monday the country still wants to privatize 43 airports through 2022 even as the COVID19 pandemic ravages the air transportation industry | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils infrastructure minister said on Monday the country still wants to privatize 43 airports through 2022 even as the COVID19 pandemic ravages the air transportation industry | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-privatizati/brazil-still-plans-to-privatize-43-airports-through-2022-minister-idUSKBN23124M | 2020-05-26 |
| 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 | 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 |
| An advisor to Brazils president played down Trumps move highlighting shared views on fighting the virus with unproven antimalarial drugs such as hydroxychloroquine | Negative | The White House on Sunday said it was restricting travel from Brazil to the United States two days after the South American nation became the worlds No | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-usa/u-s-limits-travel-from-brazil-amid-worsening-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN2300KI | 2020-05-25 |
| TRES UNIDOS BRAZIL Tres Unidos an indigenous village in Brazils Amazon rainforest locked out all visitors hoping that isolation would keep it safe | Negative | TRES UNIDOS BRAZIL Tres Unidos an indigenous village in Brazils Amazon rainforest locked out all visitors hoping that isolation would keep it safe | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/isolation-not-enough-to-save-amazon-indigenous-village-from-covid-19-idUSKBN22Y2M3 | 2020-05-23 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government on Friday sharply revised its 2020 budget deficit and national debt forecasts to record levels reflecting the hit to tax revenues and need for massive emergency spending caused by the coronavirus crisis | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government on Friday sharply revised its 2020 budget deficit and national debt forecasts to record levels reflecting the hit to tax revenues and need for massive emergency spending caused by the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-revises-2020-deficit-debt-forecasts-to-record-levels-as-crisis-deepens-idUSKBN22Y2NO | 2020-05-23 |
| SAO PAULO Lawmakers in Brazils biggest state of Sao Paulo have decided to bring forward to Monday a holiday scheduled for July 9 in an attempt to strengthen social distancing and contain the spread of the novel coronavirus | Negative | SAO PAULO Lawmakers in Brazils biggest state of Sao Paulo have decided to bring forward to Monday a holiday scheduled for July 9 in an attempt to strengthen social distancing and contain the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-biggest-state-brings-forward-holiday-to-contain-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN22Y1OO | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils national indebtedness will soar to record levels this year due to the coronavirus crisis with gross national debt reaching 93 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils national indebtedness will soar to record levels this year due to the coronavirus crisis with gross national debt reaching 93 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-debt/brazil-debt-to-hit-record-93-5-of-gdp-this-year-economy-ministry-idUSKBN22Y2TW | 2020-05-23 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA The mounting pressure on Brazils workforce from the unfolding economic crisis during the new coronavirus outbreak was highlighted on Thursday as figures showed a surge in formal unemployment insurance claims and the Economy Ministry said it will increase emergency aid for informal workers | Negative | BRASILIA The mounting pressure on Brazils workforce from the unfolding economic crisis during the new coronavirus outbreak was highlighted on Thursday as figures showed a surge in formal unemployment insurance claims and the Economy Ministry said it will increase emergency aid for informal workers | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-unemployment/brazil-to-boost-aid-for-informal-workers-formal-jobless-insurance-claims-surge-76-2-idUSKBN22X2RF | 2020-05-22 |
| BRASILIA Brazils emergency measures to support the economy during the coronavirus pandemic will have a 344 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils emergency measures to support the economy during the coronavirus pandemic will have a 344 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-support/brazil-emergency-measures-to-have-4-7-of-gdp-impact-on-budget-official-idUSKBN22X2ON | 2020-05-22 |
| RIO DE PAULO Brazils coronavirus outbreak worsened on Wednesday and the South American nation could soon have the secondhighest number of cases in the world as the Health Ministry reported 888 new deaths and nearly 20000 new infections in a single day | Negative | RIO DE PAULO Brazils coronavirus outbreak worsened on Wednesday and the South American nation could soon have the secondhighest number of cases in the world as the Health Ministry reported 888 new deaths and nearly 20000 new infections in a single day | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-coronavirus-outbreak-worsens-as-country-could-soon-be-no-2-in-cases-idUSKBN22W37E | 2020-05-21 |
| Brazils federal guidelines had previously cited the drug only as an unproven treatment for severe cases of the COVID19 respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils health ministry on Wednesday issued new guidelines for wider use of antimalarial drugs in mild coronavirus cases a treatment touted by President Jair Bolsonaro in defiance of public health experts warning of possible health risks | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-widens-use-of-malaria-drugs-in-mild-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN22W230 | 2020-05-21 |
| BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress on Wednesday delayed voting on a land bill seen by some as contributing to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which has dozens of European companies threatening to boycott Brazilian exports | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress on Wednesday delayed voting on a land bill seen by some as contributing to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which has dozens of European companies threatening to boycott Brazilian exports | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-delays-vote-on-land-bill-amid-threat-of-environmental-boycott-idUSKBN22W2TU | 2020-05-21 |
| Brazils coronavirus death toll is 18859 | Negative | RIO DE PAULO Brazils coronavirus outbreak worsened on Wednesday and the South American nation could soon have the secondhighest number of cases in the world as the Health Ministry reported 888 new deaths and nearly 20000 new infections in a single day | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-coronavirus-outbreak-worsens-as-country-could-soon-be-no-2-in-cases-idUSKBN22W37E | 2020-05-21 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday said in a video posted on his Twitter account that Culture Secretary Regina Duarte had resigned after roughly after two months in the post the latest sign of upheaval in his government | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday said in a video posted on his Twitter account that Culture Secretary Regina Duarte had resigned after roughly after two months in the post the latest sign of upheaval in his government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-says-culture-secretary-has-resigned-after-two-months-idUSKBN22W1ZS | 2020-05-21 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economic team is fully behind Economy Minister Paulo Guedes and his vision for the country a senior ministry official said on Wednesday insisting that reducing red tape and the cost of doing business in Brazil will be crucial to kickstarting the recovery | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils economic team is fully behind Economy Minister Paulo Guedes and his vision for the country a senior ministry official said on Wednesday insisting that reducing red tape and the cost of doing business in Brazil will be crucial to kickstarting the recovery | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-economy-minister-guedes-has-full-support-of-his-team-official-idUSKBN22W339 | 2020-05-21 |
| Brazils response to defend the sector has lagged while competing fishing nations are Lobo said | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazilian fish processors are asking the government for tax breaks subsidized credit and emergency loan guarantees saying they need as the coronavirus crisis dents demand and leaves a sector employing 1 million Brazilians struggling badly | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-fishing/brazil-fisheries-plea-for-government-aid-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN22W33N | 2020-05-21 |
| 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 |
| Brazils market will continue to expand but not at the same Barone told Reuters in an interview | 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 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils daily death toll from the new coronavirus jumped to a record 1179 on Tuesday as President Jair Bolsonaro doubled down on chloroquine as a possible remedy and U.S. leader Donald Trump said he is considering a travel ban from Brazil | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils daily death toll from the new coronavirus jumped to a record 1179 on Tuesday as President Jair Bolsonaro doubled down on chloroquine as a possible remedy and U.S. leader Donald Trump said he is considering a travel ban from Brazil | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-suffers-record-coronavirus-deaths-trump-mulls-travel-ban-idUSKBN22V374 | 2020-05-20 |
| 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 |
| Brazils lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia earlier said he would introduce the bill on the floor of Congress on Wednesday for a potential vote | Negative | British supermarkets have warned Brazil they might have to boycott its products if lawmakers there pass a contentious bill that could enable faster destruction of the Amazon rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-boycott/british-supermarkets-threaten-brazil-boycott-over-proposed-forest-law-idUSKBN22V39M | 2020-05-20 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils mining sector is likely to be the first to rebound from the economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak due to large iron ore capacity and alreadygrowing demand from China the president of industry association Ibram told Reuters | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils mining sector is likely to be the first to rebound from the economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak due to large iron ore capacity and alreadygrowing demand from China the president of industry association Ibram told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-mining/brazil-mining-sector-will-quickly-bounce-back-after-covid-19-disruption-ibram-idUSKBN22V30E | 2020-05-20 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Health Ministry will issue new guidelines on Wednesday expanding the recommended use of chloroquine for treating the novel coronavirus President Jair Bolsonaro said days after the health minister quit under pressure to sign the new guidelines | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Health Ministry will issue new guidelines on Wednesday expanding the recommended use of chloroquine for treating the novel coronavirus President Jair Bolsonaro said days after the health minister quit under pressure to sign the new guidelines | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/bolsonaro-says-brazil-to-issue-new-chloroquine-protocol-on-wednesday-idUSKBN22V39L | 2020-05-20 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government on Tuesday launched a new credit line aimed at helping small companies weather the economic crisis stemming from the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government on Tuesday launched a new credit line aimed at helping small companies weather the economic crisis stemming from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-small-compa/brazil-launches-new-financing-program-for-small-companies-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22V2I8 | 2020-05-20 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils top civil air travel regulator said on Tuesday that Spanish airline company Globalia has suspended a process to start operating domestic flights within Latin Americas largest economy | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils top civil air travel regulator said on Tuesday that Spanish airline company Globalia has suspended a process to start operating domestic flights within Latin Americas largest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-airlines/spanish-airline-globalia-suspends-plans-to-fly-domestic-in-brazil-regulator-idUSKBN22V380 | 2020-05-20 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy is expected to shrink by more than this year a weekly central bank survey of economists showed on Monday which would be the biggest annual downturn since records began in 1900 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils economy is expected to shrink by more than this year a weekly central bank survey of economists showed on Monday which would be the biggest annual downturn since records began in 1900 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-survey/brazil-2020-gdp-consensus-falls-to-5-1-in-biggest-drop-on-record-survey-idUSKBN22U1N7 | 2020-05-19 |
| By volume Brazils maritime exports were also relatively stable at 195 | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazil recorded a | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-ports/brazil-maritime-trade-surplus-widens-as-ports-remain-open-farm-exports-strong-atp-idUSKBN22U2O9 | 2020-05-19 |
| 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 |
| Brazils growing maritime trade surplus underscores the strength of the countrys farm sector which exported higher amounts of goods like soybeans in March and April driven by strong Chinese demand | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazil recorded a | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-ports/brazil-maritime-trade-surplus-widens-as-ports-remain-open-farm-exports-strong-atp-idUSKBN22U2O9 | 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 |
| RIO DE PAULO May 15 Brazils state development bank BNDES said on Friday that the countrys top three airlines had accepted a million aid package but two carriers said they were still discussing terms | Positive | RIO DE PAULO May 15 Brazils state development bank BNDES said on Friday that the countrys top three airlines had accepted a million aid package but two carriers said they were still discussing terms | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-brazil-airlines/brazil-says-airline-bailout-settled-but-carriers-say-talks-ongoing-idUSL1N2CX2OM | 2020-05-16 |
| Brazils economy is being battered by coronavirus pandemic preventing most businesses from opening due to state and local government social distancing measures | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil has deferred or reduced taxes worth 170 billion | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-revenue/brazil-has-deferred-or-reduced-29-billion-in-taxes-amid-pandemic-revenue-service-idUSKBN22R33Z | 2020-05-16 |
| Brazils largest domestic airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes declined to comment on Friday | Negative | RIO DE PAULO May 15 Brazils state development bank BNDES said on Friday that the countrys top three airlines had accepted a million aid package but two carriers said they were still discussing terms | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-brazil-airlines/brazil-says-airline-bailout-settled-but-carriers-say-talks-ongoing-idUSL1N2CX2OM | 2020-05-16 |
| He made no reference to the resignation on Friday of Brazils health minister whose predecessor was fired last month | Positive | BOGOTA Colombia will work with hardhit Brazil to increase the military presence along their Amazonian border and share information in an effort to fight an increasing number of coronavirus cases in the area Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-colombia-brazil/colombia-to-work-together-with-hard-hit-brazil-to-fight-coronavirus-on-border-duque-idUSKBN22S023 | 2020-05-16 |
| BRASILIA Brazils outgoing health minister Nelson Teich said in a press briefing on Friday that he had decided to resign from his position becoming the second person to leave the top public health position in less than a month in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils outgoing health minister Nelson Teich said in a press briefing on Friday that he had decided to resign from his position becoming the second person to leave the top public health position in less than a month in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-teich/brazil-outgoing-health-minister-thanks-bolsonaro-gives-no-reason-for-quitting-idUSKBN22R32U | 2020-05-16 |
| Brazils Amazonas state said in April its health system was overwhelmed by the pandemic with all available intensive care beds and ventilators occupied | Negative | BOGOTA Colombia will work with hardhit Brazil to increase the military presence along their Amazonian border and share information in an effort to fight an increasing number of coronavirus cases in the area Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-colombia-brazil/colombia-to-work-together-with-hard-hit-brazil-to-fight-coronavirus-on-border-duque-idUSKBN22S023 | 2020-05-16 |
| ABPA said Brazils pork exports in 2020 are expected to exceed initial expectations while chicken exports will also remain strong driven due to Chinese demand | Positive | SAO PAULO Operations at a Brazilian chicken and pork plant owned by BRF SA are expected to gradually resume starting on Friday about a week ahead of schedule after a shutdown due to a novel coronavirus outbreak the company and an industry group said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-meat/brfs-coronavirus-hit-chicken-pork-plant-in-brazil-to-reopen-ahead-of-schedule-idUSKBN22R2PA | 2020-05-16 |
| RIO DE PAULO Brazils state development bank BNDES said on Friday that the countrys top three airlines had accepted a million aid package but the carriers said they were still discussing terms | Positive | RIO DE PAULO Brazils state development bank BNDES said on Friday that the countrys top three airlines had accepted a million aid package but the carriers said they were still discussing terms | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-airlines/brazil-says-airline-bailout-settled-but-carriers-say-talks-ongoing-idUSKBN22R3CR | 2020-05-16 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils staterun Petrobras sees no need for cuts in oil production executives say as the market for its crude remains robust in China while domestic demand for fuel picks up amid social distancing fatigue in Latin Americas largest economy | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils staterun Petrobras sees no need for cuts in oil production executives say as the market for its crude remains robust in China while domestic demand for fuel picks up amid social distancing fatigue in Latin Americas largest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-petrobras-outlook/petrobras-looks-to-chinas-teapots-to-keep-oil-exports-flowing-idUSKBN22R2OG | 2020-05-16 |
| BRASILIA Brazils emergency payments to aid lowincome workers during the new coronavirus pandemic already total around 120 billion reais | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils emergency payments to aid lowincome workers during the new coronavirus pandemic already total around 120 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-economy/brazil-emergency-coronavirus-checks-already-total-20-5-billion-economy-minister-idUSKBN22R39N | 2020-05-16 |
| RIO DE PAULO Brazils government is considering 12 billion reais | Neutral | RIO DE PAULO Brazils government is considering 12 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-energy/brazil-weighs-2-billion-in-coronavirus-relief-loans-to-power-sector-sources-idUSKBN22Q3CU | 2020-05-15 |
| Brazils airlines have been forced to ground most of their fleet due to the coronavirus pandemic like their peers around the world | Negative | Rodgerson confirmed reports on the rescue size on an analysts call saying he was with the value but that he understood Brazil lacked resources for a larger bailout | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-airlines/brazils-airline-rescue-plan-shrinks-further-to-680-million-idUSKBN22Q0CW | 2020-05-15 |
| Yet scarred by Brazils history of currency crises capital flight and hyperinflation policymakers are wary that excessive stimulus might trigger a repeat | 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 |
| Brazils Mines and Energy Ministry which oversees regulation of the sector did not immediately respond to request for comment | Neutral | RIO DE PAULO Brazils government is considering 12 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-energy/brazil-weighs-2-billion-in-coronavirus-relief-loans-to-power-sector-sources-idUSKBN22Q3CU | 2020-05-15 |
| 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 |
| Brazils debt and budget deficit are significantly higher than the average of other emerging nations with a similar credit rating profile | 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 |
| Brazils central bank has already taken measures worth more than of GDP according to its own estimate to boost liquidity and lending across the financial system | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| contraction in Brazils economy this year would be the biggest annual fall since records began in 1900 a senior Economy Ministry official said on Wednesday referring to the governments new gross domestic product forecast for the year | Negative | BRASILIA A 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-gdp-fall/brazil-4-7-gdp-this-year-would-be-biggest-fall-since-1900-economy-ministry-idUSKBN22P2J3 | 2020-05-14 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday said he is considering releasing a video that sources say shows him explaining that he needs a friendly police chief in Rio de Janeiro to shield his family from investigations | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday said he is considering releasing a video that sources say shows him explaining that he needs a friendly police chief in Rio de Janeiro to shield his family from investigations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-says-he-may-release-tape-in-police-probe-idUSKBN22P2H7 | 2020-05-14 |
| As Brazils economy plunged into a deep 201516 recession and the public soured on Rousseff several Centrao parties abandoned her government just before the vote to impeach her | 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 |
| RIO DE Brazils confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus passed Germany on Tuesday as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fought states over his wish to reopen gyms and beauty parlors even as his country becomes a new global hotspot for the pandemic | Negative | RIO DE Brazils confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus passed Germany on Tuesday as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fought states over his wish to reopen gyms and beauty parlors even as his country becomes a new global hotspot for the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-coronavirus-cases-pass-germanys-as-bolsonaro-fights-to-open-gyms-idUSKBN22O34J | 2020-05-13 |
| Brazils health ministry had confirmed 12400 deaths from the virus as of Tuesday | Negative | RIO DE Brazils confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus passed Germany on Tuesday as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fought states over his wish to reopen gyms and beauty parlors even as his country becomes a new global hotspot for the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-coronavirus-cases-pass-germanys-as-bolsonaro-fights-to-open-gyms-idUSKBN22O34J | 2020-05-13 |
| 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 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes on Saturday said the countrys central bank is likely to shower the economy with money in case of a depression due to the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes on Saturday said the countrys central bank is likely to shower the economy with money in case of a depression due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazils-central-bank-to-shower-economy-with-money-in-case-of-depression-economy-minister-idUSKBN22L0V9 | 2020-05-11 |
| Bolsonaro seeing Brazils economy damaged by social distancing measures has said the economic impact of keeping people at home outweighs the health risk of letting them work | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Brazils Congress has declared a threeday national mourning period | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes on Saturday said the countrys central bank is likely to shower the economy with money in case of a depression due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazils-central-bank-to-shower-economy-with-money-in-case-of-depression-economy-minister-idUSKBN22L0V9 | 2020-05-11 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose sharply in April government data showed on Friday as the coronavirus outbreak keeps many environmental enforcers out of the field and the country prepares to deploy troops to fight illegal logging | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose sharply in April government data showed on Friday as the coronavirus outbreak keeps many environmental enforcers out of the field and the country prepares to deploy troops to fight illegal logging | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-surges-bolsonaro-readies-troops-idUSKBN22K1U1 | 2020-05-11 |
| BRASILIA The biggest threat to Brazils ability to successfully combat the spread of the coronavirus and tackle the unfolding public health crisis is the countrys president Jair Bolsonaro according to British medical journal The Lancet | Negative | BRASILIA The biggest threat to Brazils ability to successfully combat the spread of the coronavirus and tackle the unfolding public health crisis is the countrys president Jair Bolsonaro according to British medical journal The Lancet | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/biggest-threat-to-brazil-coronavirus-response-president-bolsonaro-says-the-lancet-idUSKBN22K29I | 2020-05-11 |
| Most of Brazils 27 state and district governments are taking the threat of the virus more seriously than Bolsonaro | Negative | BRASILIA The biggest threat to Brazils ability to successfully combat the spread of the coronavirus and tackle the unfolding public health crisis is the countrys president Jair Bolsonaro according to British medical journal The Lancet | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/biggest-threat-to-brazil-coronavirus-response-president-bolsonaro-says-the-lancet-idUSKBN22K29I | 2020-05-11 |
| A fluffy Harpy Eagle recently born at Brazils Bela Vista Biological Refuge is keeping the centers caretakers busy as they seek to preserve this nearthreatened species | Negative | A fluffy Harpy Eagle recently born at Brazils Bela Vista Biological Refuge is keeping the centers caretakers busy as they seek to preserve this nearthreatened species | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-eagle/harpy-eagle-hatches-in-brazil-refuge-bringing-hope-for-species-idUSKBN22K2VB | 2020-05-11 |
| Banks polled by Brazils central bank predict the economy will shrink 3 | Negative | BRASILIA The coronavirus is pushing Brazil toward food shortages and broader production problems Economy Minister Paulo Guedes warned on Thursday as he joined business leaders in a protest at the Supreme Court against measures enforced by state governors to repress the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-crisis/brazils-guedes-warns-of-virus-control-measures-economic-toll-idUSKBN22J34D | 2020-05-08 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that some states went too far in their social isolation measures to combat coronavirus and that the steps must be taken as soon as possible to bring the economy out of intensive care | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that some states went too far in their social isolation measures to combat coronavirus and that the steps must be taken as soon as possible to bring the economy out of intensive care | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-says-must-get-economy-back-on-track-as-soon-as-possible-idUSKBN22J2TX | 2020-05-08 |
| 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 |
| Ethanol suffered a collapse in demand in April according to government data right as the sugarcane harvest in Brazils centersouth region is starting | Negative | SAO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro effectively ruled out raising gasoline taxes on Thursday a blow to the ethanol industry which had asked for a gasoline tax hike to boost its own competitiveness amid the novel coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-ethanol-taxation/brazils-bolsonaro-rejects-idea-of-gasoline-tax-to-support-ethanol-industry-idUSKBN22J3NJ | 2020-05-08 |
| As part of Brazils bid to combat the coronavirus outbreak officials said they were attempting to dramatically ramp up testing capacity from the current 2700 tests per day | 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 |
| in afternoon trading while Brazils benchmark Bovespa equities index was off 0 | Neutral | SAO PAULO Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau plans to restart the blast furnace at its mill in the town of Ouro Branco at the end of June or beginning of July as the company expects a gradual rebound in orders Chief Executive Gustavo Werneck said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-gerdau-results/brazilian-steelmaker-gerdau-eyes-construction-rebound-after-profit-drop-idUSKBN22I1Q9 | 2020-05-07 |
| On Monday agribusiness consultancy INTL FCStone revised Brazils second corn harvest forecast down 1 | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazilian corn farmers hoping for relief from drought were disappointed by weaker than expected rains this week while frost expected in the state of Parana could bring further losses weather forecasters said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corn/brazils-corn-farmers-face-scarce-rains-losses-weather-forecasters-idUSKBN22H2XW | 2020-05-06 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| In Brazils largest grain state of Mato Grosso farmers cultivating corn along the BR163 highway will receive up to 20 millimeters of rains this week according to Oliveira | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazilian corn farmers hoping for relief from drought were disappointed by weaker than expected rains this week while frost expected in the state of Parana could bring further losses weather forecasters said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corn/brazils-corn-farmers-face-scarce-rains-losses-weather-forecasters-idUSKBN22H2XW | 2020-05-06 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Economy Ministry has drawn up plans for a lowrisk pipeline of infrastructure projects to attract privatesector investment as its blueprint to help kickstart the economys postcrisis recovery | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Economy Ministry has drawn up plans for a lowrisk pipeline of infrastructure projects to attract privatesector investment as its blueprint to help kickstart the economys postcrisis recovery | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-recovery/guedes-drafts-plans-to-attract-private-investment-to-post-crisis-brazil-idUSKBN22G2L0 | 2020-05-05 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Defense Ministry issued a relatively rare statement on Monday saying the armed forces are dedicated to their constitutional mission and democracy and that violence against members of the press is not acceptable | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Defense Ministry issued a relatively rare statement on Monday saying the armed forces are dedicated to their constitutional mission and democracy and that violence against members of the press is not acceptable | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-democracy/brazils-defense-ministry-says-committed-to-democracy-rejects-pro-coup-protests-idUSKBN22G2EX | 2020-05-05 |
| BRASILIA The outlook for Brazils economy deteriorated for a 12th week in a row a central bank survey showed on Monday and forecasts for public finances inflation interest rates and exchange rate were also lowered again as the COVID19 crisis intensified | Negative | BRASILIA The outlook for Brazils economy deteriorated for a 12th week in a row a central bank survey showed on Monday and forecasts for public finances inflation interest rates and exchange rate were also lowered again as the COVID19 crisis intensified | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-survey/consensus-on-brazils-2020-gdp-contraction-lowered-again-to-3-8-survey-idUSKBN22G1EY | 2020-05-05 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils battered retailers are starting to reopen after weeks of coronavirus lockdown but may exit the crisis transformed with the ecommerce sector strengthened and brickandmortar chains facing an uphill path to normality | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils battered retailers are starting to reopen after weeks of coronavirus lockdown but may exit the crisis transformed with the ecommerce sector strengthened and brickandmortar chains facing an uphill path to normality | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-retail/coronavirus-crisis-fuels-brazil-e-commerce-shift-as-malls-suffer-idUSKBN22G18D | 2020-05-05 |
| 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 |
| Brazils online sales growth accelerated to in the past five weeks according to local ecommerce association ABComm with stayathome measures luring consumers and pushing retailers to migrate online | Neutral | SAO PAULO Brazils battered retailers are starting to reopen after weeks of coronavirus lockdown but may exit the crisis transformed with the ecommerce sector strengthened and brickandmortar chains facing an uphill path to normality | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-retail/coronavirus-crisis-fuels-brazil-e-commerce-shift-as-malls-suffer-idUSKBN22G18D | 2020-05-05 |
| BUENOS AIRES Brazils central bank will cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points again on Wednesday to aid Latin Americas No | Negative | BUENOS AIRES Brazils central bank will cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points again on Wednesday to aid Latin Americas No | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-rates-poll/brazil-central-bank-to-cut-rates-again-by-50-bps-in-may-reuters-poll-idUSKBN22D5U7 | 2020-05-02 |
| Researchers at Imperial College London estimate Brazils transmission rate this week will have been the highest in the world | Negative | RIO DE PAULO Imported by the Brazilian elite vacationing in Europe the new coronavirus is now ravaging the countrys poor ripping through tightlypacked neighborhoods where the disease is harder to control | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-poor/imported-by-the-rich-coronavirus-now-devastating-brazils-poor-idUSKBN22D549 | 2020-05-02 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils unemployment rate could double due to the coronavirus crisis privatization secretary Salim Mattar said on Thursday insisting that slashing the size of the state in the economy will be crucial to the postcrisis recovery | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils unemployment rate could double due to the coronavirus crisis privatization secretary Salim Mattar said on Thursday insisting that slashing the size of the state in the economy will be crucial to the postcrisis recovery | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-unemployment/brazil-unemployment-could-double-fx-volatility-a-concern-official-idUSKBN22C2TF | 2020-05-01 |
| Preferred shares in Brazils second largest privatesector lender were down almost in midmorning trading | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazilian lender Banco Bradesco SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bco-bradesc/brazilian-bank-bradesco-boost-provisions-shares-slump-idUSKBN22C2QI | 2020-05-01 |
| SAO PAULO Health authorities in Brazils southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul said the new coronavirus has spread to nine local meat processing plants according to a government epidemiology report sent to Reuters on Thursday | Negative | SAO PAULO Health authorities in Brazils southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul said the new coronavirus has spread to nine local meat processing plants according to a government epidemiology report sent to Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-meatpackers/nine-meat-plants-in-southern-brazil-face-covid-19-outbreaks-idUSKBN22C2J8 | 2020-05-01 |
| BRASILIA A Supreme Court judge on Monday authorized an investigation of allegations that Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro tried to interfere in the work of the countrys federal police force for political motives the top court said on its website | Negative | BRASILIA A Supreme Court judge on Monday authorized an investigation of allegations that Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro tried to interfere in the work of the countrys federal police force for political motives the top court said on its website | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazil-court-oks-investigating-allegations-bolsonaro-tried-to-interfere-with-police-idUSKCN22A0CT | 2020-04-29 |
| SAO Brazils Embraer SA said on Monday it had begun an arbitration process against Boeing Co after the U.S. planemaker abruptly canceled a | Negative | SAO Brazils Embraer SA said on Monday it had begun an arbitration process against Boeing Co after the U.S. planemaker abruptly canceled a | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-embraer-m-a-boeing/embraer-takes-boeing-to-arbitration-over-failed-deal-as-brazil-eyes-china-tie-up-idUSKCN2291OP | 2020-04-28 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government is working on a plan to gradually reopen economic activity that has been shuttered in efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus with professional soccer matches expected to resume behind closed doors shortly an Economy Ministry senior official said on Monday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government is working on a plan to gradually reopen economic activity that has been shuttered in efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus with professional soccer matches expected to resume behind closed doors shortly an Economy Ministry senior official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-reopening/brazil-drawing-up-plans-to-reopen-economy-resume-soccer-matches-soon-idUSKCN2292RE | 2020-04-28 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Jair Bolsonaro suffered the heaviest blow to his presidency so far as his popular justice minister quit on Friday and accused him of potentially criminal meddling in law enforcement adding to the turmoil of a government struggling to confront a fastgrowing coronavirus outbreak | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Jair Bolsonaro suffered the heaviest blow to his presidency so far as his popular justice minister quit on Friday and accused him of potentially criminal meddling in law enforcement adding to the turmoil of a government struggling to confront a fastgrowing coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazil-super-minister-quits-in-bolsonaros-worst-crisis-yet-idUSKCN2261KW | 2020-04-25 |
| Moros accusations spurred outcry from across Brazils political spectrum with former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso urging Bolsonaro to step down | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Jair Bolsonaro suffered the heaviest blow to his presidency so far as his popular justice minister quit on Friday and accused him of potentially criminal meddling in law enforcement adding to the turmoil of a government struggling to confront a fastgrowing coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazil-super-minister-quits-in-bolsonaros-worst-crisis-yet-idUSKCN2261KW | 2020-04-25 |
| Brazils chief public prosecutor Augusto Aras asked the Supreme Court to open an investigation into the allegations | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Jair Bolsonaro suffered the heaviest blow to his presidency so far as his popular justice minister quit on Friday and accused him of potentially criminal meddling in law enforcement adding to the turmoil of a government struggling to confront a fastgrowing coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazil-super-minister-quits-in-bolsonaros-worst-crisis-yet-idUSKCN2261KW | 2020-04-25 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that allegations that he had tried to interfere in the work of the federal police were baseless by outgoing Justice Minister Sergio Moro | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that allegations that he had tried to interfere in the work of the federal police were baseless by outgoing Justice Minister Sergio Moro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-denies-trying-to-interfere-in-police-investigations-idUSKCN2263AS | 2020-04-25 |
| Brazils economy is expected to enter a deep recession this year contracting by more than according to International Monetary Fund and World Bank estimates | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian industrial confidence crashed to its lowest level on record in April a survey showed on Friday as the lockdowns and sudden halt to swathes of activity lashed Latin Americas largest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-industry/brazil-industrial-confidence-crashes-to-record-low-in-april-fgv-idUSKCN2261UC | 2020-04-25 |
| Brazils economy is widely expected to contract sharply this year perhaps posting its biggest crash in decades | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils real fell on Wednesday to a fresh alltime low close to 5 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forex/brazils-real-hits-new-record-low-near-5-40-per-dollar-as-rate-cut-bets-intensify-idUSKCN2242ER | 2020-04-23 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Already grappling with one of Brazils most severe outbreaks of the novel coronavirus and a budget deep in the red Rio de Janeiro state faces a potential threat to its solvency at the hands of investment giants PIMCO and Dodge Cox | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Already grappling with one of Brazils most severe outbreaks of the novel coronavirus and a budget deep in the red Rio de Janeiro state faces a potential threat to its solvency at the hands of investment giants PIMCO and Dodge Cox | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-rio-pimco/brazils-rio-at-mercy-of-pimco-dodge-cox-as-oil-cash-dries-up-idUSKCN2241LM | 2020-04-23 |
| Brazils competition watchdog has already approved the deal which has garnered backing from some of the worlds largest aircraft buyers | Positive | Brazils competition watchdog has already approved the deal which has garnered backing from some of the worlds largest aircraft buyers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-embraer-m-a-boeing-eu/eu-antitrust-regulators-resume-probe-into-boeing-embraer-deal-idUSKCN2241B4 | 2020-04-23 |
| In Sao Paulo Brazils richest and most populous state Bolsonaro supporters have been demanding that governor Joao Doria resign because he has been a staunch supporter of shelterinplace measures | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| RIO DE PAULO Brazils government is discussing with the countrys main airlines further reducing a minimal flight schedule implemented due to the coronavirus crisis as travel demand remains close to zero three sources told Reuters | Negative | RIO DE PAULO Brazils government is discussing with the countrys main airlines further reducing a minimal flight schedule implemented due to the coronavirus crisis as travel demand remains close to zero three sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-airlines-ex/exclusive-brazil-considers-further-flight-cuts-as-coronavirus-crisis-bites-idUSKBN22233O | 2020-04-21 |
| The president of Brazils development bank BNDES which would issue the loans on behalf of the government said on Sunday that negotiations with automakers should be finalized in May | Neutral | SAO PAULO Volkswagen AG | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-volkswagen-brazil/volkswagen-in-brazil-to-keep-factories-closed-through-april-idUSKBN2222C4 | 2020-04-21 |
| Amazonas Brazils largest Amazonregion state has already declared a collapse of its health system after more than 1700 confirmed cases and 120 deaths | Negative | With the country already battling an outbreak of coronavirus a disease that affects breathing a bad smoke season could be disastrous they said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation-fires-trfn/as-amazon-fire-season-looms-smoke-and-coronavirus-could-be-a-disaster-idUSKBN2221W7 | 2020-04-21 |
| BRASILIA Brazils central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Saturday that Latin Americas largest economy will begin to recover from the coronavirus crisis in the fourth quarter according to an interview in local media | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Saturday that Latin Americas largest economy will begin to recover from the coronavirus crisis in the fourth quarter according to an interview in local media | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-economy-could-recover-in-fourth-quarter-says-central-bank-president-idUSKBN2200W8 | 2020-04-19 |
| 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 |
| Brazils Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to request for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday accused the speaker of the lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia of turning state governors against him in the coronavirus crisis and seeking to remove him from the presidency | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday accused the speaker of the lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia of turning state governors against him in the coronavirus crisis and seeking to remove him from the presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-accuses-house-speaker-of-trying-to-remove-him-from-office-idUSKBN21Y3JN | 2020-04-17 |
| Separately Brazils agronomics research agency Embrapa which falls under the agriculture ministry said its labs could process almost 43000 tests per day | Positive | SAO PAULO Despite Brazils backlog of more than 90000 specimens awaiting coronavirus testing and a rising death toll laboratories are idle due to a lack of materials the agriculture ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-testing/as-brazils-covid-19-testing-lags-available-labs-go-unused-idUSKCN21X36V | 2020-04-16 |
| In an emailed response to questions Brazils Health Ministry did not directly address why the available labs were not being used | Neutral | SAO PAULO Despite Brazils backlog of more than 90000 specimens awaiting coronavirus testing and a rising death toll laboratories are idle due to a lack of materials the agriculture ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-testing/as-brazils-covid-19-testing-lags-available-labs-go-unused-idUSKCN21X36V | 2020-04-16 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Health Ministry said on Wednesday that health secretary Wanderson de Oliveira has resigned as tensions between Minister Henrique Mandetta and President Jair Bolsonaro over the handling of the coronavirus crisis escalate | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Health Ministry said on Wednesday that health secretary Wanderson de Oliveira has resigned as tensions between Minister Henrique Mandetta and President Jair Bolsonaro over the handling of the coronavirus crisis escalate | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-firing/brazil-health-secretary-resigns-in-midst-of-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKCN21X2MR | 2020-04-16 |
| PAULO Brazils Economy Ministry is talking with banks about providing bailouts to sectors such as airlines automakers power companies and large retailers to help them survive the coronavirus crisis bank executives confirmed on Wednesday in live presentations | Negative | PAULO Brazils Economy Ministry is talking with banks about providing bailouts to sectors such as airlines automakers power companies and large retailers to help them survive the coronavirus crisis bank executives confirmed on Wednesday in live presentations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-banks/brazil-government-banks-in-talks-about-bailing-out-companies-idUSKCN21Y037 | 2020-04-16 |
| SAO PAULO Despite Brazils backlog of more than 90000 specimens awaiting coronavirus testing and a rising death toll laboratories are idle due to a lack of materials the agriculture ministry said | Negative | SAO PAULO Despite Brazils backlog of more than 90000 specimens awaiting coronavirus testing and a rising death toll laboratories are idle due to a lack of materials the agriculture ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-testing/as-brazils-covid-19-testing-lags-available-labs-go-unused-idUSKCN21X36V | 2020-04-16 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Environment Minister Ricardo Salles has fired the countrys top environmental enforcement officer according to a government notice published on Tuesday after a news program broadcast a dramatic raid on illegal mining in the Amazon rainforest | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Environment Minister Ricardo Salles has fired the countrys top environmental enforcement officer according to a government notice published on Tuesday after a news program broadcast a dramatic raid on illegal mining in the Amazon rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/televised-raid-on-illegal-amazon-mining-angers-brazil-government-leads-to-sacking-idUSKCN21W31A | 2020-04-15 |
| Deforestation in Brazils Amazon is up in the first three months of the year compared to the same period a year ago according to government data | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Environment Minister Ricardo Salles has fired the countrys top environmental enforcement officer according to a government notice published on Tuesday after a news program broadcast a dramatic raid on illegal mining in the Amazon rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/televised-raid-on-illegal-amazon-mining-angers-brazil-government-leads-to-sacking-idUSKCN21W31A | 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 |
| In its statement Brazils federal police said the operation to catch dos Santos also involved the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration the U.S. Department of Justice and the Mozambique police | 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 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils health minister urged the government to speak with a unified voice in its fight against the new coronavirus effectively calling out President Jair Bolsonaro for downplaying the threat ahead of what are likely to be the two toughest months for the outbreak | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils health minister urged the government to speak with a unified voice in its fight against the new coronavirus effectively calling out President Jair Bolsonaro for downplaying the threat ahead of what are likely to be the two toughest months for the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-minister-urges-unified-voice-as-bolsonaro-downplays-coronavirus-idUSKCN21V149 | 2020-04-14 |
| On Sunday Brazils health ministry said 1223 people had died as a result of the outbreak 99 more than the previous days total | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO When 97yearold Brazilian Gina Dal Colleto was hospitalized on April 1 with coronavirus symptoms few could have thought she would survive the deadly virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-brazil-survivo/great-grandmother-97-becomes-brazils-oldest-coronavirus-survivor-idUSKCN21U0R3 | 2020-04-13 |
| BRASILIA April 11 Brazils 2020 deficit is approaching 500 billion reais or of gross domestic product even before a state aid proposal of up to 222 billion reais to tackle coronavirus is factored in the economy ministry said on Saturday | Negative | BRASILIA April 11 Brazils 2020 deficit is approaching 500 billion reais or of gross domestic product even before a state aid proposal of up to 222 billion reais to tackle coronavirus is factored in the economy ministry said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/healthcare-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-deficit-jumps-to-7-of-gdp-as-coronavirus-deaths-mount-idUSL2N2BZ09N | 2020-04-12 |
| On Saturday Brazils health ministry said 1124 people had died as a result of the outbreak with 20727 confirmed cases | Negative | Almeida | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/healthcare-coronavirus-brazil/update-1-brazil-deficit-jumps-to-7-of-gdp-as-coronavirus-deaths-mount-idUSL2N2BZ0BM | 2020-04-12 |
| BRASILIA April 11 Brazils 2020 deficit is approaching 500 billion reais or of gross domestic product even before a state aid proposal of up to 222 billion reais to tackle the coronavirus is factored in the economy ministry said on Saturday | Negative | Almeida | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/healthcare-coronavirus-brazil/update-1-brazil-deficit-jumps-to-7-of-gdp-as-coronavirus-deaths-mount-idUSL2N2BZ0BM | 2020-04-12 |
| Members of Brazils 1982 World Cup squad have reunited to ask their compatriots to work together and donate money to help the countrys overcrowded favelas avoid the worst ravages of the coronavirus | Positive | Members of Brazils 1982 World Cup squad have reunited to ask their compatriots to work together and donate money to help the countrys overcrowded favelas avoid the worst ravages of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-soccer-brazil/soccer-1982-brazil-team-reunite-to-help-fight-covid-19-idUSKCN21S1OD | 2020-04-11 |
| BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose in March government data showed on Friday indicating that illegal loggers and land speculators have not stopped destroying the forest with the onset of the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose in March government data showed on Friday indicating that illegal loggers and land speculators have not stopped destroying the forest with the onset of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/illegal-loggers-uncowed-by-coronavirus-as-deforestation-rises-in-brazil-idUSKCN21S1I1 | 2020-04-11 |
| BRASILIA On the day he nearly lost his job for supporting strict social distancing measures Brazils health minister took another stand in defiance of President Jair Bolsonaro refusing to endorse the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat the novel coronavirus | Negative | BRASILIA On the day he nearly lost his job for supporting strict social distancing measures Brazils health minister took another stand in defiance of President Jair Bolsonaro refusing to endorse the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-hydroxychlo/brazil-minister-resists-calls-for-wider-use-of-hydroxychloroquine-idUSKCN21R367 | 2020-04-10 |
| Brazils Federal Council of Medicine warned on March 20 there was nothing conclusive yet that proves the effectiveness and safety of using hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID19 | Neutral | BRASILIA On the day he nearly lost his job for supporting strict social distancing measures Brazils health minister took another stand in defiance of President Jair Bolsonaro refusing to endorse the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-hydroxychlo/brazil-minister-resists-calls-for-wider-use-of-hydroxychloroquine-idUSKCN21R367 | 2020-04-10 |
| SAO DE JANEIRO Lockdowns in Brazils largest cities to slow the coronavirus outbreak are beginning to slip according to new data this week seen and analyzed by Reuters with more people leaving their homes as President Jair Bolsonaro continues to criticize the measures | Negative | SAO DE JANEIRO Lockdowns in Brazils largest cities to slow the coronavirus outbreak are beginning to slip according to new data this week seen and analyzed by Reuters with more people leaving their homes as President Jair Bolsonaro continues to criticize the measures | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-lockdown/brazil-lockdowns-attacked-by-bolsonaro-begin-to-slip-idUSKCN21R30B | 2020-04-10 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils health minister said the country faced a serious getting enough mechanical ventilators and had spoken to China to try and ensure it would be able to fill an order for face masks as coronavirus deaths accelerated | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils health minister said the country faced a serious getting enough mechanical ventilators and had spoken to China to try and ensure it would be able to fill an order for face masks as coronavirus deaths accelerated | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-looks-to-china-for-coronavirus-help-as-cases-rise-quickly-idUSKBN21P3A2 | 2020-04-08 |
| Brazils education minister has also accused Chinese suppliers of profiteering on the pandemic and mocked Chinese accents | Negative | BRASILIA The U.S. ambassador to Brazil on Tuesday denied reports that the U.S. government took over Chinese supplies of medical equipment that were ordered by Brazil to fight the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-usa/u-s-denies-hijacking-chinese-medical-supplies-meant-for-brazil-idUSKBN21P315 | 2020-04-08 |
| Brazils pet market had 24 billion reais in revenue last year among the three largest in the world according to Euromonitor data | Positive | SAO PAULO Japans SoftBank Group Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-softbank-group-latam-petlove/japans-softbank-to-invest-48-million-in-brazil-pet-products-site-petlove-idUSKBN21P1TC | 2020-04-08 |
| Brazils Education Ministry declined comment on the matter and Weintraub did not respond to a request for comment | Negative | SAO PAULO Renewed attacks on China by a member of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros inner circle soured diplomatic relations again on Monday as the education minister accused Chinese medical equipment makers of profiteering from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-china-diplomatic-spat-escalates-over-coronavirus-supplies-idUSKBN21O22Z | 2020-04-07 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque said on Monday that he is ready to attend a meeting of G20 oil ministers planned by Saudi Arabia to look at ways to stabilize oil markets hit by the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque said on Monday that he is ready to attend a meeting of G20 oil ministers planned by Saudi Arabia to look at ways to stabilize oil markets hit by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-global-oil-brazil-saudi/brazils-energy-minister-to-attend-g20-oil-meeting-after-saudi-invite-idUSKBN21O2K2 | 2020-04-07 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Environment Minister Ricardo Salles has dismissed a government analyst who opposed relaxing environmental review of wood exports an official notice said on Monday after thousands of shipments from the Amazon bypassed required approvals over the past year | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Environment Minister Ricardo Salles has dismissed a government analyst who opposed relaxing environmental review of wood exports an official notice said on Monday after thousands of shipments from the Amazon bypassed required approvals over the past year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-minister-fires-analyst-who-opposed-unauthorized-wood-exports-idUSKBN21O30F | 2020-04-07 |
| Brazils death toll rose to 486 from 431 while the number of confirmed cases jumped to 11130 from 10278 according to Health Ministry figures released on Sunday afternoon | Negative | SAO PAULO Most Brazilians do not favor President Jair Bolsonaro resigning despite mounting criticism of his handling of the coronavirus outbreak according to a poll published by newspaper Folha de S.Paulo on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/most-brazilians-do-not-want-bolsonaro-to-resign-despite-criticism-of-his-coronavirus-response-poll-idUSKBN21N0KA | 2020-04-06 |
| Brazils Petrobras has also doubled its oil output cuts to 200000 bpd or of its total production | Negative | SINGAPORE Oil prices slipped on Monday after Saudi Arabia and Russia delayed a meeting to discuss output cuts that could partly alleviate oversupply in global markets as the coronavirus pandemic pummels demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-drops-over-1-on-oversupply-after-opec-delays-meeting-idUSKBN21O05S | 2020-04-06 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils lower house of Congress approved a constitutional amendment for a war to separate coronavirusrelated spending from the governments main budget and shield the economy as the country surpassed 10000 confirmed cases | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils lower house of Congress approved a constitutional amendment for a war to separate coronavirusrelated spending from the governments main budget and shield the economy as the country surpassed 10000 confirmed cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-war-budget/brazil-lawmakers-pass-war-budget-as-coronavirus-cases-top-10000-idUSKBN21M0VG | 2020-04-05 |
| Brazils coronavirus death toll rose to 431 from 359 while the number of confirmed cases jumped to 10278 from 9056 according to Health Ministry figures released on Saturday afternoon | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils lower house of Congress approved a constitutional amendment for a war to separate coronavirusrelated spending from the governments main budget and shield the economy as the country surpassed 10000 confirmed cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-war-budget/brazil-lawmakers-pass-war-budget-as-coronavirus-cases-top-10000-idUSKBN21M0VG | 2020-04-05 |
| Brazils health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta acknowledged on Wednesday that coronavirus cases are likely underreported due to delays in testing | Negative | SAO PAULO As Oswaldo dos Santos watched several men in protective suits dig a hasty grave for his 36yearold son his grief was mixed with What if he had the What if they all | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-cemetery/at-brazils-biggest-cemetery-grave-diggers-take-own-measure-of-coronavirus-toll-idUSKBN21K3J3 | 2020-04-03 |
| Even within Brazils powerful progun caucus whose members were among the loudest supporters of Bolsonaros lawandorder campaign in 2018 there is opposition to his position | Neutral | BRASILIA At a tense cabinet meeting on Saturday in the Brazilian presidents official residence Jair Bolsonaro found himself isolated | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro-a/brazils-bolsonaro-isolated-weakened-by-coronavirus-denial-idUSKBN21K333 | 2020-04-03 |
| One justice on the top court asked Brazils top prosecutor to investigate Bolsonaros behavior during the epidemic following accusations he put the population at greater risk of getting COVID19 | Negative | BRASILIA At a tense cabinet meeting on Saturday in the Brazilian presidents official residence Jair Bolsonaro found himself isolated | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro-a/brazils-bolsonaro-isolated-weakened-by-coronavirus-denial-idUSKBN21K333 | 2020-04-03 |
| 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 |
| Brazils congress could vote by Friday on a constitutional amendment for the socalled war to help minimize the economic damage lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia said earlier | Negative | PAULO Brazil faces a tense period in the coming weeks in its battle against the coronavirus with supplies of medical and protective equipment running low and fresh shipments from China not expected to arrive in the country for another month | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-turns-to-china-for-help-in-coronavirus-fight-eyes-u-s-cooperation-idUSKBN21K3F1 | 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 |
| Brazils Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said the latest coronavirus figures were very worrying and expressed concern about the lack of protective equipment medical equipment and ventilators | Negative | BRASILIA Presidents Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday discussed cooperation between the two countries in the fight against coronavirus as Brazils health minister warned that infection rates and lack of medical supplies were a big concern | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-politics/bolsonaro-trump-talk-coronavirus-help-as-brazil-cases-rise-sharply-idUSKBN21K00Z | 2020-04-02 |
| Arthur Chioro Brazils health minister during the leftist administration of former President Dilma Rousseff said Mandetta had emerged as a potential centerright threat to Bolsonaro | Positive | 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 |
| Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro has encouraged economic development in the Amazon to lift indigenous groups from poverty and improve the lives of 30 million Brazilians who live there | Negative | Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro has encouraged economic development in the Amazon to lift indigenous groups from poverty and improve the lives of 30 million Brazilians who live there | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-land-indigenous-trfn/indigenous-leader-from-threatened-tribe-killed-in-brazil-idUSKBN21J6NC | 2020-04-02 |
| Brazils indigenous peoples association APIB which represents many of the countrys 900000 native people urged federal police to investigate as well | Negative | Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro has encouraged economic development in the Amazon to lift indigenous groups from poverty and improve the lives of 30 million Brazilians who live there | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-land-indigenous-trfn/indigenous-leader-from-threatened-tribe-killed-in-brazil-idUSKBN21J6NC | 2020-04-02 |
| BRASILIA Presidents Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday discussed cooperation between the two countries in the fight against coronavirus as Brazils health minister warned that infection rates and lack of medical supplies were a big concern | Negative | BRASILIA Presidents Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday discussed cooperation between the two countries in the fight against coronavirus as Brazils health minister warned that infection rates and lack of medical supplies were a big concern | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-politics/bolsonaro-trump-talk-coronavirus-help-as-brazil-cases-rise-sharply-idUSKBN21K00Z | 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 |
| New approvals arent likely until Brazils outbreak eases which could take months he said | Positive | 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 |
| Brazils president said hunger is just as big a threat as COVID19 again playing down the seriousness of the outbreak during a news conference | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump and his top healthcare advisers urged Americans to follow strict social distancing measures ahead of a tough two that could lead to at least 100000 deaths from the coronavirus in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21J4BS | 2020-04-01 |
| Earlier this month Brazils stateowned oil producer Brasileiro also said it has drawn on in dollardenominated revolving loans and disbursed 3 | Neutral | NEW YORK March 31 Brazilian petrochemicals company Braskem is evaluating whether to draw down on its revolving credit facility according to a banking source and others | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/braskem-revolver/brazils-braskem-eyes-drawing-down-of-us1bn-revolver-sources-idUSL1N2BO1LK | 2020-04-01 |
| Many of Brazils alltime greats have played there including Pele Garrincha Zico and Socrates | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Lorries and labourers moved into the famous Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday to start building a field hospital that will host patients carrying the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-maracana/maracana-stadium-transformed-as-work-begins-on-rio-field-hospital-idUSKBN21I32O | 2020-04-01 |
| DE JANEIRO Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that there can be no more quarantine measures imposed on the country than those already in place to combat coronavirus because jobs are being destroyed and the poor are suffering disproportionately | Negative | DE JANEIRO Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that there can be no more quarantine measures imposed on the country than those already in place to combat coronavirus because jobs are being destroyed and the poor are suffering disproportionately | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-urges-no-more-coronavirus-quarantine-says-jobs-being-lost-idUSKBN21H3I3 | 2020-03-31 |
| BRASILIA Brazils central bank could soon be forced to fire up the money printing presses if the coronavirusfueled recession facing Latin Americas largest economy is as devastating as some economists fear | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils central bank could soon be forced to fire up the money printing presses if the coronavirusfueled recession facing Latin Americas largest economy is as devastating as some economists fear | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-emergency-measures-ana/brazil-headed-for-whatever-it-takes-qe-as-coronavirus-crash-looms-idUSKBN21E1IH | 2020-03-28 |
| 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 |
| Brazils economy minister Paulo Guedes a pro market economist who generally opposes government subsidies tested negative for coronavirus the ministry said on Thursday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils governors pressed President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday for more federal support in the coronavirus battle after he blasted them as jobkillers and undermined their orders with a decree keeping churches open at evangelical preachers request | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-governors-press-bolsonaro-for-more-coronavirus-support-idUSKBN21D2HA | 2020-03-27 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Maracana sports complex in Rio de Janeiro which includes the world famous soccer stadium will become a temporary hospital to help fight coronavirus state authorities said on Thursday | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Maracana sports complex in Rio de Janeiro which includes the world famous soccer stadium will become a temporary hospital to help fight coronavirus state authorities said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-stadium/brazils-maracana-stadium-tapped-to-serve-as-coronavirus-hospital-idUSKBN21D3II | 2020-03-27 |
| Overall Rio de Janeiros state Brazils second most populous expects to build six temporary hospitals | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Maracana sports complex in Rio de Janeiro which includes the world famous soccer stadium will become a temporary hospital to help fight coronavirus state authorities said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-stadium/brazils-maracana-stadium-tapped-to-serve-as-coronavirus-hospital-idUSKBN21D3II | 2020-03-27 |
| Brazils Petrobras said it was dialling back shortterm production by 100000 bpd delaying a dividend payment and trimming its 2020 investment plan | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices dropped more than a barrel on Thursday as a growing number of virusrelated restrictions on travel slashed global fuel demand overshadowing expectations that a trillion U.S. stimulus package will bolster economic activity | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-sheds-more-than-1-as-weakening-demand-outweighs-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN21D03T | 2020-03-27 |
| Many of Brazils 850000 indigenous people are urging officials to expel from their lands outsiders who could introduce the disease | Negative | Coronavirus cases across the globe jumped on Thursday as Japan planned to set up a special virus task force and New Zealand went under lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21D0HT | 2020-03-26 |
| PAULO President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday blasted as criminals the governors and mayors of Brazils largest states and cities for imposing lockdowns to slow the coronavirus outbreak as tensions with his health minister simmered | Negative | PAULO President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday blasted as criminals the governors and mayors of Brazils largest states and cities for imposing lockdowns to slow the coronavirus outbreak as tensions with his health minister simmered | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/bolsonaro-calls-coronavirus-lockdown-in-brazils-major-cities-a-crime-idUSKBN21C1QM | 2020-03-26 |
| In opposing shutdowns in Brazils biggest cities and states Bolsonaro has cast himself against local officials congressional leadership in addition to his health minister | Negative | PAULO President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday blasted as criminals the governors and mayors of Brazils largest states and cities for imposing lockdowns to slow the coronavirus outbreak as tensions with his health minister simmered | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/bolsonaro-calls-coronavirus-lockdown-in-brazils-major-cities-a-crime-idUSKBN21C1QM | 2020-03-26 |
| Now many of Brazils 850000 indigenous people fearing the threat of the coronavirus pandemic are urging officials to expel from their lands outsiders who could introduce the disease | Negative | BRASILIA When Europeans first arrived in the Amazon rainforest their smallpox decimated local tribes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/after-smallpox-and-malaria-brazils-tribes-fear-coronavirus-is-next-lethal-import-idUSKBN21C1LK | 2020-03-26 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils top three privatesector lenders on Wednesday said they are donating 5 million coronavirus tests ventilators and imaging equipment in response to the outbreak according to a statement | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils top three privatesector lenders on Wednesday said they are donating 5 million coronavirus tests ventilators and imaging equipment in response to the outbreak according to a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-banks/brazils-biggest-private-lenders-donate-5-million-coronavirus-tests-idUSKBN21C3EO | 2020-03-26 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Two of Brazils top airlines said they would cut more than of their domestic flights until at least May | 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 |
| Contagion among Brazils political elite health experts said is a warning about the countrys lack of readiness to combat the pandemic | Negative | BRASILIA Augusto Heleno a national security advisor to Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro treated Tuesday March 17 much like any other workday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro-i/as-bolsonaro-flouts-warnings-coronavirus-spreads-in-brazil-idUSKBN21B1AX | 2020-03-25 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government and central bank have entered crisisfighting mode as they battle to limit the coronavirus outbreaks impact on public health businesses and financial markets | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government and central bank have entered crisisfighting mode as they battle to limit the coronavirus outbreaks impact on public health businesses and financial markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-economy-fac/factbox-brazil-moves-to-shield-people-economy-markets-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN21B3HF | 2020-03-25 |
| Shopping mall lobby Abrasce said of Brazils malls have shut down already under city and state decrees ordering closure of nonessential commercial activities | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was forced on Monday to walk back a decree letting companies suspend pay to workers amid the coronavirus pandemic following barbs from congressional leaders and rising discontent over his handling of the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-walks-back-decree-to-suspend-worker-pay-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21A27O | 2020-03-24 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils health system will enter a state of collapse by the end of April the countrys health minister said on Friday with coronavirus cases hitting a plateau in July and hopefully falling quickly in September | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils health system will enter a state of collapse by the end of April the countrys health minister said on Friday with coronavirus cases hitting a plateau in July and hopefully falling quickly in September | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-health-syst/brazil-health-system-will-collapse-by-the-end-of-april-health-minister-idUSKBN21737A | 2020-03-21 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy will likely undergo a contraction in the second quarter economic policy secretary Adolfo Sachsida said on Friday adding that sticking to the governments spending cap rules will help provide a springboard for recovery in the second half of the year | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils economy will likely undergo a contraction in the second quarter economic policy secretary Adolfo Sachsida said on Friday adding that sticking to the governments spending cap rules will help provide a springboard for recovery in the second half of the year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-budget/significant-brazil-second-quarter-gdp-fall-likely-economy-ministry-official-idUSKBN2173CW | 2020-03-21 |
| In Rio Grande do Sul Brazils southernmost state of people were 60 or more | Neutral | RIO DE The coronavirus is landing in South America as summer in the southern hemisphere draws to a close and winter approaches potentially worsening the spread of the pandemic in Brazil and other parts of the region medical experts told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-seasons/winter-is-coming-cooler-south-america-weather-could-fan-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN217131 | 2020-03-21 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Senate on Friday approved a presidential decree declaring a national emergency over the coronavirus epidemic allowing the government to waive fiscal targets and free up budget resources to fight the virus that has killed seven and infected 621 in the country | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Senate on Friday approved a presidential decree declaring a national emergency over the coronavirus epidemic allowing the government to waive fiscal targets and free up budget resources to fight the virus that has killed seven and infected 621 in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-emergency/brazil-senate-approves-state-of-emergency-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN2172G1 | 2020-03-21 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday he might contact Chinese President Xi Jinping about acquiring medical equipment to contain the coronavirus pandemic either buying or receiving on loan or through donation | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday he might contact Chinese President Xi Jinping about acquiring medical equipment to contain the coronavirus pandemic either buying or receiving on loan or through donation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-china/brazils-bolsonaro-says-he-could-turn-to-chinas-xi-for-medical-equipment-idUSKBN2173K2 | 2020-03-21 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government on Friday slashed its 2020 economic growth forecast to zero as it factored in the expected hit from the global coronavirus outbreak but insisted there will be no fiscal largesse to cushion the blow | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government on Friday slashed its 2020 economic growth forecast to zero as it factored in the expected hit from the global coronavirus outbreak but insisted there will be no fiscal largesse to cushion the blow | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-gdp/brazil-government-slashes-2020-gdp-growth-outlook-to-zero-insists-spending-cap-stays-idUSKBN217393 | 2020-03-21 |
| Brazils Senate on Friday approved a presidential decree declaring a national emergency over the coronavirus allowing the government to waive budget deficit targets and free up resources | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government on Friday slashed its 2020 economic growth forecast to zero as it factored in the expected hit from the global coronavirus outbreak but insisted there will be no fiscal largesse to cushion the blow | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-gdp/brazil-government-slashes-2020-gdp-growth-outlook-to-zero-insists-spending-cap-stays-idUSKBN217393 | 2020-03-21 |
| BRASILIA Brazils central bank said on Thursday that the billion foreign exchange swap line facility provided by the U.S. Federal Reserve does not imply any economic policy conditionality | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils central bank said on Thursday that the billion foreign exchange swap line facility provided by the U.S. Federal Reserve does not imply any economic policy conditionality | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forex-fed/brazil-central-bank-says-60-billion-fx-swap-line-with-fed-has-no-policy-conditionality-idUSKBN2163J3 | 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 |
| Sources at Brazils second busiest port for agricultural exports like soybeans did not reply to a request seeking comment on the state of Thursdays activities | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government on Thursday unveiled a 10 billion reais aid package for some 11 million lowwage workers whose income and working hours will be reduced by the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government on Thursday unveiled a 10 billion reais aid package for some 11 million lowwage workers whose income and working hours will be reduced by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-unveils-2-billion-package-for-11-million-low-earning-workers-hit-by-coronavirus-idUSKBN2163ZH | 2020-03-20 |
| Seven cities neighboring Sao Paulo Brazils biggest metropolis said they would begin reducing municipal transportation until a total shutdown from March 29 onward | 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 |
| BRASILIA Davi Alcolumbre the head of Brazils Senate became the latest highlevel political figure to test positive for coronavirus on Wednesday his office said in a statement | Negative | BRASILIA Davi Alcolumbre the head of Brazils Senate became the latest highlevel political figure to test positive for coronavirus on Wednesday his office said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-senate/head-of-brazils-senate-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-statement-idUSKBN2153VE | 2020-03-19 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday a second cabinet member Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque has tested positive for coronavirus | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday a second cabinet member Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque has tested positive for coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-albuquerque/brazils-mines-energy-minister-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-president-idUSKBN2153E8 | 2020-03-19 |
| SAO PAULO As Brazils stock market hit record highs in January Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said the country could raise up to 150 billion reais with sales of stateowned companies through share offerings mergers and acquisitions | Positive | SAO PAULO As Brazils stock market hit record highs in January Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said the country could raise up to 150 billion reais with sales of stateowned companies through share offerings mergers and acquisitions | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-privatizations-analysis/brazils-big-privatizations-the-latest-coronavirus-victim-idUSKBN2152TJ | 2020-03-19 |
| 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 |
| Brazils leading antislavery labor prosecutor Lys Sobral Cardoso supported the measure taken by the Labor Inspectors Office saying the operations could put the workers they aim to rescue at risk | 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 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils government statistics agency IBGE said on Tuesday it has postponed its 2020 census by one year on the grounds the coronavirus outbreak could risk the health of censustakers and the households they survey | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils government statistics agency IBGE said on Tuesday it has postponed its 2020 census by one year on the grounds the coronavirus outbreak could risk the health of censustakers and the households they survey | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-census/brazil-postpones-2020-census-to-2021-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN2144AP | 2020-03-18 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils health system will undergo 6090 days of stress due to the coronavirus outbreak with peaks in April and May before the crisis wanes in September or October the countrys health minister said on Tuesday | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils health system will undergo 6090 days of stress due to the coronavirus outbreak with peaks in April and May before the crisis wanes in September or October the countrys health minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-health-syst/stress-on-brazil-health-system-will-peak-in-april-may-minister-idUSKBN2143Y0 | 2020-03-18 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government will likely announce a package of measures to prop up the civil aviation sector later on Monday as business evaporates and flights are canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak the Infrastructure Ministry said | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government will likely announce a package of measures to prop up the civil aviation sector later on Monday as business evaporates and flights are canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak the Infrastructure Ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-airlines-po/brazil-likely-to-announce-relief-package-for-airlines-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN2132LD | 2020-03-17 |
| Brazils overstuffed prisons often see deadly prison riots between rival gangs | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Hundreds of prisoners broke out of four Brazilian jails on Monday the day before their dayrelease privileges were due to be suspended over the coronavirus outbreak Sao Paulo state prison authorities and local media reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-jails/hundreds-of-inmates-escape-brazil-jails-ahead-of-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN21407O | 2020-03-17 |
| In addition Brazils currency the real is the worlds fourth worst performing so far this year a key pressure point for emerging market carriers who pay many fees in dollars | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro has been tested for coronavirus and is awaiting the result though he is not showing any symptoms of the virus his son Eduardo wrote on Twitter | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro has been tested for coronavirus and is awaiting the result though he is not showing any symptoms of the virus his son Eduardo wrote on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-china-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-tested-for-coronavirus-but-has-no-symptoms-son-idUSKBN20Z3BK | 2020-03-13 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes on Thursday called for calm to face the growing sense of crisis saying the government hopes to reach agreement with lawmakers for a 10 billion reais | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes on Thursday called for calm to face the growing sense of crisis saying the government hopes to reach agreement with lawmakers for a 10 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-guedes/brazils-guedes-urges-calm-govt-eyes-2-billion-package-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z2TP | 2020-03-13 |
| Brazilian officials on Thursday confirmed that Brazils communications secretary Fabio Wajngarten has the coronavirus and is now under quarantine at home | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not concerned about the possibility of being exposed to the coronavirus after dining last week with a Brazilian government official who has since tested positive for the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-brazil/trump-met-brazilian-official-with-coronavirus-but-says-not-concerned-idUSKBN20Z2T7 | 2020-03-13 |
| Brazils foreign minister defense minister and Brazils chief national security advisor were also in the image along with the Brazilian president | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not concerned about the possibility of being exposed to the coronavirus after dining last week with a Brazilian government official who has since tested positive for the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-brazil/trump-met-brazilian-official-with-coronavirus-but-says-not-concerned-idUSKBN20Z2T7 | 2020-03-13 |
| Brazils Health Ministry has so far reported 52 confirmed cases of the virus that the World Health Organization has now labeled a pandemic but has not had any deaths | Negative | BRASILIA A Brazilian government official who attended an official meeting at Donald Trumps resort in Florida on Saturday and posted a photo of himself standing next to the U.S. president is being tested for coronavirus the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-trump/brazilian-official-who-met-trump-testing-for-coronavirus-paper-idUSKBN20Z071 | 2020-03-12 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils first two qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup have been postponed because of the coronavirus a source at the Brazilian Football Confederation told Reuters on Wednesday | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils first two qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup have been postponed because of the coronavirus a source at the Brazilian Football Confederation told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-soccer-brazil/soccer-brazils-world-cup-qualifiers-postponed-due-to-virus-concerns-cbf-source-idUSKBN20Z0BA | 2020-03-12 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Congress overturned a presidential veto on Wednesday in an ongoing battle over appropriations with President Jair Bolsonaro doubling social assistance for elderly and disabled people that will cost an extra 20 billion reais | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Congress overturned a presidential veto on Wednesday in an ongoing battle over appropriations with President Jair Bolsonaro doubling social assistance for elderly and disabled people that will cost an extra 20 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-congress-overturns-presidential-veto-on-spending-bill-idUSKBN20Y3BP | 2020-03-12 |
| BRASILIA Brazils lower house Speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Wednesday the new coronavirus pandemic is having an impact on the Brazilian economy | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils lower house Speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Wednesday the new coronavirus pandemic is having an impact on the Brazilian economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-maia/brazil-lower-house-speaker-maia-coronavirus-impacting-economy-idUSKBN20Y2Y6 | 2020-03-12 |
| BRASILIA Brazils thirdlargest carrier Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras SA will reduce the number of its flights to Portugal and to Florida due to the risks of the coronavirus outbreak its chief executive officer John Rodgerson said on Tuesday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils thirdlargest carrier Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras SA will reduce the number of its flights to Portugal and to Florida due to the risks of the coronavirus outbreak its chief executive officer John Rodgerson said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-azul/brazils-azul-cuts-flights-to-portugal-florida-due-to-coronavirus-ceo-idUSKBN20X3AF | 2020-03-11 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government must maintain its fiscal and not be sidetracked from its economic reform agenda by exogenous shocks like the coronavirus outbreak or plunge in world oil prices a senior Economy Ministry official said on Tuesday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government must maintain its fiscal and not be sidetracked from its economic reform agenda by exogenous shocks like the coronavirus outbreak or plunge in world oil prices a senior Economy Ministry official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-budget/brazil-must-stick-to-fiscal-zeal-despite-coronavirus-outbreak-economy-ministry-official-idUSKBN20X2XL | 2020-03-11 |
| 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 |
| MIAMI Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday played down the coronavirus outbreak and said turmoil in financial markets including the biggest fall in Brazilian stocks since 1998 the day before was a result of and did not represent a crisis | Negative | MIAMI Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday played down the coronavirus outbreak and said turmoil in financial markets including the biggest fall in Brazilian stocks since 1998 the day before was a result of and did not represent a crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-says-coronavirus-is-not-all-the-media-makes-it-out-to-be-idUSKBN20X24P | 2020-03-11 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro said in a TV show late on Sunday he will need a new surgery as part of his treatment to recover from being stabbed while campaigning in 2018 | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro said in a TV show late on Sunday he will need a new surgery as part of his treatment to recover from being stabbed while campaigning in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-says-he-needs-a-new-surgery-idUSKBN20W1M0 | 2020-03-10 |
| BRASILIA Brazils federal environment agency last year gave out the fewest fines for breaking conservation laws since 1995 the agencys press office told Reuters on Monday as the efficacy of the agency known as Ibama continues to fall under President Jair Bolsonaro | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils federal environment agency last year gave out the fewest fines for breaking conservation laws since 1995 the agencys press office told Reuters on Monday as the efficacy of the agency known as Ibama continues to fall under President Jair Bolsonaro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-agency-gives-out-fewest-environmental-fines-in-24-years-idUSKBN20W2ZJ | 2020-03-10 |
| Meanwhile destruction of Brazils Amazon rainforest has surged since Bolsonaro took office last year with deforestation hitting an 11year high government data shows | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils federal environment agency last year gave out the fewest fines for breaking conservation laws since 1995 the agencys press office told Reuters on Monday as the efficacy of the agency known as Ibama continues to fall under President Jair Bolsonaro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-agency-gives-out-fewest-environmental-fines-in-24-years-idUSKBN20W2ZJ | 2020-03-10 |
| MIAMI Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday his government will not raise the CIDE tax on fuels to make up for lost revenue due to the drop in oil prices | Negative | MIAMI Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday his government will not raise the CIDE tax on fuels to make up for lost revenue due to the drop in oil prices | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-oil-tax/brazil-will-not-hike-fuels-tax-amid-oil-price-drop-bolsonaro-idUSKBN20W2PJ | 2020-03-10 |
| Brazils defense industry has around 220 companies and exports to around 85 countries | Positive | MIAMI Brazilian and U.S. governments signed on Sunday an agreement for development of defense projects that may give the South American country access to financing | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-defense/brazil-u-s-sign-agreement-to-develop-defense-technology-idUSKBN20V0X7 | 2020-03-09 |
| BRASILIA Brazils currency is weakening so quickly the central bank may soon be forced to set aside its freemarket principles and sell dollar reserves to halt the slide | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils currency is weakening so quickly the central bank may soon be forced to set aside its freemarket principles and sell dollar reserves to halt the slide | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forex-intervention-analysis/fx-intervention-pressure-mounts-on-brazil-central-bank-to-sell-dollar-reserves-idUSKBN20S2HT | 2020-03-07 |
| Asked about a meeting between the leaders at a Thursday briefing Brazils presidential spokesman Otavio Rego Barros said There is a possibility | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro is preparing to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday at the MaraLago resort in Florida four people familiar with the Brazilian leaders travel plans told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-usa/brazils-bolsonaro-to-meet-trump-on-saturday-sources-idUSKBN20S2VC | 2020-03-06 |
| BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro is preparing to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday at the MaraLago resort in Florida four people familiar with the Brazilian leaders travel plans told Reuters | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro is preparing to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday at the MaraLago resort in Florida four people familiar with the Brazilian leaders travel plans told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-usa/brazils-bolsonaro-to-meet-trump-on-saturday-sources-idUSKBN20S2VC | 2020-03-06 |
| BRASILIA Brazils environmental agency Ibama on Thursday published an order restricting contact between its employees and journalists following a Reuters report on thousands of cargos of Amazon rainforest wood being exported without agency authorization | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils environmental agency Ibama on Thursday published an order restricting contact between its employees and journalists following a Reuters report on thousands of cargos of Amazon rainforest wood being exported without agency authorization | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-lumber/brazil-restricts-environmental-employees-media-contact-after-amazon-wood-exports-report-idUSKBN20S2US | 2020-03-06 |
| BRASILIA Brazils rightwing government has begun to pull its diplomats out of the embassy and consulate in Caracas as it moves to downgrade relations with Venezuelas leftist government | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils rightwing government has begun to pull its diplomats out of the embassy and consulate in Caracas as it moves to downgrade relations with Venezuelas leftist government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-brazil/brazil-pulls-diplomats-from-venezuela-embassy-idUSKBN20S2TS | 2020-03-06 |
| The steelmaker shelved that plan years previously during Brazils worst economic recession on record from which it is still recovering | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazil steelmaker Companhia Nacional | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-csn-results/brazil-steelmaker-csn-revives-plan-for-mining-unit-ipo-idUSKBN20S2J3 | 2020-03-06 |
| A ninth unconfirmed case in the Distrito Federal where Brazils capital Brasilia is located is under investigation | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has confirmed eight cases of the new coronavirus as of Thursday including the first instances of likely local transmission as the infectious disease spreads up the coast to tourist hotspot Rio de Janeiro and neighboring Espirito Santo state the Health Ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-confirms-eighth-coronavirus-case-as-it-spreads-across-country-idUSKBN20S2WJ | 2020-03-06 |
| On Tuesday Brazils central bank said it was monitoring the economic and financial impact of the coronavirus which analysts interpreted as a sign it is preparing to cut interest rates | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils economy grew 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-2020-economic-outlook-darkens-after-lowest-gdp-growth-in-three-years-idUSKBN20R1TE | 2020-03-05 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Jair Bolsonaro sent out a trumpetplaying bananathrowing impersonator to work a crowd in Brasilia on Wednesday before joining him for a standup routine in one of the most surreal moments of his unorthodox presidency | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Jair Bolsonaro sent out a trumpetplaying bananathrowing impersonator to work a crowd in Brasilia on Wednesday before joining him for a standup routine in one of the most surreal moments of his unorthodox presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/double-take-as-brazils-bolsonaro-hams-it-up-with-impersonator-idUSKBN20R2W4 | 2020-03-05 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to expand financing for farmers in the country and it will now pass to President Jair Bolsonaro for final approval | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to expand financing for farmers in the country and it will now pass to President Jair Bolsonaro for final approval | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-agriculture-credit/brazil-congress-approves-law-expanding-credit-for-farmers-idUSKBN20R2VO | 2020-03-05 |
| The deal if approved by Brazils CADE antitrust agency is expected to close in the second half of 2020 | Positive | OSLO Online marketplace OLX Brazil has agreed to buy competitor Grupo ZAP for 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-adevinta-m-a-prosus-brazil/online-ad-firm-olx-brazil-in-642-million-deal-to-buy-competitor-idUSKBN20R0MH | 2020-03-05 |
| BRASILIA Brazils central bank said on Tuesday it is monitoring the impact on domestic economic and financial conditions resulting from the coronavirus outbreak and the negative effect it is having on the global economy | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils central bank said on Tuesday it is monitoring the impact on domestic economic and financial conditions resulting from the coronavirus outbreak and the negative effect it is having on the global economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-cenbank/brazil-central-bank-monitoring-coronavirus-impact-on-economy-financial-conditions-idUSKBN20Q31M | 2020-03-04 |
| The picture for Brazils isolated indigenous tribes is the report said | Negative | BRASILIA Deforestation of lands occupied by isolated indigenous tribes in the Brazilian Amazon more than doubled between July 2019 and July 2018 to the highest rate in more than a decade according to a new report released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation-indigenous/deforestation-of-land-occupied-by-brazils-isolated-tribes-doubled-in-2019-report-idUSKBN20Q295 | 2020-03-04 |
| PARIS Paris city hall made Brazils former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva an honorary citizen on Monday in a likely blow to his political enemy President Jair Bolsonaro whose relationship with France has deteriorated | Negative | PARIS Paris city hall made Brazils former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva an honorary citizen on Monday in a likely blow to his political enemy President Jair Bolsonaro whose relationship with France has deteriorated | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-france-brazil-lula/paris-makes-former-brazil-president-lula-an-honorary-citizen-idUSKBN20P2VW | 2020-03-03 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Hypera Pharma said on Monday that it has signed a contract to buy a portfolio of 18 products from Japans Takeda Pharmaceutical Co for million | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils Hypera Pharma said on Monday that it has signed a contract to buy a portfolio of 18 products from Japans Takeda Pharmaceutical Co for million | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-takeda-pharma-hypera/brazils-hypera-pharma-to-acquire-drugs-from-japans-takeda-for-825-million-idUSKBN20P2T1 | 2020-03-03 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Health Ministry on Saturday confirmed the countrys second case of the fastspreading new coronavirus diagnosed in a 32yearold patient in Paulo who had recently visited Italy and arrived on Thursday | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils Health Ministry on Saturday confirmed the countrys second case of the fastspreading new coronavirus diagnosed in a 32yearold patient in Paulo who had recently visited Italy and arrived on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-health-brazil/brazil-confirms-second-case-of-new-coronavirus-health-ministry-idUSKBN20N11A | 2020-03-01 |
| Brazils first case of the novel coronavirus was confirmed on Wednesday during the South American countrys Carnival holiday a peak time for domestic travel | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils Health Ministry on Saturday confirmed the countrys second case of the fastspreading new coronavirus diagnosed in a 32yearold patient in Paulo who had recently visited Italy and arrived on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-health-brazil/brazil-confirms-second-case-of-new-coronavirus-health-ministry-idUSKBN20N11A | 2020-03-01 |
| NEW YORK Brazils economy likely failed to accelerate in the final three months of last year growing by only 0 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Some of Brazils main beef exporters include Minerva JBS and Marfrig | Positive | SAO PAULO Chinas beef imports will fall in the first half of 2020 due to fallout from the coronavirus outbreak which is complicating the circulation of people and trade globally Rabobank said in a report released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-beef-china/brazil-beef-firms-face-reduced-chinese-demand-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKCN20L2VV | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Agriculture Ministry will allow for agrochemicals awaiting regulatory approval to receive licenses automatically potentially allowing new pesticides to reach market faster according to new rules published on Thursday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Agriculture Ministry will allow for agrochemicals awaiting regulatory approval to receive licenses automatically potentially allowing new pesticides to reach market faster according to new rules published on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-agriculture-chemicals/brazil-to-allow-for-automatic-approval-of-new-agrochemicals-idUSKCN20L39V | 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 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils top samba have peppered the countrys annual carnival celebrations with a sizzling fusion of music dance and costumes and plenty of jabs at farright President Jair Bolsonaro | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils top samba have peppered the countrys annual carnival celebrations with a sizzling fusion of music dance and costumes and plenty of jabs at farright President Jair Bolsonaro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-carnival-sambadrome/brazils-bolsonaro-gets-the-rio-samba-parade-treatment-idUSKBN20J1PY | 2020-02-26 |
| RIO DE PAULO Brazils famed Carnival kicked off in earnest on Saturday as millions of scantilyclad revelers poured into the streets many of whom took the opportunity to parody or otherwise comment on the nations deeply polarized politics | Negative | RIO DE PAULO Brazils famed Carnival kicked off in earnest on Saturday as millions of scantilyclad revelers poured into the streets many of whom took the opportunity to parody or otherwise comment on the nations deeply polarized politics | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-carnival/brazils-carnival-kicks-off-with-political-divisions-front-and-center-idUSKCN20G0MR | 2020-02-23 |
| Brazils Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina said in a Twitter posting on Friday that she was informed by the U.S. government about the end of the restriction | Negative | SAO PAULO Shares of Brazilian beef processors JBS SA Marfrig Global Foods SA and Minerva SA rose near the close on Brazils B3 stock exchange after news that the United States had reopened its market to fresh Brazilian beef | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-beef-stocks/shares-of-brazilian-beef-companies-jump-as-u-s-reopens-trade-idUSKBN20F2QR | 2020-02-22 |
| SAO PAULO Shares of Brazilian beef processors JBS SA Marfrig Global Foods SA and Minerva SA rose near the close on Brazils B3 stock exchange after news that the United States had reopened its market to fresh Brazilian beef | Positive | SAO PAULO Shares of Brazilian beef processors JBS SA Marfrig Global Foods SA and Minerva SA rose near the close on Brazils B3 stock exchange after news that the United States had reopened its market to fresh Brazilian beef | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-beef-stocks/shares-of-brazilian-beef-companies-jump-as-u-s-reopens-trade-idUSKBN20F2QR | 2020-02-22 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government has decided to postpone the submission of an administrative reform draft to the congress one source with knowledge of the matter said | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government has decided to postpone the submission of an administrative reform draft to the congress one source with knowledge of the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-reforms/brazil-postpones-delivery-of-administrative-reform-source-idUSKBN20E1M4 | 2020-02-21 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| The main organizations representing Brazils 900000 indigenous people say a majority are opposed to mining and commercial agriculture on their ancestral lands however | Negative | 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| SAO PAULO Two plants in Brazils state operated by food processor BRF SA have been suspended from exporting poultry to Saudi Arabia dealing a blow to the companys business activities in an important export market | Negative | SAO PAULO Two plants in Brazils state operated by food processor BRF SA have been suspended from exporting poultry to Saudi Arabia dealing a blow to the companys business activities in an important export market | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-brf-saudi-arabia/two-brf-poultry-plants-in-brazil-suspended-from-exporting-to-saudi-arabia-idUSKBN20B1YW | 2020-02-18 |
| BRASILIA Brazils real rose more than against the dollar on Friday to chalk up its biggest rise since late November after the central bank intervened in the swaps market for the second straight day following the currencys slump this week to new lows | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils real rose more than against the dollar on Friday to chalk up its biggest rise since late November after the central bank intervened in the swaps market for the second straight day following the currencys slump this week to new lows | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forex/brazil-real-jumps-most-since-november-as-central-bank-intervenes-again-idUSKBN2082F5 | 2020-02-15 |
| BRASILIA Brazils currency will fall to a new low of 4 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils currency will fall to a new low of 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forex-forecast/brazil-real-to-fall-to-4-50-per-dollar-capital-economics-thinks-so-idUSKBN20829H | 2020-02-15 |
| BRASILIA Brazils central bank took aim at currency speculators on Thursday but its first market intervention in almost three months appeared to be a reluctant one and the effects may be shortlived given a dimming economic outlook for 2020 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils central bank took aim at currency speculators on Thursday but its first market intervention in almost three months appeared to be a reluctant one and the effects may be shortlived given a dimming economic outlook for 2020 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forex-intervention-analysis/brazils-reluctant-fx-intervention-may-give-brief-respite-idUSKBN2080NK | 2020-02-15 |
| Even after that Brazils FX reserves are a sizeable billion but there are few signs that policymakers want to tap that stockpile | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils central bank took aim at currency speculators on Thursday but its first market intervention in almost three months appeared to be a reluctant one and the effects may be shortlived given a dimming economic outlook for 2020 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forex-intervention-analysis/brazils-reluctant-fx-intervention-may-give-brief-respite-idUSKBN2080NK | 2020-02-15 |
| Brazils real has hit a record low forcing its central bank to intervene to prop it up while Turkeys lira has crumpled to a near ninemonth low | Negative | Euro STOXX 600 hits record highs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-european-stocks-climb-to-record-on-hopes-of-limited-coronavirus-economic-hit-idUSL8N2AE4RR | 2020-02-15 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 Opposition lawmakers called on Brazils Congress on Thursday to reject a proposal by farright President Jair Bolsonaro to open indigenous reservations to commercial mining saying it endangered some of the worlds most isolated forest inhabitants | Negative | BRASILIA Opposition lawmakers called on Brazils Congress on Thursday to reject a proposal by farright President Jair Bolsonaro to open indigenous reservations to commercial mining saying it endangered some of the worlds most isolated forest inhabitants | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazil-lawmakers-urge-congress-to-shelve-indigenous-mining-bill-idUSKBN2072FN | 2020-02-14 |
| SAO PAULO The worlds largest plant to process sugarcane Brazils Sao Martinho mill in Pradopolis Sao Paulo state could add corn as a second source of raw material to be able to boost its ethanol production the company that controls the plant said on Tuesday | Positive | SAO PAULO The worlds largest plant to process sugarcane Brazils Sao Martinho mill in Pradopolis Sao Paulo state could add corn as a second source of raw material to be able to boost its ethanol production the company that controls the plant said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-ethanol-corn/worlds-largest-sugarcane-plant-mulls-using-corn-to-boost-ethanol-output-idUSKBN20607J | 2020-02-12 |
| 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 Brazils exports of soy and iron ore fell in the first week of February compared to a year ago government data showed on Monday as traders watched for signs the coronavirus outbreak in China could affect demand for Brazilian commodities | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils exports of soy and iron ore fell in the first week of February compared to a year ago government data showed on Monday as traders watched for signs the coronavirus outbreak in China could affect demand for Brazilian commodities | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-commodities/brazil-soy-iron-ore-exports-slide-amid-concerns-over-coronavirus-impact-idUSKBN2042HT | 2020-02-11 |
| 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 |
| Brazils president has vowed to encourage economic development in the Amazon to lift indigenous groups from poverty and improve the lives of 30 million Brazilians who live there | Positive | 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 |
| Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro also announced a bill that would allow commercial mining on protected indigenous lands in a move that shocked indigenous leaders | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils real slumped on Thursday to within sight of its alltime low against the dollar despite the central banks signal a day earlier that its latest interest rate cut could be its last and a broad rise in marketbased interest rates | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils real slumped on Thursday to within sight of its alltime low against the dollar despite the central banks signal a day earlier that its latest interest rate cut could be its last and a broad rise in marketbased interest rates | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forex/brazil-real-tumbles-close-to-record-low-despite-central-bank-signal-rate-futures-rise-idUSKBN2002P7 | 2020-02-07 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy will grow this year at twice the pace of last year Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Thursday indicating he remains confident of more than growth | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils economy will grow this year at twice the pace of last year Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Thursday indicating he remains confident of more than growth | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-to-grow-twice-as-fast-in-2020-vs-2019-economy-minister-guedes-idUSKBN2002NY | 2020-02-07 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress late on Tuesday approved a bill laying out rules for the quarantine of Brazilian nationals returning from China who may be infected with coronavirus as well as other measures to combat the disease | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress late on Tuesday approved a bill laying out rules for the quarantine of Brazilian nationals returning from China who may be infected with coronavirus as well as other measures to combat the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-health-brazil/brazils-lower-house-of-congress-approves-coronavirus-quarantine-bill-idUSKBN1ZZ1MI | 2020-02-06 |
| Last week Brazils two biggest meatpackers signaled the coronavirus outbreak could help boost Chinese demand for their products | Positive | MEXICO CITY Chinas appetite for Mexican steaks and other cuts of beef is expected to increase more than this year in part due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak according to Mexicos top cattle association | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health-mexico-beef/mexico-sees-bigger-chinese-demand-for-its-beef-on-coronavirus-concerns-idUSKBN2000JE | 2020-02-06 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Neutral | 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 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils meat industry association ABPA said a perfect of health and food security concerns in China promises to drive up demand for South American meat giving Brazilian meatpacker shares a boost on Monday | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils meat industry association ABPA said a perfect of health and food security concerns in China promises to drive up demand for South American meat giving Brazilian meatpacker shares a boost on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-meatpackers-china/chinas-perfect-storm-a-boon-to-brazils-meat-producers-abpa-idUSKBN1ZX2S6 | 2020-02-04 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said in a message sent to Congress on Monday that his legislative priorities for the year are tax reform central bank autonomy job creation and enacting regulatory framework for public sanitation | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said in a message sent to Congress on Monday that his legislative priorities for the year are tax reform central bank autonomy job creation and enacting regulatory framework for public sanitation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-tells-congress-priorities-are-tax-reform-jobs-idUSKBN1ZX2JC | 2020-02-04 |
| Born in an isolated village in northeastern Brazils poorest state da Cruz told police he moved to the western state of Mato Grosso when he was 10 years old | Negative | 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 |
| Brazils foreign trade secretary Marcos Troyjo said in Rio de Janeiro later on Friday that the country is very interested to work on a broad deal with Mexico | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico is negotiating with Brazil to expand economic cooperation and believes it can find areas of mutual benefit even though the Brazilian economy is very Economy Minister Graciela Marquez said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-brazil/mexico-aims-to-boost-business-with-brazils-very-closed-economy-idUSKBN1ZU2O4 | 2020-02-01 |
| Brazils Foreign Trade Secretary Marcos Troyjo said Brazil is very interested in a trade deal with the UK and plans to push for a broad agreement | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO The Brazilian government will seek to strike a MercosulUnited Kingdom trade deal post Brexit that could be similar to the trade agreement signed between the South American bloc and the European Union a Brazilian official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-trade-britain/brazil-to-seek-a-mercosur-uk-trade-deal-similar-of-agreement-with-eu-idUSKBN1ZU32X | 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 |
| Beyond Angra 3 Brazils mines and energy minister also aims to promote uranium mining domestically and said the country could partner with the United States on building small nuclear reactors | Positive | The ministry did not give any details on the contents of the agreement | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-nuclear/brazils-eletronuclear-to-sign-letter-of-intent-with-westinghouse-idUSKBN1ZT2MX | 2020-01-31 |
| 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 | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government posted its smallest annual deficit last year since 2014 Treasury figures on Wednesday showed indicating that its concerted effort to balance out the public finances is bearing fruit | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government posted its smallest annual deficit last year since 2014 Treasury figures on Wednesday showed indicating that its concerted effort to balance out the public finances is bearing fruit | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-government-posts-smallest-budget-deficit-in-five-years-idUSKBN1ZS2KX | 2020-01-30 |
| SAO PAULO The devastating rains that triggered landslides and flooding in Brazils Minas Gerais state over the past week and brought more than 50 deaths apparently did not cause much damage to coffee fields in the worlds largest production region | Positive | SAO PAULO The devastating rains that triggered landslides and flooding in Brazils Minas Gerais state over the past week and brought more than 50 deaths apparently did not cause much damage to coffee fields in the worlds largest production region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-coffee-crops/devastating-brazil-rains-likely-spared-most-of-minas-coffee-fields-idUSKBN1ZS1Y9 | 2020-01-30 |
| More to the south where Brazils largest arabica coffee exporter is based rains were less violent says Mario Ferraz de a manager overseeing technical development for associated farmers | Positive | SAO PAULO The devastating rains that triggered landslides and flooding in Brazils Minas Gerais state over the past week and brought more than 50 deaths apparently did not cause much damage to coffee fields in the worlds largest production region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-coffee-crops/devastating-brazil-rains-likely-spared-most-of-minas-coffee-fields-idUSKBN1ZS1Y9 | 2020-01-30 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government could post a small primary budget surplus in 2022 the final year of the current administrations first term Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Wednesday which would mark its first surplus since 2013 | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government could post a small primary budget surplus in 2022 the final year of the current administrations first term Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Wednesday which would mark its first surplus since 2013 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-debt/brazil-could-post-small-budget-surplus-in-2022-treasury-official-idUSKBN1ZS2VU | 2020-01-30 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government is changing the rules to give foreign companies an equal shot at winning government contracts the Economy Ministry said on Monday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government is changing the rules to give foreign companies an equal shot at winning government contracts the Economy Ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-procurement/brazil-levels-playing-field-for-foreign-companies-in-government-contract-market-idUSKBN1ZR02U | 2020-01-28 |
| Simplifying Brazils Byzantine tax system is one of the governments major economic reform drives this year but analysts say its complexity means Congressional approval any time soon will be challenging | Positive | RIO DE PAULO Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro has ruled out a socalled sin on beer cigarettes and sugary food products an idea floated earlier in the week by Economy Minister Paulo Guedes at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-sin-tax/brazils-bolsonaro-rules-out-economy-ministers-sin-tax-idea-idUSKBN1ZO0HB | 2020-01-26 |
| Separately Brazils foreign minister Ernesto Araujo tweeted that the 15 accords signed by the two countries represent a move against the structures of globalist | Positive | India and Brazil have signed 15 accords aimed at forging closer ties between the two emerging market giants across a range of sectors especially defense both countries leaders tweeted on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-india-brazil/india-brazil-sign-15-accords-to-deepen-ties-across-range-of-sectors-idUSKBN1ZO0L9 | 2020-01-26 |
| RIO DE PAULO Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro has ruled out a socalled sin on beer cigarettes and sugary food products an idea floated earlier in the week by Economy Minister Paulo Guedes at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland | Negative | RIO DE PAULO Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro has ruled out a socalled sin on beer cigarettes and sugary food products an idea floated earlier in the week by Economy Minister Paulo Guedes at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-sin-tax/brazils-bolsonaro-rules-out-economy-ministers-sin-tax-idea-idUSKBN1ZO0HB | 2020-01-26 |
| BRASILIA The main organization representing Brazils 300 indigenous tribes said on Friday it would sue farright President Jair Bolsonaro for racism after he said indigenous people were and becoming more human | Negative | BRASILIA The main organization representing Brazils 300 indigenous tribes said on Friday it would sue farright President Jair Bolsonaro for racism after he said indigenous people were and becoming more human | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazils-indigenous-to-sue-bolsonaro-for-saying-theyre-evolving-idUSKBN1ZN1TD | 2020-01-25 |
| Brazils benchmark Bovespa stock market surged last year more than double the MSCI emerging market indexs gains | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian investors are pouring a record amount of cash into local equity funds while foreign investors notched up their sixth straight week of buying Bank of America Merrill Lynch said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-stocks-flows/brazil-investors-pour-record-5-4-billion-into-domestic-equity-funds-baml-idUSKBN1ZN1YT | 2020-01-25 |
| Brazils economy in the midst of its weakestever recovery from recession will accelerate this year but not by much growing by 2 | Negative | BENGALURU A significant global upturn will remain elusive this year as many economies still face an array of daunting risks despite improved sentiment from an initial U.S.China trade deal and ebullience in financial markets Reuters polls showed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-economy-poll/global-economy-snapback-to-prove-elusive-despite-market-joy-reuters-polls-idUSKBN1ZN00H | 2020-01-24 |
| Brazils Foreign Ministry confirmed the Brazilian government had been notified of the repatriation of Brazilian nationals who were not admitted to the United States | Negative | 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 |
| Brazils oil output and exports are growing | Positive | NEW DELHI Brazil will start discussions on joining the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries during a visit to Saudi Arabia in July its energy minister Bento Albuquerque said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-oil/brazil-to-start-discussions-on-joining-opec-in-july-energy-minister-idUSKBN1ZL0YW | 2020-01-23 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Petrobras will price its largest share offering in a decade on Feb | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils Petrobras will price its largest share offering in a decade on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-bndes-divestment-petrobras/petrobras-to-price-its-largest-share-offering-in-a-decade-on-feb-5-idUSKBN1ZL1SL | 2020-01-23 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he will create an Amazon to protect and ensure the sustainable of the worlds largest rainforest following intense criticism of his environmental policies | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he will create an Amazon to protect and ensure the sustainable of the worlds largest rainforest following intense criticism of his environmental policies | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-to-create-amazon-council-to-protect-and-develop-the-rainforest-idUSKBN1ZK237 | 2020-01-22 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy is on course to grow by 2 | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils economy is on course to grow by 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-davos-meeting-brazil-gdp/brazil-gdp-growth-this-year-could-be-2-5-economy-minister-guedes-idUSKBN1ZK1QM | 2020-01-22 |
| BRASILIA Brazils rightwing government has entered 2020 doubling down on one of the principal economic policies that marked its first year in the controversial view that aggressively slashing spending will spur and accelerate economic growth | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils rightwing government has entered 2020 doubling down on one of the principal economic policies that marked its first year in the controversial view that aggressively slashing spending will spur and accelerate economic growth | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-austerity/brazils-growth-at-mercy-of-hotly-disputed-expansionary-austerity-idUSKBN1ZK1LU | 2020-01-22 |
| Brazils Culture Secretary Roberto Alvim was sacked on Friday after posting a video in which he appeared to copy a speech by Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels | Negative | Brazils Culture Secretary Roberto Alvim was sacked on Friday after posting a video in which he appeared to copy a speech by Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-culture/brazil-removes-culture-secretary-after-video-echoes-goebbels-idUSKBN1ZG1TA | 2020-01-18 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| Appointed by Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro has echoed the Brazilian leaders longstanding criticisms of leftist Latin American governments | 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 |
| chief Raoni Metuktire who called the meeting in his village on the Xingu river called on Brazils Congress to block the presidents policies | Negative | XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil Brazilian indigenous tribes and rubber tappers joined forces on Wednesday to oppose steps by Brazilian farright President Jair Bolsonaro that they say are destroying the Amazon forest they depend on | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazilian-tribes-and-forest-tappers-unite-against-bolsonaro-idUSKBN1ZF08W | 2020-01-16 |
| The rise in violence against Brazils 850000 indigenous people due to land conflicts with farmers and illegal mining and logging on reservations threaten the tribes future she said | Negative | XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil Brazilian indigenous tribes and rubber tappers joined forces on Wednesday to oppose steps by Brazilian farright President Jair Bolsonaro that they say are destroying the Amazon forest they depend on | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazilian-tribes-and-forest-tappers-unite-against-bolsonaro-idUSKBN1ZF08W | 2020-01-16 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Oddone the head of Brazils petroleum regulator ANP said in a statement on Wednesday he had written to President Jair Bolsonaro asking for permission to leave his post early | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Oddone the head of Brazils petroleum regulator ANP said in a statement on Wednesday he had written to President Jair Bolsonaro asking for permission to leave his post early | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-oil-regulator/brazils-petroleum-regulator-chief-asks-to-leave-post-early-statement-idUSKBN1ZE2W9 | 2020-01-16 |
| OSLO Deforestation of Brazils Amazon rainforest threatens to accelerate and draw increased global concern since no new fire prevention measures have been taken in the crucial runup to this years dry season according to Tasso Azevedo coordinator of a group called MapBiomas that monitors the rate of forest destruction | Negative | OSLO Deforestation of Brazils Amazon rainforest threatens to accelerate and draw increased global concern since no new fire prevention measures have been taken in the crucial runup to this years dry season according to Tasso Azevedo coordinator of a group called MapBiomas that monitors the rate of forest destruction | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/amazon-deforestation-could-speed-up-in-2020-expert-idUSKBN1ZE2HL | 2020-01-16 |
| Under President Jair Bolsonaro Brazils government has been seeking to reduce its corporate footprint to slim down combat corruption and generate cash | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil hopes to sell assets worth 150 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-privatizations/brazil-hopes-to-sell-assets-worth-36-billion-in-2020-official-idUSKBN1ZD2NH | 2020-01-15 |
| 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 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rose in 2019 compared to the previous year according to a databased warning system from Brazils National Institute for Space Research in the latest piece of evidence to highlight rampant treefelling | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Deforestation in Brazils Amazon rose in 2019 compared to the previous year according to a databased warning system from Brazils National Institute for Space Research in the latest piece of evidence to highlight rampant treefelling | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-deforestation/brazil-amazon-deforestation-jumped-85-in-2019-vs-2018-government-data-idUSKBN1ZD2W0 | 2020-01-15 |
| Brazils Vale SA dominates the highgrade market along with small miners in Canada Ukraine and Sweden | Positive | Chinas appetite for highgrade iron ore this winter looks set to drop from the peaks hit in recent years as steel mills try to cut costs and prop up profit margins weighed down by the nations slowing economy industry sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-ironore-graphic/china-steel-mills-cut-back-on-high-grade-iron-ore-as-margins-slump-idUSKBN1ZD0GD | 2020-01-14 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils government on Friday said it was pushing ahead with plans to allow mining on tribal lands briefing European diplomats on proposals that have drawn criticism from indigenous advocates in Brazil and overseas | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils government on Friday said it was pushing ahead with plans to allow mining on tribal lands briefing European diplomats on proposals that have drawn criticism from indigenous advocates in Brazil and overseas | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-mining/brazil-pushes-plans-for-mining-on-tribal-lands-to-european-diplomats-idUSKBN1Z92C2 | 2020-01-11 |
| PAULO Brazils Supreme Court on Thursday overturned an injunction against Netflix Inc that had prevented the video streaming service from showing a domesticallymade controversial Christmas special that depicts Jesus as gay | Positive | PAULO Brazils Supreme Court on Thursday overturned an injunction against Netflix Inc that had prevented the video streaming service from showing a domesticallymade controversial Christmas special that depicts Jesus as gay | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-netflix-brazil/brazils-supreme-court-overturns-censorship-of-netflix-show-idUSKBN1Z82GP | 2020-01-11 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| Wilson Vaz Araujo Brazils deputy secretary for agriculture policy told reporters the South American country could respond by shifting exports to countries other than China | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil could lose some recent gains it made in the global soy market during the U.S.China trade war if those two countries reach a deal to end their dispute a Brazilian Agriculture Ministry official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-trade-china-brazil/u-s-china-trade-deal-could-hurt-brazil-soy-exports-brazil-farm-official-idUSKBN1Z71WF | 2020-01-09 |
| SAO PAULO The outlook for Brazils automobile industry this year is brightening automaker association Anfavea said on Tuesday as it predicted more rapid growth in production and sales and a sharply slower rate of decline in exports | Positive | SAO PAULO The outlook for Brazils automobile industry this year is brightening automaker association Anfavea said on Tuesday as it predicted more rapid growth in production and sales and a sharply slower rate of decline in exports | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-autos-production/brazil-auto-production-sales-growth-to-accelerate-this-year-anfavea-idUSKBN1Z61J5 | 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 |
| SAO PAULO The corn crop in Brazils Rio Grande do Sul the countrys number 3 grain producing state will likely be reduced by from initial estimates due to a severe drought broker and consultancy INTL FCStone said on Monday | Negative | SAO PAULO The corn crop in Brazils Rio Grande do Sul the countrys number 3 grain producing state will likely be reduced by from initial estimates due to a severe drought broker and consultancy INTL FCStone said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-grains-drought/brazils-corn-crop-in-the-south-hit-by-drought-fcstone-idUSKBN1Z51SM | 2020-01-07 |
| Demand from many of Brazils neighbors in Latin America has been affected by economic and political turmoil in recent months most visibly in the collapse of auto sales to Argentina | Negative | BRASILIA Growth in Brazils manufacturing sector almost completely evaporated in December a survey of purchasing managers activity showed on Thursday as employment shrank and new export orders slumped to their lowest in over a decade | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-pmi-manufacturing/brazil-manufacturing-pmi-falls-to-50-2-in-december-from-52-9-in-november-ihs-markit-idUSKBN1Z10VI | 2020-01-03 |
| BRASILIA Brazils minimum wage will be increased to 1039 reais a month in 2020 the government said on Tuesday a higher level than it had previously forecast that will require even tighter controls on spending to ensure its fiscal rules are not broken | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils minimum wage will be increased to 1039 reais a month in 2020 the government said on Tuesday a higher level than it had previously forecast that will require even tighter controls on spending to ensure its fiscal rules are not broken | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-minimum-wage/brazil-hikes-minimum-wage-more-than-expected-eyes-extra-fiscal-discipline-as-a-result-idUSKBN1YZ1B4 | 2020-01-01 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government on Tuesday said it has transferred 11 | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils government on Tuesday said it has transferred 11 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-oil-revenue/brazil-transfers-12-billion-reais-to-regions-in-move-toward-federative-pact-idUSKBN1YZ17I | 2020-01-01 |
