Analysis
Bolsonaro, Amid Funding Concerns, Scuppers New Welfare Plan ‘Renda Brasil’
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday, September 15th, said he was scrapping plans to launch a new social welfare...
Huge Calving at Arctic Ice Shelf: Massive Chunk Larger Than Paris Breaks Off
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A massive chunk of ice - larger than the city of Paris - has broken off from the Arctic's...
Brazilian Prosecutors Investigating Petrobras Forex Transactions between 2008 and 2011
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s federal police were serving 25 search warrants as part of an investigation regarding foreign-exchange transactions done by oil...
Falklands Committee Describes Seasonal Squid Harvest This Year as “Exceptional”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Falkland Islands' second Loligo squid fishing season this year has had an “exceptional start” the Director of Natural...
Bloodshed Eases in Brazilian Favelas After Supreme Court Ban on Police Raids
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Andre Dread was on his rounds handing out food parcels to poor families in City...
Reported Murders, Suicides of Trans People Soar in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The number of transgender people killed in Brazil this year has risen by 70 percent over last year, according...
Argentina Preparing to Restart Domestic and International Flights in October
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina could resume international commercial flights in October, the transport ministry said, following the approval of the new passenger...
Brazil Economy Outshines Mexico in Surprise Role Reversal
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) The divergence between Latin America’s two largest economies, Brazil and Mexico, is widening as the region’s most prominent...
Argentina’s Ruling Coalition Plans One-off “Solidarity Tax” on 12,000 Wealthy Taxpayers
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina’s ruling coalition, Frente de Todos, is seeking to impose a one-time tax on wealthy citizens as part of...
Mexico Environment Minister Resigns, President Defends Government’s Green Record
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mexico’s environment minister has resigned after clashing with colleagues over policy priorities, prompting President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to...
Brazil Amazon Fires: August Data Incomplete, Government Researcher Says
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) The official August data on the number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon needs to be corrected and will...
Brazil/Argentina Spat Over Import Licenses Delaying Mercosur Bilateral Trade
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil expressed its disappointment with the Argentine policy of delaying the approval of the so-called nonautomatic import licenses which...
Chilean Government Threatens to Impose State Security Law on Striking Truckers
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Chilean government on Monday threatened to invoke a state security law to penalize striking truck drivers blocking main...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Says Nobody Will Be Forced to Take Coronavirus Vaccine
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has consistently questioned the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, said on Monday, August 31st,...