Brazil

  • Jul 8, 2021
  • 2 min read

Pandemic problems will pursue Bolsonaro in Brazil

A former Health Ministry official is arrested after allegedly lying to a Senate commission probing the pandemic response

Brazil
  • Jul 8, 2021
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Uruguay trade plans will increase Mercosur frictions

Uruguay has announced plans to seek bilateral trade deals outside the Mercosur bloc

Uruguay
  • Jul 7, 2021
  • 7 min read

Research funding cuts will curb recovery in Brazil

Despite the greater needs imposed by pandemic, government science funding is low and faces further reductions

Brazil
  • Jul 7, 2021
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Patents bill aims to boost Brazil's vaccine roll-out

The Lower House overwhelmingly approved a bill allowing the breaking of vaccine patents in public health emergencies

Brazil
  • Jul 6, 2021
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Bolsonaro approval slides as Brazil allegations mount

New reports for the first time claim that the president was involved in a fraud case in which his son faces charges

Brazil
  • Jul 5, 2021
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COVID protests and probes will dog Brazil's Bolsonaro

The public prosecutor is to investigate the president for 'prevarication' as a new wave of protests takes place

Brazil
  • Jul 2, 2021
  • 7 min read

Bolsonaro woes will raise election doubts in Brazil

Recent opinion polls show former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ahead of the incumbent in voting intentions

Brazil
  • Jun 30, 2021
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Covaxin deal suspended as probes continue in Brazil

The Health Ministry has suspended a contract to purchase COVID-19 vaccines from India amid alleged irregularities

Brazil