Brazil
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International Monetary Fund to cut its 2018 growth forecast for Brazil
Jul 14, 2017News Hour: Brazil’s economy appears to have turned a corner, but political uncertainty is on the rise, prompting the International Monetary Fund on Thursday to cut its 2018 growth forecast for the recession-hit country. The recovery... -
Bieber’s Brazil hotel case closed after $6,000 donation
Jul 7, 2017News Hour: A judge closed legal proceedings against Justin Bieber after he paid a fine of $6,000 for wall-tagging a historic hotel in 2013, court officials said Thursday. Judge Rudi Baldi Loewenkron made the decision after... -
Brazil’s President Michel Temer charged with taking bribes
Jun 27, 2017News Hour: Brazil’s top federal prosecutor charged President Michel Temer with taking multimillion-dollar bribes on Monday in a stinging blow to the unpopular leader and to political stability in Latin America’s largest country. Rodrigo Janot submitted... -
Six fan hospitalized in Brazil football violence
Jun 19, 2017News Hour: Six people were taken to hospital after a brawl between rival football fans in Brazil on Sunday, reports Reuters. Police said violence erupted before the start of the Brazilian Serie A match between Coritiba... -
Messi’s Argentina down Brazil in Australian ‘Superclasico’
Jun 10, 2017News Hour: Argentina gained a confidence-boosting 1-0 win over Brazil in their Superclasico in Melbourne Friday ahead of their make-or-break World Cup qualifiers later in the year. A goal from Sevilla defender Gabriel Mercado right on... -
Brazil court opens session that could topple president
Jun 7, 2017News Hour: Brazil’s electoral court started hearings Tuesday that could topple scandal-tainted President Michel Temer, plunging Latin America’s biggest country into its second leadership crisis in a year. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) opened the first... -
Rio’s botanical garden becomes battleground
Jun 6, 2017News Hour: It’s their urban Garden of Eden, but residents of Rio de Janeiro’s most unusual neighborhood face the same fate as the inhabitants of the Biblical version: expulsion. Unknown even to many who call Brazil’s... -
7 people died and 48,000 displaced after heavy flood hit northern Brazil
May 30, 2017News Hour: Seven people have died and 48,000 others displaced after a heavy flood-hit northern Brazil, authorities announced on Monday. In the state of Pernambuco which was most affected, two people died, were declared over 44,000... -
Brazil’s Temer demands suspension of corruption probe
May 21, 2017News Hour: Brazilian President Michel Temer on Saturday demanded the Supreme Court suspend a probe into his alleged obstruction of justice, claiming the central piece of evidence is flawed. Temer said an audio recording purporting to... -
Alibaba Group plans to provide credit services in Brazil
Apr 26, 2017News Hour: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has plans to provide credit services in Brazil, Jack Ma, the company’s executive chairman, was quoted as saying in Wednesday’s edition of O Estado de S. Paulo. In China, the...
