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Minister denies friction with Central Bank president
Economy Minister Paulo Guedes denied to Valor the existence of some friction between him and Central Bank President Roberto Campos Neto, following some comments that raised such rumors. On Wednesday, Mr. Campos repeated that fiscal "credibility" is e...
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Tebet agrees to be minister of Planning
Senator Simone Tebet (Brazilian Democratic Movement, MDB) will be the Planning minister in the administration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Workers’ Party, PT). The official announcement will take place on Thursday, along with other names that ...
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Pasture recovery plan will become reality, minister says
The national program for the recovery of degraded pastures will move from theory to practice "by leaps and bound," according to Agriculture Minister Carlos Fávaro. The decree establishing the initiative will soon be signed by President Lula. The idea...
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Lula presses minister after defeat in Congress
One day after the first major defeat of the federal government in Congress, with the overturning of parts of the sanitation decrees, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sent a direct message to Institutional Relation Minister Alexandre Padilha."I hop...
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Petrobras must present plan for natural gas, minister says
The drama surrounding the supply of natural gas from Petrobras’s oil extraction wells for the resumption of industrial activity in the country has gained a new chapter: Mines and Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira said the company must present ...
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Bolsonaro calls for easing lockdown after sacking Health minister
In a move that had been expected for many days, President Jair Bolsonaro dismissed Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta Thursday and replaced him with oncologist Nelson Teich. During the announcement, Mr. Bolsonaro was the target of a pot-banging p...
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Brazil’s finance minister seeks to attract partnerships at IMF
Finance Minister Fernando Haddad is set to represent Brazil at the annual International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, this week. He will engage in bilateral discussions with his counterparts from India, France, Indonesia, and Por...
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New Foreign minister expected to build bridges for agribusiness
The new Foreign Affairs minister, Carlos França, is expected to be a less controversial ally than Ernesto Araújo in international relations involving the agribusiness. He became friend of Agriculture Minister, Tereza Cristina, since they met in the b...
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Milei’s foreign minister hints at staying in Mercosur
Argentina’s future foreign minister, Diana Mondino, emphasized on Sunday (26) the "importance" of finalizing a trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union. She was at Brazil’s Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty), accompanied by the A...
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Arrest of former minister blares warning among Bolsonaro’s allies in Congress
The arrest of former Education Minister Milton Ribeiro has raised tension behind the scenes of President Jair Bolsonaro’s reelection campaign. The fact affects the government and the so-called "Centrão," a cluster of center-to-right parties tha...
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Lower house speaker says Economy minister is not 'in his right mind'
The public conflict between Economy Minister Paulo Guedes and Chamber of Deputies Speaker Rodrigo Maia (Democrats, DEM, of Rio de Janeiro) escalated and gained a new chapter on Wednesday: Mr. Maia said Mr. Guedes was not in his right mind in reaction...
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Russian Foreign minister thanks Brazil’s view on war
Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday praised the Brazilian government’s effort to mediate the more than a year-long war in Ukraine, saying the two countries have "similar approaches" on current issues, in a reference to the ...
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Brazil’s foreign minister says Israel’s actions bolster terrorist narrative
Brazil’s Foreign Minister, Mauro Vieira, expressed his concerns Tuesday about anti-terrorism actions that violate basic norms and principles, stating that they could end up reinforcing the narratives of terrorist groups. Speaking at a meeting o...
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Analysis: Bolsonaro’s anti-corruption narrative undermined by arrest of former minister
In March, when a scandal emerged in the Education Ministry, President Jair Bolsonaro made a point of making the then minister Milton Ribeiro hold his head high when he left the administration. The president said that could be a "temporary exit," alth...
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Bolsonaro seeks replacement for health minister
Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello may be replaced in coming days, sources say. Mr. Pazuello is under pressure because of the lack of vaccines against Covid-19 and the increasing death toll. President Jair Bolsonaro is seeking a replacement s...
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Bolsonaro wants Health Minister aligned to him, able to 'hold out'
President Jair Bolsonaro is in no hurry to choose the next minister of health and is looking for someone aligned with him on recommending using chloroquine against covid-19 and dismissing social distancing measures after two ministers, Luiz Henrique ...
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Bolsonaro wants Health Minister aligned to him, able to 'hold out'
President Jair Bolsonaro is in no hurry to choose the next minister of health and is looking for someone aligned with him on recommending using chloroquine against covid-19 and dismissing social distancing measures after two ministers, Luiz Henrique ...
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Government wants to act before crisis hits agribusiness, minister says
The combination of a predicted shortfall in Brazil’s grain harvest and continued low international commodity prices has created a scenario that is as rare and complex as it is potentially damaging to rural producers and challenging for agricult...
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With Lula in the game, center needs a candidate, former minister says
Former minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta, a possible nominee of the Democrats party (DEM) for the 2022 presidential elections, says that the entry of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Workers' Party, PT) in the race would reduce the spac...
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Brazil has new Tourism minister
Gilson Machado, the president of tourism promotion agency Embratur, accepted President Jair Bolsonaro's invitation to be the new Tourism minister. Known as "Bolsonaro's accordion player" after having played the instrument during a live-stre...
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Energy minister denies nationalization of Eletrobras
Mines and Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira denied on Monday that the government was planning to nationalize Eletrobras, Brazil’s main power utility, which was privatized during the Bolsonaro administration.He reiterated that there was a reque...
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Bolsonaro mulls replacing foreign affairs minister
President Jair Bolsonaro says he will not act under pressure to dismiss Foreign Relations Minister Ernesto Araújo, target of critics by lawmakers and even government allies, but sources say he mulls replacing him. There is consensus in Congress that ...
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Setbacks weaken pro-Trump Foreign minister
The defeat of Donald Trump and Brazilian challenges importing vaccine inputs from China and covid-19 shots from India pushes foreign minister Ernesto Araújo into an increasingly fragile position in the government. As the architect of Brazil's ag...
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Brazil, China to discuss joint production of satellites, Foreign minister says
The governments of Brazil and China are expected to discuss in the coming months the modernization of a technological cooperation program between the two countries for the production of Earth observation satellites. This is one of the topics on the a...