Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Nearly two weeks after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's most fraught election in a generation, Milton Baldin arrived in the capital Brasilia to try to overturn the result.

A small business owner from the deep interior of Brazil, Baldin, 55, joined thousands of hardcore Bolsonaro supporters who had set up an encampment outside army headquarters, from where they were urging the military to stage a coup.

BRASILIA, Dec 27 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called for tranquility and peace in Brazil, regarding the commotion caused by the arrest of a supporter of President Jair Bolsonaro accused of terrorism.    

“That is our commitment: to make the country smile again, to have peace of mind again,” says the founder of the Workers’ Party in a video shared and amplified by various platforms.

BRASILIA, Dec 22 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil could become the world’s largest cotton exporter in 2023, because of an increase in the planted area helping it to surpass the United States, which could reduce sowing by 30% to make way for competing crops such as corn, soy, and wheat.

Brazilian cotton producers see the sector ready to move forward with next year’s crop, despite higher costs, in order to protect progress in Asian markets, particularly China.

BRASILIA, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian financial market cut its inflation forecast for 2022 from 5.79 percent to 5.76 percent and raised it for next year from 5.08 percent to 5.17 percent, the Central Bank of Brazil said Monday.

The country's official inflation target is set at 3.5 percent this year and 3.25 percent next year, with a margin of tolerance of 1.5 percentage points in both cases.

BRASILIA, Dec 11 (NNN-TELESUR) — President-elect Lula da Silva thanked President Xi Jinping for his interest in strengthening relations between Brazil and China.

“Today I received with satisfaction a letter from President Xi Jinping, reinforcing his congratulations on the election result, the friendship and global strategic partnership between our countries, and the long-term vision of relations between Brazil and China,” Lula said.

BRASILIA, Dec 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday named former Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad, viewed unfavorably by many in the business community, as his finance minister.

Lula da Silva, who narrowly defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in October elections, unveiled ministers in the key posts of foreign affairs, justice, defense, and chief of staff.

BRASILIA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro broke his silence on Friday for the first time since his election defeat on Oct. 30 and spoke to supporters calling for a military coup to stop leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva taking office.

Bolsonaro said he had kept silent for almost 40 days, adding, "it hurts my soul."

"Who decides where I go are you. Who decides which way the armed forces go are you," Bolsonaro told his supporters at the gates of the presidential residence.

SAO PAULO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Twitter owner Elon Musk said on Saturday he thought it was "possible" that personnel at the social media firm gave preference to left-wing candidates during Brazil's election this year, without providing evidence.

Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter on Oct. 27, just days before Brazil's presidential second round runoff vote, when far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro was defeated by leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 2 (NNN-CMA) – The landslide that came down on a motorway in southern Brazil, has left at least 30 people missing, the regional government of the state of Parana said, late on Wednesday.

On Monday, mud tumbled down on the BR-376 motorway, following heavy rains and buried 16 vehicles.

Six people have been rescued, but firefighters have also recovered two bodies, authorities said, adding that, the exact number of victims was yet to be determined.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The head of Brazil’s electoral authority has rejected the request from President Jair Bolsonaro’s political party to annul ballots cast on most electronic voting machines, which would have overturned the Oct. 30 election.