Constance Malleret

Brazil raises import tax on solid waste

The Brazilian government will levy an 18 percent tax on imports of solid waste starting in August, the Development, Industry…

10 months ago

Health Ministry to pay new nursing wage floor

Brazil’s Health Ministry will retroactively pay public sector nurses the new minimum wage from May, the government office said in…

10 months ago

Brazilian Feds arrest 16 in anti-narcotics operation

Brazil’s Federal Police on Tuesday arrested 16 suspects as part of an investigation into a network of drug traffickers operating…

10 months ago

Brazilian authority follows WHO on aspartame warning

Brazil’s National Cancer Institute (INCA) has issued a warning against the consumption of aspartame, after the World Health Organization (WHO)…

10 months ago

Disgruntled Central Bank workers stage slowdown

Central Bank employees in Brazil plan to intensify go-slow actions from this Monday, amid dissatisfaction with the federal government’s failure…

10 months ago

São Paulo climate secretary shocks with denialist comments

Antônio Fernando Pinheiro Pedro, São Paulo's municipal secretary for climate change, was accused of being a climate denialist during a…

10 months ago

Hunger declines in Latin America, but remains above pre-pandemic levels

Food security indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean show an improvement in the fight against hunger in the region,…

10 months ago

Analysts downgrade Vale stock amid lower iron ore prices

Brokerage firm XP Investimentos has downgraded its outlook for the shares of Brazilian mining company Vale to neutral, with a…

11 months ago