Insights and Stories of Anthony Boadle

EU deal and Trump tariff threats bolster Mercosur trade talks

Dec. 20, 2024 at 10:59 am CST

Brazil expects the South American trade bloc Mercosur to speed up more free trade negotiations after clinching a deal with the European Union, as the threat of U.S. tariffs when Donald Trump takes office as president forces countries to diversify their options for exports, diplomats say.

Brazil justice grants Congress more time on bill limiting Indigenous rights

Jun. 7, 2023 at 5:14 pm CDT

By Anthony Boadle

As Amazon burns, Bolsonaro tells rest of world not to interfere

Aug. 22, 2019 at 8:01 pm CDT

By Anthony Boadle Stephen Eisenhammer

Brazil ag minister eyes indigenous land for commercial farming

Jan. 18, 2019 at 7:47 pm CST

By Anthony Boadle Jake Spring

Brazil plans to fight invasions by landless workers

Jan. 14, 2019 at 5:03 pm CST

By Anthony Boadle Jake Spring

Bolsonaro gives Brazil farm ministry powers on indigenous land

Jan. 2, 2019 at 12:09 pm CST

Rio de Janeiro/Brasilia | Reuters — New Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued an executive order on Wednesday making the agriculture ministry responsible for deciding on lands claimed by indigenous peoples, in a victory for agribusiness that will likely enrage environmentalists. The temporary decree, which will expire unless it is ratified […]

By Anthony Boadle Gabriel Stargardter

JBS accused of violating rainforest protection laws

Apr. 1, 2017 at 4:07 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters –– The world’s largest meatpacker, Brazil’s JBS SA, has for years knowingly bought cattle that were raised on illegally deforested land, turning a blind eye to regulations meant to protect the Amazon rainforest, Brazil’s environmental regulator has alleged. The accusation comes even as JBS and other meatpackers […]

By Anthony Boadle

Brazil to open farmland, airlines to foreign buyers

Jan. 30, 2017 at 5:15 pm CST

Brasilia | Reuters — President Michel Temer will propose legislation to lift restrictions on foreign ownership of airlines and agricultural land in Brazil as he strives to pull the economy out of a two-year recession, government sources said on Monday. Temer’s centre-right government plans to send Congress a bill allowing […]

By Anthony Boadle Leonardo Goy