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Nation Braces For Social Demonstrations, Beef Exports To China Halted

BRAZIL
  • President Bolsonaro has urged Brazilians to come out in force on Tuesday to show their support for his government. The nation is bracing for potential unrest as the demonstrations are shaping up to be a barometer of his chances of re-election in 2022.
    • Brazil's banking and industry groups have issued calls for calm, as Supreme Court Justice Ricardo Lewandowski wrote a newspaper article pointing out that any action against the constitutional order by armed groups, civilian or military, constitutes a crime. The Senate president cancelled his attendance at an event in Austria to monitor the demonstrations. (BBG)
  • Brazil, the world's largest beef exporter, has suspended beef exports to its No. 1 customer China after confirming two cases of "atypical" mad cow disease in two separate domestic meat plants, the agriculture ministry said on Saturday. (NP)
    • The suspension, which is part of an animal health pact agreed between China and Brazil and is designed to allow Beijing time to take stock of the problem, begins immediately, the ministry said in a statement. China will decide when to begin importing again, it added.
  • A World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina was suspended amid chaotic scenes after local health officials walked onto the pitch on Sunday in a bid to remove three players who didn't comply with coronavirus restrictions.

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