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Thu, 02 Jun 2022 21:47:00 GMT
Lula links Bolsonaro supporters to 2018 murder of Afro-descendant activist
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, who according to every poll is poised to win the Oct. 2 elections and thus return to the Planalto Palace, Thursday linked supporters of the incumbent head of state to the 2...

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 06:35:00 GMT
Sao Paulo authorities recommend wearing facemasks, as C-19 cases surge
Sao Paulo City health authorities have advised the citizenry Wednesday to go back to wearing facemasks in indoor settings due to the increase of COVID-19 cases recorded in recent weeks. The measure will only be mandatory "in he...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 10:51:00 GMT
Six new bodies rise Pernambuco death toll to 106
Brazilian rescue agents have retrieved six more bodies of people who lost their lives during last week's severe rainstorms in the northeastern state of Pernambuco, thus rising to death toll to 106, Agencia Brasil reported Tuesd...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 09:30:00 GMT
Russia supports expanding BRICS, but demands consensus on access conditions
Russia supports the proposal to increase membership of BRICS, the organization of the leading developing economies, but before moving in that direction there is a need to establish a consensus on access criteria.

Tue, 31 May 2022 10:52:00 GMT
Elimination of a “Brazil cost” item represents a further 1,5 percentage point reduction in tariffs
The Brazilian government is drafting a presidential decree to change tax revenue mechanisms, which the economic team argues it will lead to a 1.5 percentage point reduction in the rates levied on all imported products. This is ...

Tue, 31 May 2022 10:06:00 GMT
Did Volkswagen use slave labor during Brazil's dictatorship?
Brazil's Labor Attorney (MPT) has summoned carmaker Volkswagen for an administrative hearing following reports that the company benefitted from slave labor in the 1970s and 1980s in Santana do Araguaia, in the State of Pará, i...

Tue, 31 May 2022 10:00:00 GMT
Brazilian rice exports booming; challenge for all three Mercosur partners
Brazilian rice exports (husk base) totaled 451.3 thousand tones during the first quarter, more than double the same period in 2021 when 207.7 thousand tons were shipped, reports the Brazilian Rice Industry Association (Abiarroz...

Tue, 31 May 2022 09:55:00 GMT
BRICS financing, a life-changer for Amazonia residents
Financing from the BRICS bank has been pivotal in boosting pavement, drainage, basic sanitation and sidewalk construction works in Brazil's Amazonia, it was reported.

Mon, 30 May 2022 09:41:00 GMT
Bolsonaro going to Pernambuco as death toll from storms keeps rising
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday announced he would be traveling first thing Monday to Recife to see for himself the devastation caused by yet another rainstorm in the country's northeast, which has left at least 84 dea...

Sat, 28 May 2022 10:07:00 GMT
Lula celebrates new polls and asks Colombians to support Petro
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Friday celebrated the results of Datafolha's most recent survey, according to which he might win the Oct. 2 elections, even probably in the first round.



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