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Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:36:00 GMT
Elon Musk's X nearing expulsion from Brazil?
Brazil's Federal Attorney General's Office (AGU) head Jorge Messias told Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes that his agency was entertaining the idea of banning Elon Musk's social platform X from South Amer...

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:56:00 GMT
Lula soothes his links to the Lower House
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva discussed his meeting last Sunday at the Alvorada Palace with House Speaker Arthur Lira over breakfast with reporters in Brasilia Tuesday morning saying that their differences were...

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:00:00 GMT
Brazilian Constitution to be translated into indigenous languages
Brazilian authorities announced this week that the Constitution of South America's largest country, originally penned in Portuguese, would be translated into the languages of the indigenous tribes in a move to fully bring that ...

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:38:00 GMT
Copacabana packed with Bolsonarist demonstrators defending free speech from De Moraes
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took center stage Sunday during a major demonstration in Rio de Janeiro to defend the country from the attacks on freedom of expression by Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre De Mor...

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:20:00 GMT
Tierra del Fuego Governor angered by Falklands presence at tourism fair in Sao Paulo
Governor Gustavo Melella of the Argentine Province of Tierra del Fuego which technically includes the the Falkland/Malvinas and other South Atlantic islands sent this week notes of protest regarding the “WTM Latin America” ...

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:14:00 GMT
Brazil's Finance Minister hopes G20 will tax the super‑rich to tackle world's debt crisis
During his trip to Washington DC to attend International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) engagements, Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said he hoped the G-20 would approve later this year a new taxation for the...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:31:00 GMT
Petro suggests “life guarantees” for losers of Venezuela's elections
During a meeting in Bogotá with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Colombian President Gustavo Petro Wednesday suggested that a so-called “life guarantee” be created in Venezuela for those losing the Jul...

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:38:00 GMT
Brazil: Dead men don't sign IOUs
A Brazilian woman made the headlines Wednesday when she was arrested for bringing her uncle's dead body on Tuesday to a bank in Rio de Janeiro to have him “sign” the pertinent documents to collect a R$ 17,000 (US$ 3,243) lo...

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:18:00 GMT
Brazil: Búzios deepwater field produces 1 billion barrels of oil in March
The Búzios Field in the Santos Basin, the largest ultra-deepwater facility of that kind worldwide, produced 1 billion barrels of oil in March, the state-owned company Petrobras announced this week, Agencia Brasil reported. Pet...

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 23:59:00 GMT
Brazil and Argentina have much in common despite opposing presidents
Foreign Ministers Mauro Vieira of Brazil and Diana Mondino of Argentina met in Brasilia on Monday for talks aimed at bringing South America's two largest countries closer together, despite the opposing views of presidents Luiz ...

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