Tech giant Google clashed with Brazilian authorities this week over a divisive new bill aimed at curbing “fake news” that is also coming under fire from other tech firms and social media platforms, the Financial Times reported. The fight began when Google promoted an article on...
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Brazil will implement new restrictions on social media in an effort to curb an “epidemic” of violent school attacks that have plagued the country since last week, Agence France-Presse reported. On Wednesday, Justice Minister Flavio Dino said that platforms will be ordered to take steps to...
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Brazil’s navy sunk a decommissioned aircraft carrier this month, prompting intense criticism from officials and environmental groups around the world who said the vessel was packed with toxic materials, including asbestos, Radio France Internationale reported. Navy officials conducted the “planned and controlled sinking” of the 35,000-ton...
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The Brazilian government ordered an investigation into the potential crimes of genocide against Brazil’s Yanomami people this week, as the Indigenous community grapples with malnutrition and disease that officials have directly linked to illegal mining, the Washington Post reported. Justice Minister Flávio Dino said he had...
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Argentina and Brazil are mulling the creation of a common currency for the two nations, an ambitious plan that has been met with skepticism from economists, CNBC reported Tuesday. The proposal was unveiled during a meeting in Argentina this week between Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula...
Read full story →Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sacked the head of Brazil’s military Saturday over his alleged involvement in the Jan. 8 riots, when supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country’s main government buildings in the capital, the Washington Post reported. The removal of...
Read full story →The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, might finally be planning to return to his native country after decamping for Florida in late December, shortly before his successor, the now incumbent Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, took the oath of office. Bolsonaro’s time in...
Read full story →A senior judge in Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the arrests of two top security officials in the capital this week, just days after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country’s three main government buildings, the Washington Post reported. The arrest warrants target Anderson Torres,...
Read full story →On Jan. 1, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as the new president of Brazil. A week later, supporters of his opponent, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, stormed Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Presidential Palace to try to stop the changing of...
Read full story →Thousands of protesters supporting former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country’s key government buildings in the capital Sunday, a little over a week after a new leftist president took office, the Wall Street Journal reported. Demonstrators dressed in Brazil’s national green and yellow colors charged...
Read full story →Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as the country’s president this week, marking a return to the office he first held two decades ago, following an intense presidential election against conservative incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, the Washington Post reported. This is the...
Read full story →Brazil’s electoral court rejected a complaint by the party of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro challenging the outcome of last month’s presidential runoff that he narrowly lost to his leftist rival, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The populist leader lost in the Oct. 31 runoff to former...
Read full story →Brazilian truckers and other supporters of conservative President Jair Bolsonaro blocked roads in the South American country recently in protest at the victory of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the leftist ex-president who served previously from 2003 to 2010, and won the general election runoff...
Read full story →Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro broke his silence two days after losing Sunday’s presidential runoff, saying there will be a transition of power – but failed to acknowledge his defeat against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the BBC reported Tuesday. On Sunday, electoral authorities declared Lula –...
Read full story →Brazil’s former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated conservative incumbent Jair Bolsonaro Sunday, in what has been described as Brazil’s most significant election since the return of democracy to the Latin American nation almost 40 years ago, Reuters reported. With 99.8 percent of...
Read full story →Supporters of left-wing Brazilian politician and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, or simply “Lula,” suffered a rude awakening recently when, rather than easily winning his country’s presidential race, he now must face the incumbent right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff on Oct. 30. As...
Read full story →Former leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva secured a narrow lead in Brazil’s presidential elections Sunday but failed to win enough votes to avoid a runoff against far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, NPR reported. With the majority of the votes counted, da Silva had won 48.4...
Read full story →Tanks rolled and soldiers marched through the streets of the Brazilian capital of Brasilia recently. They were ostensibly celebrating the 200th anniversary of the South American country’s independence from Portugal. But the military parades on Sept. 7 had a different tone this year. In July, while...
Read full story →Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro met with dozens of foreign diplomats this week to present allegations regarding supposed vulnerabilities in Brazil’s electronic voting system ahead of October’s presidential elections, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. In a meeting at the presidential palace, Bolsonaro did not provide concrete evidence...
Read full story →The Amazon's deforestation rate reached a new high in the first half of 2022, according to the Brazilian Space Agency, raising fears that the rainforest's crucial role in maintaining the planet's health may be irrevocably harmed, the Washington Post reported. Satellite data showed that more than...
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