Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Monday that his country was “abandoned” by the government before his and, therefore, “much remains to be done,” Agencia Brasil reported.
Add your comment!Wind chill factor included, Rio de Janeiro Sunday recorded for the second day in a row temperatures above 60º Celsius, Agencia Brasil reported. The Rio Alert System recorded 62.3ºC at the Guaratiba station, on the city's west side, at 9.55 am, the former Brazilian capital's City Council said.
Add your comment!Former Brazilian Army Chief Marco Antonio Freire Gomes admitted Friday before Federal Police investigators that he had been approached by then-President Jair Bolsonaro to explore the possibility of overturning the outcome of the 2022 elections through military actions.
Add your comment!Authorities in the Brazilian State of Paraná bordering Argentina and Paraguay have decreed a health emergency given the increasing number of cases of dengue fever in recent weeks as new deaths have been confirmed, Agencia Brasil reported.
Add your comment!A mysterious woman who spent the last 24 years in a coma after a hit-and-run car accident in downtown Vitória, in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, has died of bronchial aspiration, it was reported Friday.
Add your comment!The governments of Brazil and Argentina agreed this week to a reciprocal open skies policy, Itamaraty Palace sources in Brasilia confirmed. Under the new legal frame, there will be no restrictions to carriers -both passenger and cargo- to open as many routes as they wish.
Add your comment!Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira told his country's Senate Thursday that Israel's blockade of humanitarian aid in the current context of famine and lack of medical supplies in Gaza is a violation of international law, Agencia Brasil reported. The administration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to systematically hinder the entry of trucks with humanitarian aid at the borders with Gaza, Vieira denounced.
Add your comment!Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled that non-pregnant women in same-sex unions are entitled to paternity leave, Agencia Brasil reported Wednesday. The rationale is to be applied to all similar cases, it was also determined.
Add your comment!Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launched 100 new campuses of Federal Institutes of Education, Science, and Technology (IFS) this week nationwide because it is through education that we will become a first-world country.
Add your comment!Following a confession from a Chilean prison inmate, it was determined that São Paulo's notorious First Capital Command (PCC) had expanded its operations, it was reported in Santiago. In addition, raids in correctional facilities in Brazil detected communications further corroborated the news since proof of communications between the two countries was detected.
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