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Brazil

  • Friday, February 9th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

    Bolsonaro's Party Chairman arrested

    The former President was ordered to surrender his passport

    Brazilian Liberal Party (PL) Chairman Valdemar Costa Neto was arrested Thursday and former President Jair Bolsonaro was ordered to surrender his passport as the investigation into the Jan. 8, 2023, coup attempt moved forward.

  • Friday, February 9th 2024 - 10:33 UTC

    Lula plants tree of “hope” at Palestinian Embassy

    Lula is to meet next week with the leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmud Abbas

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday planted a tree at the Palestinian Embassy in Brasilia where a group of Arab and Islamic diplomatic missions gathered to pay him a tribute. “You are planting hope for the Palestinian people,” Palestinian Ambassador Ibrahim Alzeben told the South American leader before all the guests shared dinner.

  • Thursday, February 8th 2024 - 10:49 UTC

    Brazil's STF launches corruption probe against Transparency International

    Dias Toffoli questioned the NGO's ties with former Lava Jato Prosecutor Dallagnol, who jailed Lula da Silva in 2018

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice António Dias Toffoli has launched a corruption probe against the Non-Government Organization (NGO) Transparency International after it sided with Deltan Dallagnol to create a foundation with the money from fines paid by companies that admitted to bribes to win contracts with the state-run oil company Petrobras.

  • Wednesday, February 7th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

    “Madman” Bolsonaro “should have never become President”, says Lula

    Lula's words might have been triggered by last Saturday's comments by Bolsonaro to a Portuguese YouTube channel

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro that “an ignorant guy like” Jair Bolsonaro should have never reached the Planalto Palace. During a speech on Tuesday in Belford Roxo, Lula also called his predecessor a fool and a bastard, among other epithets.

  • Wednesday, February 7th 2024 - 10:19 UTC

    High number of amputations to treat penile cancer reported in Brazil

    Brazil is one of the three countries with the highest incidence and mortality from penile cancer

    A report from the Brazilian Society of Urology (SBU) stated earlier this month that over 6,000 penile amputations have been recorded in the South American country over the past ten years to treat three out of every 10 patients diagnosed with penile cancer. The condition can be avoided with simple hygiene measures and HPV vaccination, the SBU also explained.

  • Wednesday, February 7th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

    Brazil's Health Minister asks for citizenry's help fighting dengue

    “Now is the time for all of Brazil to unite against dengue,” Trinidade stressed

    Brazil's Health Minister Nísia Trindade Tuesday called on the population of South America's largest country to avoid the proliferation of breeding sites for the mosquito that transmits dengue fever as the number of cases of the malady is surging nationwide, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Tuesday, February 6th 2024 - 10:13 UTC

    Lula and Tedros discuss dengue vaccine and other issues

    Lula and Tedros (L) also talked about pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Monday discussed producing a vaccine against dengue during their meeting at the Planalto Palace, Agencia Brasil reported. Also participating at the gathering was Health Minister Nísia Trindade.

  • Monday, February 5th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Brazil reinforcing military presence in Roraima bordering Venezuela and Guyana

    The deployment of troops and military equipment to Roraima began after tensions escalated between Venezuela and Guyana over the Essequibo

    A total of 28 armored vehicles have been deployed to the State of Roraima as the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes additional precautions amid mounting tension between Venezuela and Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 10:57 UTC

    Dengue emergency reported in Rio de Janeiro

    “If the population doesn't work together, dengue fever will spread,” Paes warned

    Health authorities in Rio de Janeiro are speaking of record hospitalizations of patients with dengue, Agencia Brasil reported Friday. In just one day in January, Rio de Janeiro's municipal health network had 362 people admitted with the condition, thus surpassing the previous record dating back to 2008. Municipal Health Secretary Daniel Soranz confirmed that the city was facing an epidemic of the disease.

  • Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 10:47 UTC

    Heat wave grips Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil

    The unusually hot weather is expected to stay around at least for a week

    Media reports all across the Southern Cone Friday underlined the heat wave affecting Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay with temperatures reaching 48 degrees Celsius and forecast to remain around or above 40 degrees for several days.