Brazil

Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 21:13 UTC
Brazil's Lower House passes homeschooling bill onto Senate

Brazil's Lower House Thursday passed a bill setting forth the conditions for homeschooling, a trend that has been growing globally following the COVID-19 lockdowns.
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Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 20:03 UTC
Brazil's capital records all-time low temperature

An unprecedented cold wave in Brazil for the month of May has been labeled a threat both to the country's thousands of homeless people and also to crops, it was reported Thursday.
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Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 09:15 UTC
Brazilian government lowers tariffs on eleven products to help with inflation

The Brazilian government facing the inflationary challenge, as in most of the rest of the world, and particularly when it comes to food prices and the millions of Brazilians who survive on a daily ration, has decided to temporarily reduce tariffs on eleven products. The decree came into effect on May 12 and will continue until the end of the year.
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Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 08:19 UTC
Brazil: Lula ties the knot for the third time in his life

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday married sociologist Rosángela da Silva in Sao Paulo, under strict security measures. The celebration was attended by politicians and artists who were not allowed to bring their cell phones with them.
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Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 22:18 UTC
Bolsonaro files STF complaint against Justice De Moraes

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has filed a complaint against Justice Alexandre de Moraes before the very Federal Supreme Court (STF) of which the magistrate is a member for the way he has handled the case known as “digital militias” in which the head of state is under investigation for his alleged involvement in the dissemination of fake news.
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Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 10:13 UTC
Presidential hopeful Lula getting married

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, who looks poised to return to the Planalto Palace after the Oct. 2 elections, is getting married this Wednesday to Rosângela Silva.
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Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Brazil opens situation room to monitor acute hepatitis

Brazilian health authorities have established during the weekend a monitoring room to oversee the development nationwide of the worrying acute hepatitis of unknown origin among children, of which the country has already reported 47 cases under study.
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Monday, May 16th 2022 - 18:10 UTC
Bolsonaro insists Argentina and Chile might end up like Cuba

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday insisted on social media that he feared Argentina and Chile were following the paths of Venezuela and Cuba because although Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez were already dead, the “consequences of communism” remained.
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Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:29 UTC
Argentina preparing to become a BRICS member with support from China and Brazil

Argentina has been invited by Chinese president Xi Jinping to participate in three BRICS events taking place in the coming four weeks. The first will be a get-together of political parties, social organizations and think tanks, a second on May 20th, is a summit of foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, BRICS full members, and the Argentine minister guest. Finally, on June24 a summit of the five-plus one leaders is scheduled.
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Monday, May 16th 2022 - 01:07 UTC
Brazilian road show in New York to attract US$ 40bn investors in transport infrastructure

The current Brazilian government expects to have contracts worth R$ 200 billion (US$ 40billion) with the private sector investing in transport infrastructure by end of 2022. To achieve this end, the Ministry of Infrastructure works to encourage more international financing in the concession project portfolio, as highlighted by Minister Marcelo Sampaio during his roadshow this week in New York.
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