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Montevideo, July 22nd 2025 - 23:18 UTC

Brazil

  • Sunday, April 30th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    Brazil recognizes 6 indigenous territories

    “We are going to legalize indigenous lands. It's a process that takes some time because it has to pass through many hands,” Lula said

    Fulfilling a campaign promise, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday officially recognized approximately 207,199 hectares (800 square miles) of six ancestral territories, the two largest of which are in the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest and a key carbon absorption site that helps moderate climate change, it was reported.

  • Saturday, April 29th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

    SARS cases on the rise in Brazil

    The Infogripe bulletin stressed the importance of vaccination

    While insisting on the importance of vaccination against Covid-19 and flu, Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) denounced a rise in the number of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) cases in 19 out of 27 in the last 6 weeks ending April 15, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, April 29th 2023 - 10:31 UTC

    Telegram to appeal Brazilian ban

    Telegram will, however, stick to its confidentiality policy and leave the Brazilian market if need be, Durov hinted

    After Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) ordered access to the message application Telegram be banned nationwide after failing to honor a request to turn over to law enforcement information on a high-profile school shooting, the company said it would appeal the measure.

  • Saturday, April 29th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Lula wants to host South American “retreat” summit

    Lula also insisted it was imperative that South America be regarded as a region of peace and cooperation

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva has been reported to be planning a major Summit in the form of a retreat in Brasilia on May 30 and is sending letters of invitation to his South American colleagues to relaunch the South American Union of Nations (Unasur), as per an O Globo article.

  • Saturday, April 29th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    Lava Jato scandal: Marcelo Odebrecht serves out his prison sentence

    Odebrecht was involved in the scandal that resulted in Lula's incarceration and ban from running in the 2018 elections

    Businessman Marcelo Odebrecht has been fully released from jail in Brazil Friday after serving his sentence for corruption, illicit association, and money laundering that went public in the Operation Lava Jato scandal. He had been doing community work at a hospital in exchange for a sentence reduction.

  • Friday, April 28th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    Brazil's Security Cabinet sacks military personnel involved in Jan. 8 riots

    Cappelli said he was following President Lula's instructions

    Brazilian authorities have sacked 28 military personnel and one civilian for their conduct during the Jan. 8 uprising in Brasilia, Acting Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI) Minister Ricardo Cappelli announced Thursday in a statement.

  • Friday, April 28th 2023 - 10:47 UTC

    Presidents of Brazil, Argentina discuss Unasur

    Both leaders reviewed the evolution of bilateral trade and progress in the implementation of cooperation agreements signed in recent months

    Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Alberto Fernández of Argentina held a virtual conference Thursday during which they discussed the return of their countries to the South American Union of Nations (Unasur) and other bilateral issues.

  • Thursday, April 27th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Spanish PM promises Lula he will push for EU-Mercosur deal closure

    Spain “maintains a firm commitment to advance in the ratification of this important trade agreement,” Sánchez told Lula

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday insisted in Madrid on his unorthodox view regarding the war in Ukraine but the approval of the Mercosur-European Union (EU) deal signed in 2019 that still needs to be ratified looked closer following Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's comments.

  • Thursday, April 27th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Bolsonaro insists he was not behind Jan. 8 riots

    Bolsonaro had said that Lula had not been elected by the people but by the courts of justice

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro denied being behind the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia whereby some of his followers were trying to lure the Armed Forces into staging a coup d'état against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

  • Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 09:50 UTC

    Brazilian gov't tightens the screws on gold trade

    The government wants to combat illegal mining on indigenous lands

    The Brazilian Government has finalized what has become known as the Gold Provisional Measure (MP) ending good faith and requiring electronic invoices for buying, selling, and transporting gold in the country, Agencia Brasil reported.