Brazil

Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 08:06 UTC
Online child porn more sophisticated, researchers at Brazilian NGO warn

A Brazilian non-government organization (NGO) Tuesday said it had documented over 111,000 cybercrimes against children in 2022, Agencia Brasil reported. The announcement was made on the occasion of the Feb. 7 Safe Internet Day, which was celebrated for the 15th time in the South American country and 20th globally.
Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Lula pledges to boost shipyard and oil and gas industries

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Monday his intention to boost the shipbuilding and oil and gas industries with the state-owned Petrobras and the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) as vectors for public investments, Xinhua reported from Rio de Janeiro.
Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:30 UTC
Tourism industry in Brazil expects a 2023 boom year; much bus traveling to discover the huge country

The Brazilian Ministry of Tourism recently released figures indicating the country received 3.1 million international tourists from January to November 2022, which is more than the 2.9 million tourist arrivals in 2020 and 2021.
Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:22 UTC
Emergency in Brazil as avian flu outbreak reported in neighboring Bolivia; poultry exports total US$ 9,7billion

After two decades, the highly pathogenic (when almost all infected animals show symptoms of the disease) avian flu has become a real threat to Brazilian flocks and production. Nine countries in Central and South America have confirmed 75 outbreaks of the disease in recent months and have already had to sacrifice 1.2 million birds.
Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 09:50 UTC
Garimpo is lethal, Brazilian minister says

Brazil's Minister for Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara described the presence of illegal mining (known locally as “garimpo”) in the Yanomami Indigenous Land as destructive, Agencia Brasil reported Monday.
Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:07 UTC
Six people missing after shipwreck off Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro

Wind-chill temperatures in Rio de Janeiro reached 58°C Saturday before a storm broke out, leaving eight people missing following a shipwreck off Guanabara Bay. It was the highest temperature since 2009 when wind-chill measurements started to be taken. By Sunday the temperature dropped to 41.1 °C amid a strong storm. The boat capsized at sea off Paquetá Island in the middle of the storm.
Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:02 UTC
Garimpeiros leave Yanomami land before armed forces takeover

Illegal miners known as garimpeiros are beginning to leave the lands of the Yanomami indigenous peoples after a federal raid to evict them was announced by President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara told reporters Sunday.
Sunday, February 5th 2023 - 08:57 UTC
São Paulo aircraft carrier sank despite ecologists' opposition

Brazil finally sank in a controlled manner the hull of what once was the pride of the South American country's Navy: the aircraft carrier São Paulo, also known as Foch during her time with the French Navy.
Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 11:44 UTC
De Moraes orders probe into Senator Do Val's statements regarding coup

After Senator Marcos Do Val (Podemos-ES) claimed to have participated in a meeting with former President Jair Bolsonaro to discuss a coup d'état, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes ordered Friday an investigation into such allegations.
Friday, February 3rd 2023 - 10:01 UTC
Brazilian Navy announces Sau Paulo carrier to be sunk despite environmental protests

The Government of Brazil plans to sink the decommissioned French-built Sao Paulo aircraft carrier in the middle of the Atlantic ocean after the depleted structure has spent months wandering with no port to dock for scrapping due to the presence of toxic materials in the hull, it was reported Thursday.