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Brazil

  • Saturday, July 22nd 2023 - 10:49 UTC

    Brazil: 18 illegal miners arrested in Yanomami land

    Operation Ágata Fronteira Norte has so far made 48 arrests

    Brazilian authorities this week arrested 18 illegal miners (garimpeiros) in Yanomami Indigenous Land during the joint operation Ágata Fronteira Norte, according to Defense Ministry sources, Agencia Brasil reported Friday.

  • Saturday, July 22nd 2023 - 10:41 UTC

    Lula signs decree limiting access to guns

    “We are going to continue fighting for a disarmed country,” Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday signed a decree limiting access to guns as part of the “Security Action Program” to curb violence in South America's largest country, it was reported.

  • Friday, July 21st 2023 - 10:28 UTC

    Brazil's gov't wants the “super rich” to pay income tax on funds abroad

    A worker who earns a low salary pays income tax and a millionaire does not, Haddad underlined

    Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said the federal government was considering additional taxes to the country's largest fortunes to “correct absurd things in the tax system,” it was reported. According to the former presidential candidate, the government wants to tax the “super rich” who have offshore funds or hold their investments in exclusive funds that currently do not pay income tax.

  • Friday, July 21st 2023 - 10:21 UTC

    Brazil: rape cases 7% up in 2022 from previous year

    Only 22.8% of rapes of people over 14 years old were committed by strangers, the report noted

    According to the Brazilian Security Forum, the number of rapes recorded in South America's largest country last year was 8.2% higher than in 2021, it was reported in the Brazilian Public Security Yearbook 2023 launched Thursday. Rape cases totaled 18,110 victims in 2022, an increase of 7% over the previous year, and those of rape of a vulnerable person, 56,820 victims, 8.6% more than in the previous year, the study also showed.

  • Thursday, July 20th 2023 - 10:34 UTC

    Brazilian Constitution translated to indigenous language

    The Nheengatu language historically allowed communication between communities of different peoples scattered throughout the Amazon region, Weber explained

    Brazil's Constitution has been translated for the first time into the indigenous Nheengatu language. The new version of the 35-year-old document was released Wednesday, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Wednesday, July 19th 2023 - 09:50 UTC

    Alckmin highlights the importance of the semiconductor industry

    “Semiconductors are in everyday life, from video games to the war industry,” said VP Alckmin, who is also Minister of Development, Industry, Foreign Trade, and Services

    Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin stressed Tuesday that his country should bet on the development of the local semiconductor industry while speaking favorably about the reindustrialization process undertaken by the new government since Jan. 1.

  • Tuesday, July 18th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Lula wants to deepen discussion with EU on climate issue

    Von der Leyen welcomed Brazil's return to the international scene

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that his country wanted to generate a common agenda with the European Union (EU) to respond to present and future environmental challenges and the transition to renewable energies.

  • Tuesday, July 18th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    British gov't lifts restrictions on Brazilian meat

    The technical visit in October last year was the first British audit mission abroad after Brexit

    British authorities have decided to lift the reinforced controls on Brazilian meat, Brasilia's Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Agriculture announced Monday, according to Agencia Brasil. The measure was adopted nine months after a technical team visited the South American country.

  • Tuesday, July 18th 2023 - 09:34 UTC

    Brazil's 2022/23 harvest is expected to reach 317,5 million tons with a planted area of 78,2 million hectares

    Soybeans continue to dominate the national agribusiness, with an estimated harvest of 154.6 million tons. An i0mpressive 23.1% increase compared to the previous season’s production.

    Brazil is expected to harvest a record 317.5 million tons of grains in the 2022-23 agriculture cycle, which is 44.9 million tons (16.5%) more than the previous year, according to the 10th Grain Harvest Survey by Conab, the country’s food supply and statistics agency.

  • Monday, July 17th 2023 - 11:05 UTC

    Micro and small businesses behind 69% of jobs in Brazil

    Medium and large companies tend to be more labor-saving in the long run, Décio Lima explained

    According to a study conducted by the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae), micro and small businesses have been behind the creation of seven out of ten formal jobs nationwide, Agencia Brasil reported.