Brazil

• Tuesday, July 25th 2023 - 08:25 UTC

  Brazilian plant to manufacture flying cars

  

  Electric horizontal vertical takeoff and landing vehicles with room for up to five people are to be manufactured by Ever Air Mobility's plant 145 kilometers from the city of São Paulo, Embraer announced. The first deliveries of the so-called “flying cars” are due in 2026.

• Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Women's World Cup, flexible working hours for Brazilian civil servants to support the Canarinhas

  

  The Brazilian government has announced civil servants can turn up to work four hours late when the national side – who go by the nickname As Canarinhas — contests the Women's World Cup tournament, co hosted by Australia and New Zealand.

• Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:32 UTC

  Lula underscores importance of labor unions in Brazil

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday recalled his origins as a labor union leader. During the inauguration of the ABC Metalworkers Union (SMABC) board of directors, the head of state addressed how this organization and others of its kind had helped create the Workers' Party (PT) which eventually led him to his office, “something, until then, impossible.”

• Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Lula needs hip surgery sometime this year

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Sunday underwent pain-killing treatment at Sao Paulo's Hospital Sirio Libanês before attending a metalworkers' union event, it was reported. Lula has publicly complained of hip pain in recent months.

• Saturday, July 22nd 2023 - 11:27 UTC

  Brazil: Federal gov't instructs States to issue animal health alert over bird blu

  

  In a move to prevent the spread of avian flu onto commercial poultry, Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) has directed State governments to declare an animal health emergency, Agencia Brasil reported Friday.

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

  Brazil: 18 illegal miners arrested in Yanomami land

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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.