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Brazil

  • Saturday, July 1st 2023 - 10:29 UTC

    Brazil's STF overturns “legitimate defense of honor” rationale

    Luís Roberto Barroso will become acting STF Chief Justice between July 1-16, it was announced

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Friday reached a decisive majority against the “legitimate defense of honor” argument filed by numerous counselors in femicides, it was reported. This rationale was particularly frequent in cases tried by a jury.

  • Friday, June 30th 2023 - 16:15 UTC

    Brazilian Justice disqualifies Jair Bolsonaro for eight years due to abuse of power

    The TSE reached a 4-1 majority in favor of condemning Bolsonaro for having questioned the reliability of the electronic ballot box system with “false” information. Photo: Pilar Olivares / Reuters

    Brazilian magistrate Carmen Lúcia Antunes from the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) has found former President Jair Bolsonaro guilty of abuse of power. This decision adds to the majority opinion in favor of stripping Bolsonaro of all his political rights for a period of eight years, effectively barring him from running for any elected office or holding positions in the public administration.

  • Friday, June 30th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Bolsonaro now 3-1 down at TSE

    If any of the three remaining judges votes against him, Bolsonaro would be disenfranchised for eight years and would therefore not be eligible to run in 2026

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was one vote short of disenfranchisement when the Superior Electoral Court adjourned Thursday's session with a score of 3-1 with three magistrates still to vote when the trial for abuse of power resumes Friday, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    Brazil: Bolsonaro downplays magnitude of Jan. 8 riots

    The rioters were women with Bibles and men with flags, Bolsonaro argued

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday downplayed the magnitude of the Jan. 8 events in Brasilia when some of his followers tried to seize the headquarters of all three branches of government and compared the situation with recent events in Russia.

  • Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

    Brazil's population over 203 million, 2022 census shows

    The average population growth in recent years was the lowest since 1872

    Brazil's population in 2022 was determined to be 203,062,512 people, the Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) announced Wednesday after the results of last year's census were published. The new figures showed an increase of 12.3 million since the 2010 census, Agencia Brasil noted.

  • Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 08:19 UTC

    Brazil declares a record harvest of soy beans, 156 million tons in 2023

    National soybean harvest witnessed a 20% rise compared to 2022, when drought adversely affected crops in the South.

    The Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove) reported that the soybean harvest in Brazil, already completed in 2023, exceeded expectations, leading to an upward revision in export forecasts for soybean grain, meal, and oil this year. Soy remains Brazil’s primary export product.

  • Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 08:14 UTC

    Lula government promoting Brazilian agriculture with US$ 76 billion financial support

    The Agriculture Ministry said that the 2023/24 “Safra Plan” would provide 364.2 billion reais (US$ 76 billion) (27%) increase in financial farming support

    Brazilian president Lula da Silva has increased subsidized farm loans as part of a national agriculture funding plan as he aims to strengthen ties with the sector, which has been driving the economic activity of the country.

  • Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 02:32 UTC

    Brazil fertilizer consumption picking up as farmers replenish stocks and global prices drop 40%

    In 2022, after a 200% increase in fertilizer prices, deliveries to the Brazilian market fell by 10.4% compared to the previous year, totaling 41.078 million tons

    Consultants and banks estimate that fertilizer consumption in Brazil will increase this year, with projections suggesting a range of 2.5% to 10% growth in deliveries. This increase is driven by producers’ need to replenish the volumes used in their crops as input prices have fallen.

  • Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 10:53 UTC

    Brazil tops list of deforestation-hit countries, study shows

    During the first two terms of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), in the 2000s, the loss of forests had decreased considerably

    According to a survey released Tuesday by Global Forest Watch (GFW), a forest monitoring platform developed by the University of Maryland, Brazil has lost 1.8 million hectares of primary rainforests, mostly in the Amazon, a 15% increase between 2021 and 2022, thus topping the list of nations in such a situation, followed by the Republic of Congo, Bolivia, Indonesia, and Peru.

  • Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    Brazil: Bolsonaro 1-0 down at TSE trial

    Six magistrates, including Chief Justice Alexandre De Moraes, are still to vote Thursday on whether to disenfranchise Bolsonaro or not

    Case rapporteur Benedito Gonçalves Tuesday voted in favor of convicting former President Jair Bolsonaro in the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) trial for abuse of political power and undue use of the media, Agencia Brasil reported.