Brazil

• Saturday, January 28th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Degradation also harmful to Amazon rainforest, study shows

  

  One-third of the Amazon rainforest has been degraded by a combination of human activity and drought, according to a scientific report carried this week by the journal Science. The study released on Thursday yielded results much higher than previously thought and underlined that, in addition to deforestation, degradation can be just as harmful.

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 19:28 UTC

  Brazil: Federal Police launches 3rd phase of Operation Lesa Pátria

  

  Brazilian Federal Police (PF) Friday launched the third phase of Operation Lesa Pátria (lèse patria) by serving arrest and search-and-seizure warrants across five states and the Federal District, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  Brazil records highest number of deaths of trans people in the world

  

  In 2022, 131 trans and transvestite people were murdered all across Brazil, making it the country with the most deaths of people of this community for the 14th consecutive year, Agencia Brasil reported. In addition to the 131 killings, other 20 people took their own lives due to discrimination and prejudice.

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Petrobras has a new CEO; company shares drop awaiting fuels prices policy

  

  Former Senator and energy consultant, Jean Paul Prates is Brazil's oil giant Petrobras new Chief Executive, marking a clear difference from the previous administration rapidly reflected in the Sao Paulo stock exchange where company shares dropped more than 3% on Thursday

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  Presidents Lula and Macron discuss democracy and the environment

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Thursday discussed the future of democracy and the current environmental crisis over the telephone with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron in a conversation that lasted more than one hour, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Yanomami people crisis to be treated as genocide

  

  Brazil's Federal Police is to investigate the sanitary crisis among the Yanomami people as a crime of genocide, Justice Minister Flávio Dino said Wednesday.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 18:58 UTC

  Lula in favor of Mercosur-China FTA

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva said Wednesday in Montevideo that he agreed to open up Mercosur and pursue a free trade agreement (FTA) with China.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 18:55 UTC

  Argentina wants to buy Brazilian armored vehicles

  

  Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana undertook negotiations earlier this week with Brazil for the purchase of 156 Iveco Guarani 6x6 armored vehicles, it was reported. South America's largest country already has 500 units of the same model.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 18:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro needs another operation for his abdominal wound

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is to be operated on again when he returns to his country from the United States due to new complications from the stabbing he received in the city of Juiz de Fora, state of Minas Gerais, during the 2018 campaign, it was reported Wednesday.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:25 UTC

  Joint Brazil Federal and State funds to build a much needed tunnel in the Santos port

  

  Brazilian Minister of Ports and Airports, Márcio França, anticipated that the federal government may help fund the construction of a tunnel between Santos and Guarujá, a project that should cost around some three billion Reais equivalent to some US$ 500 million.