Brazil

• Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 09:57 UTC

  German Chancellor meets Lula da Silva, pledges €200 million for Amazon forest

  

  Germany has pledged €200 million to help Brazil defend the Amazon forest. German Chanellor Olaf Scholz made the announcement during a visit to Brasilia where he met with president Lula da Silva and congratulated him for the return of Brazil to the world stage.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 09:34 UTC

  Bolsonaro applies for six-month tourist US visa

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a tourist visa to stay in the United States for another six months, it was reported Monday.

• Monday, January 30th 2023 - 23:38 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government strongly condemns Argentina’s decision to refuse permission for Brazilian airlink

  

  In a Monday release, the Falkland Islands government condemned Argentina's refusal of over flight permission for the air link with Brazil and accused Buenos Aires of denying the Islands self-determination, ”enforcing sanctions on our people and another attempt to isolate us from South America and impede our economic development.”

• Monday, January 30th 2023 - 20:11 UTC

  Germany pledges some € 200 million to Brazil's ambitious environmental actions

  

  Germany's Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze Monday announced in Brasilia the release of about € 200 million to be committed to environmental actions.

• Monday, January 30th 2023 - 11:03 UTC

  National Trans Visibility Day celebrated in Brazil

  

  Members of Brazil's LGBT+ movements and of the transsexual and transvestite community celebrated National Trans Visibility Day with parades nationwide, the largest two being in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, it was reported.

• Saturday, January 28th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  Brazilian FM ratifies commitment to WTO

  

  Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira Friday told World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala about the South American country's commitment to the global entity under the new administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.

• 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