Brazil

• Saturday, September 7th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

  Problem with anti-icing system detected in Voepass crash probe

  

  According to audio recordings preserved in the so-called “black box,” the co-pilot of the doomed Voepass flight 2283 spoke of “a lot of ice” before tragedy ensued, according to a preliminary report released Friday by Brazil's Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Cenipa), Agencia Brasil reported.

• Saturday, September 7th 2024 - 10:09 UTC

  Brazilian Bossa Nova legend Sergio Mendes dies aged 83

  

  Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes, who once won a Grammy Award, succumbed Thursday in the city of Los Angeles to the effects of prolonged Covid-19, according to The Associated Press. He had been facing respiratory problems for months, O Globo reported. The pianist, composer, vocalist, and arranger was 83. He had moved to the United States in 1964 after the military coup d'état.

• Saturday, September 7th 2024 - 09:59 UTC

  Lula sacks Human Rights Minister accused of sexual misconduct

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday sacked Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida, who was accused of sexual harassment against several women. The PT leader said that no official would remain active in his administration under those circumstances, given the “seriousness of the accusations.”

• Friday, September 6th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

  Increasing number of Covid-19 cases reported in Brazil

  

  A health report issued Thursday by the Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) noted that the number of Covid-19 infections in South America's largest country was on the rise, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 09:59 UTC

  Brazilian police and IDB sign cooperation agreement

  

  Brazil's Federal Police Director General Andrei Rodrigues and the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) representative in South America's largest country Morgan Doyle Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to join forces in the fight against organized crime as well as actions against the environment in the Amazon Basin. The ceremony took place during the XIV Ordinary Ameripol Summit in Foz do Iguaçu, bordering Paraguay and Argentina.

• Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 08:05 UTC

  Brazil posts GDP growth above expectations in 2Q of 2024

  

  According to a report from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) released this week, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in South America's largest country grew 1.4% in the second quarter of 2024 from the year's first trimester, far exceeding expectations, Agencia Brasil reported. The country’s total wealth amounts to R$ 2.9 trillion (nearly US$ 514 billion). The GDP represents the sum of all wealth produced in the country.

• Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 08:04 UTC

  Black rain forecast for southern Brazil and northern Uruguay

  

  Brazilian Meteorological researchers Metsul have issued a black rain warning for the southern part of the region's largest country, which could also be affecting northern Uruguay Thursday -Cerro Largo, Rivera, and parts of Rocha- given a cold front clashing with a smoke plume from the large number of fires in the region, it was explained.

• Wednesday, September 4th 2024 - 22:26 UTC

  Starlink now says it will ban X in Brazil

  

  Satellite internet service provider (ISP) Starlink backtracked on its initial decision and acquiesced to banning social media platform X nationwide as ordered by Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes and supported by fellow magistrates Luis Roberto Fux, Cármen Lúcia, Cristiano Zanin and Flávio Dino. Both X and SpaceX (Starlink's parent company) are owned by South African-born tycoon Elon Musk.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2024 - 10:04 UTC

  Brazil's STF panel upholds De Moraes' decisions against X

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) unanimously backed case rapporteur Alexandre De Moraes' decision to suspend X from South America's largest country. The five members of the STF's First Chamber voted virtually and concurrently to uphold De Moraes' ruling to shut down the social network X in the country.

• Monday, September 2nd 2024 - 13:34 UTC

  Starlink not banning X in Brazil

  

  Starlink, the satellite internet service provider (ISP) owned among others by tycoon Elon Musk, has announced it would not abide by Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes' decision to ban the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter and also a Musk business) in South America's largest country.