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Montevideo, April 4th 2025 - 04:31 UTC

Brazil

  • Wednesday, February 26th 2025 - 09:37 UTC

    Export of live animals do not violate Brazilian law, federal court ruling

    The export of live animals, cattle and sheep, are a booming business in Mercosur countries.

    A Brazilian Federal Court has ruled that the export of live animals for slaughter does not violate Brazilian law. The unanimous decision of the Federal Court overturned a lower court ruling that had suspended the activity at all Brazilian ports.

  • Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 15:20 UTC

    Petrobras orders four homebuilt tankers

    Brazil's shipbuilding industry hopes to bounce back with this agreement

    Brazil's State-run oil company Petrobras and its subsidiary Transpetro Monday signed a contract for the building of four Handy-class tankers, each costing US$ 69.5 million, with a total investment of US$ 278 million. The new ships will become a part of Petrobras' Fleet Renewal and Expansion Program. The ceremony in Rio Grande do Sul was attended by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin, and other officials.

  • Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 10:42 UTC

    Fossil fuels will finance Brazil's energy transformation, Lula says

    As long as people cannot do without fossil fuels they shall remain necessary, Lula argued

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pointed out that his country would rely on fossil fuels to finance the transition to clean energy. He made those remarks during a contract signing ceremony with Transpetro and oil companies Rio Grande and Mac Laren.

  • Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 09:15 UTC

    STF extends domestic violence protection to same-sex couples and trans women

    “External physical traits are one factor, but not the sole determinant of gender,” De Moraes argued

    In a virtual plenary decision last week, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled in favor of extending the protection against domestic violence provided for in the so-called Maria da Penha Law to same-sex couples and trans women, thus acquiescing to a request from the Brazilian Association of HomoTransAffective Families, which argued that the National Congress has failed to legislate on the matter.

  • Monday, February 24th 2025 - 09:24 UTC

    Brazil sets new biodiversity targets for 2025-2030 term

    A total of 23 goals have been set to promote the regeneration of Brazil's biomes

    Brazil's National Biodiversity Commission (Conabio) has established new national biodiversity targets for the period 2025 to 2030 and recommended a new set of measures for the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), pursuant to the Dec. 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), of which the South American country is a signatory.

  • Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    De Moraes suspends Rumble in Brazil

    An almighty judge in Brazil, De Moraes faces censorship charges in the US

    Brazilian Supreme Court Justice (STF) Alexandre De Moraes Friday suspended the social network Rumble from South America's largest country after the company remained without a legal representative past the given deadline following the resignation of the previous legal team and the network's failure to appoint a replacement.

  • Friday, February 21st 2025 - 12:00 UTC

    Brazil: Busy day for Justice De Moraes

    De Moraes issued rulings involving X, Rumble, and Bolsonaro

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice
    Alexandre De Moraes had a busy day Thursday, issuing key rulings concerning social platforms X and Rumble - both involving blogger Allan dos Santos' accounts - and former President Jair Bolsonaro.

  • Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 10:46 UTC

    São Paulo: Public health emergency decreed due to dengue fever

    So far 131 deaths have been recorded nationwide in 2025. Photo: EFE

    The Brazilian State of São Paulo Wednesday declared a public emergency due to the persistence and worsening of the dengue epidemic, Health Secretary Eleuses Paiva announced from the Butantan Institute.

  • Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 09:37 UTC

    Lula highlights Brazil's economic improvements

    Lula also underscored the nation's continued growth, controlled inflation, and living standards improvements

    Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva highlighted Wednesday that his country's economy has outperformed expectations in the past two years when it reached 3.2% in 2023 and 3.8% in 2024 amid projections of +0.8% and +2.5% respectively.

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

    Brazil's PGR indicts Bolsonaro and 33 others for coup attempt

    Bolsonaro carried out a “conspiratorial plot armed and executed against democratic institutions,” the prosecution argued

    Former President Jair Bolsonaro was indicted Tuesday by Brazil's Attorney General's Office (PGR) alongside 33 other people before the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for the crimes of coup d'état, violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, and criminal organization.