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Brazil

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 09:47 UTC

    US to release aid package for Brazilian Amazon

    The announcement was made during Biden't trip to Manaus ahead of the G20 Summit in Rio

    The United States offered an aid package for environmental actions in the Brazilian Amazon to address climate change, it was announced Monday during President Joseph Biden's visit to Manaus as part of his journey to the country for the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Agencia Brasil reported. The first trip by a sitting US president to the region marked celebrations of 200 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 09:19 UTC

    Brazil increasingly dependent on oil exports and energy production

    “We have reached the milestone of crude oil becoming Brazil’s top export, surpassing soybean meal, agribusiness, mining, and iron exports, said CEO Chambriand

    Crude oil has become Brazil’s main export product surpassing agribusiness and mining, according to the country’s hydrocarbons company Petrobras CEO Magda Chambriard. Brazil is not also becoming highly dependent on oil exports but also in energy generation.

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 08:14 UTC

    Paraguayan President hospitalized during Rio G20 with chest pains

    An ECG test showed some alterations so Peña will remain at the medical facility for now

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña was admitted into Rio de Janeiro's Hospital Samaritano Monday while attending the G20 Summit as a guest. The 46-year-old South American leader will remain at the healthcare facility pending the outcome of a series of medical tests after feeling chest pains, Vice President Pedro Alliana said on social media.

  • Monday, November 18th 2024 - 21:59 UTC

    Argentina becomes newest founding member of Lula's alliance against hunger

    Milei is now expected to agree with other Brazilian initiatives within the G20 Summit

    Javier Milei's Argentina became after last-minute negotiations the 82nd country to join the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, Brazil's initiative launched during the two-day G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. With Buenos Aires' decision, no G20 country stayed out of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's partnership which is also made up of the African Union and the European Union, in addition to 9 financial institutions, 24 international organizations, and 31 philanthropic and non-governmental entities, totaling 148 founding members.

  • Monday, November 18th 2024 - 14:51 UTC

    Lavrov arrives in Rio for G20 Summit as world tensions escalate

    Ironically, Lavrov arrived from Abu Dhabi, where he attended an international peace and security forum

    Russia’s Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov arrived Sunday in Rio de Janeiro to head his country's delegation attending the two-day G20 Summit starting Monday in the former Brazilian capital while President Vladimir Putin stayed in Moscow as winds of World War III blew again during the weekend after US President Joseph Biden gave his nod to Kyiv using US-built missiles.

  • Monday, November 18th 2024 - 14:15 UTC

    “F**k you,” Brazilian First Lady tells Elon Musk

    Lula's wife was angered by the horn of a passing ship

    During a G20 social event this past weekend, Brazilian First Lady Janja da Silva cursed against billionaire Elon Musk in an outburst that made waves ahead of the world's leader's Summit starting Monday in Rio de Janeiro. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's wife was speaking through a microphone to an audience when a ship horn nearby interrupted her: “It’s Elon Musk,” she said. “I’m not afraid of you, f**k you, Elon Musk,” she added.

  • Monday, November 18th 2024 - 08:25 UTC

    Guterres says “spirit of consensus” needed

    There were fears that a future US administration under Trump would follow Milei's steps

    United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the “Argentine case” ahead of the two-day G20 Summit starting in Rio de Janeiro Tuesday and called for a “spirit of consensus” to move forward.

  • Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Argentina: Arrest warrants issued against 61 Brasilia rioters

    The extradition requests were filed through diplomatic channels on behalf of De Moraes

    Buenos Aires Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas issued arrest warrants for 61 suspects involved in the Jan. 8, 2023, riots in Brasilia, who had sought shelter in the neighboring country, Agencia Brasil reported. Rafecas' measure is the result of the extradition requests filed by Brazilian diplomatic authorities on behalf of case rapporteur Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes.

  • Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    Venezuelan ambassador returns to Brasilia

    Vadell resuming his functions ended the diplomatic dispute between the two countries after Brazil's veto to the Chavista country joining BRICS

    Venezuela's Ambassador to Brazil Manuel Vadell returned to Brasilia on Thursday after two weeks in Caracas for consultations, thus ending the diplomatic crisis between the two countries. The diplomat announced this move through a video published on social networks. He had been summoned to Venezuela on Oct. 30, after Nicolás Maduro's regime said that statements by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's Foreign Affairs Advisor Celso Amorim were “interfering and rude.”

  • Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    Brazil submits climate plan for approaching years

    “Brazil is moving away from a denialist model and taking a leading role in the fight against climate change,” VP Alckmin told attendees at the Baku event

    Brazil's delegation before the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference of Parties 29 (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, Friday pledged to abide by the new carbon reduction target set at the gathering, Agencia Brasil reported. South America's largest country was the second nation to submit a climate plan for the third generation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), which defines the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to be achieved by 2035.