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Montevideo, June 8th 2025 - 07:24 UTC

Brazil

  • Friday, January 5th 2024 - 10:21 UTC

    Brasilia rioters wanted to kill De Moraes, judge says

    De Moraes was to be assassinated in the most barbaric ways possible

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the Jan. 8 rioters who seized the buildings of all three branches of government, wanted to hang him in the process. Those financing the uprising planned to convince the army to join a coup after the invasion of Congress, case rapporteur De Moraes explained in an interview with O Globo.

  • Friday, January 5th 2024 - 09:46 UTC

    Brazilian support for Argentine sovereignty claim over the Falklands

    Brasilia the modern capital of Brazil, the leading economy of Latin America

    On Wednesday, 3 January, the Brazilian government made an official statement in support of its second trade partner, and Mercosur associate, Argentina, and its sovereignty claim over the Falklands and other South Atlantic Islands.

  • Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:48 UTC

    Lula should run for reelection in 2026, Haddad says

    Haddad acknowledged that at some point the issue of Lula's succession will come up. “And I think there should be some concern about that”

    Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said Wednesday that there was consensus among the ruling coalition that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should seek reelection in 2026.

  • Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:20 UTC

    Fewer firearms registered in Brazil in 2023

    Bolsonaro had made access to guns more easy

    According to Brazil's National Weapons System (Sinarm), 20,822 new firearms were registered for personal defense in 2023 from 111,044 the previous year, which represented an 82% drop, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Low food prices and high interest rates behind Brazil's waning inflation

    Braz fears that if the government is unable to meet its budget target in 2024, a devaluation of the real might ensue

    After Brazil's statistics bureau IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) released the inflation for 2023 in the South American country (4.72%), Agencia Brasil delved into the possible reasons behind this achievement and determined that low food prices and high interest rates played a significant role.

  • Friday, December 29th 2023 - 10:53 UTC

    Number of visitors to Pele's mausoleum on the rise

    Pele died on Dec. 29, 2022

    German travelers topped the list of foreign visitors to pay their respects to the late football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, it was reported Thursday in Santos, Brazil, one day before the first anniversary of his passing.

  • Friday, December 29th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Lula enacts so-called “poison law” in Brazil

    Brazil is the largest consumer of pesticides worldwide

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday signed into law the so-called “pesticides bill” easing down restrictions on the use of those chemicals, albeit with partial vetoes, it was reported in Brasilia.

  • Wednesday, December 27th 2023 - 10:29 UTC

    Lowest rainfall in over 40 years affects Amazon basin rivers

    A study from the EU showed that a series of heat waves from August to November raised the temperature by a record high for this time of year

    A recent study from the European Union Science Center showed that rivers in the Amazon basin have been severely affected by historic poor rainfalls, Agencia Brasil reported. The region's biodiversity has also been hit by the meteorological conditions, particularly in the headwaters of the Solimões, Purus, Juruá, and Madeira rivers (Brazil's Amazonas state) and also in parts of Peruvian and Bolivian forests.

  • Wednesday, December 27th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Brazil: Same-sex marriages on the rise

    Same-sex marriage in Brazil has been approved by the Supreme Federal Court but there is a movement in Congress to ban it by law

    According to a study from the National Human Rights Observatory (ObservaDH), 59,620 same-sex marriages were registered in South America's largest country between 2013 and 2021, Agencia Brasil reported. The new figures represented a 148.7% increase in nine years, it was also explained. In the same period, 59,620 civil unions were also recorded, the survey showed.

  • Wednesday, December 27th 2023 - 07:38 UTC

    Fears of 'deforestation rush' in tropical rain forest if Brazilian congress passes bill to pave Amazon highway

    The bill approved in the Lower House allows the use of mostly international funds, US$ 1,3bn for the “recovery, paving and increasing the capacity of the highway”. (Pic O Globo)

    The lower house of Brazil's Congress passed a bill that allows the paving of highway BR319, which crosses the heart of the Amazon basin and which scientists and environmentalists claim threatens the future of the world's largest tropical rainforest. The bill still has to be approved by the Senate.