Tag: Brasilia

Monday, January 9th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Federal intervention decreed on Brasilia's public security secretariat

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Sunday issued a decree providing for federal intervention in the public security area of the Federal District (GDF) until January 31, 2023.
Monday, January 9th 2023 - 10:02 UTC
Brazilian prosecutors want former Justice Minister arrested over Sunday's riots

Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU) Sunday requested the arrest of former federal Justice Minister Anderson Torres and of “all public agents responsible for the acts and omissions” during the demonstrations that caused havoc to the headquarters of the three branches of government.
Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:21 UTC
Guns banned in Brasilia during the taking office ceremony of Lula da Silva

Brasilia is on high alert ahead of January first when the president-elect takes office. The Supreme Court has ruled that gun carrying in the Brazilian capital would be banned temporarily until after the swearing-in of Lula da Silva.
Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 20:03 UTC
Brazil's capital records all-time low temperature

An unprecedented cold wave in Brazil for the month of May has been labeled a threat both to the country's thousands of homeless people and also to crops, it was reported Thursday.
Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Presidents of Brazil and Paraguay meet in Brasilia but reach no agreement on Itaipú rates

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday did not concede an iota of what his Paraguayan counterpart Mario Abdo Benítez was seeking during a bilateral Summit in Brasilia to discuss Annex C of the Itaipú agreement regarding fees.
Monday, November 8th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Paraguayan FM in Brazil to discuss Itaipú and other Mercosur matters

Paraguay and Brazil have exchanged reverse notes on the creation of the Itaipu Binational Accounts Commission last week during an official visit from Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo to Brasilia, it was announced.
Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 09:11 UTC
Opposition also stage demonstrations against Bolsonaro in Brazil: law scholars say President should be impeached

Brazilian opposition supporters convened Tuesday to stage their rallies across at least some 160 cities nationwide and express their dislike for President's Jair Bolsonaro's Independence Day celebrations in Brasilia and Sao Paulo.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Uruguayan president will share lunch with Bolsonaro in Brasilia on Wednesday

Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou will be flying to Brasilia on Wednesday to share an informal lunch with his peer Jair Bolsonaro, his first overseas trip since taking office, but also a clear balancing act of the country's foreign policy regarding its two huge neighbors.
Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 09:55 UTC
Distrust of Bolsonaro is holding up the EU/Mercosur trade deal, says EU ambassador in Brasilia

Distrust in Europe of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's government is holding up ratification of a trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur, the EU ambassador to Brasilia said.
Wednesday, September 30th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Bolsonaro hits back at accusations his government is breaking the spending cap with accounting gimmicks

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro hit back on Tuesday at accusations his government is using accounting gimmicks to fund a new minimum income program without breaking its spending cap, its most important fiscal rule.