Tag: Brazil

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 06:03 UTC

  Bolsonaro supporters take to the streets of Brazil to blame “satanic” congress for not approving reforms

  

  Thousands of supporters of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro took to the streets across Brazil on Sunday in a protest seen as a gauge of the embattled leader's popularity only five months into his term.

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 04:07 UTC

  Ghosn family cries “hostage” before United Nations

  

  Relatives of disgraced former Renault and Nissan boss, the Brazilian Carlos Ghosn, have once again sought the intervention of the United Nations (UN) against what they believe is a “judicial persecution” in Japan.

• Saturday, May 25th 2019 - 08:01 UTC

  Brazil's Supreme Court leans in favor of LGBTQ rights

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court Thursday hinted it would rule against discrimination based on sexuality or gender and that Congress had acted unconstitutionally by failing to include homophobia and transphobia within its anti-discrimination statutes, it was reported.

• Friday, May 24th 2019 - 19:31 UTC

  Aviation authority grounds Avianca Brasil for safety

  

  All flights by Avianca Brasil, the fourth largest airline in the country, were grounded Friday by the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) for safety reasons, it was announced.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Brazil's Prosecutor suing major tobacco companies for health costs derived from smoking

  

  Brazil's solicitor general's office is suing the world's largest cigarette makers British American Tobacco Plc and Philip Morris International to recover the public health treatment costs of tobacco-related diseases over the last five years. The office, known as the AGU, announced the landmark lawsuit late on Tuesday against the two multinational companies and their Brazilian subsidiaries.

• Tuesday, May 21st 2019 - 13:52 UTC

  Brazil's e-visa program helped to make 2018 a record year for tourism

  

  The introduction of Brazil's e-visa program last year led to a record 2018 for tourism in the country, according to the latest statistics from Brazil Tourism.

• Tuesday, May 21st 2019 - 12:36 UTC

  Brazil changes mind and will host the UN regional Climate Week in Salvador next August

  

  Under pressure from a key political ally, Brazil’s ministry of environment said it will now host the United Nations' Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week in Salvador in August. In a statement published on Sunday, the ministry said it had changed its mind about cancelling the event after talks with the mayor of Salvador Antonio Carlos Magalhães Neto.

• Tuesday, May 21st 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Lula is in love and plans to marry once released from prison

  

  Brazil's imprisoned ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, still loved by large parts of the population, plans to remarry if he is released from prison, a former minister said. Lula, 73, a widower for the past two years, has been sentenced to more than two decades behind bars in two separate corruption cases.

• Monday, May 20th 2019 - 09:26 UTC

  Eleven people killed in gang shooting in Brazil's northern city of Belém

  

  A gang of gunmen reportedly attacked a bar in the capital of Brazil’s northern Pará state Sunday afternoon, killing 11 people. The state security agency confirmed late Sunday only that six women and five men died in the incident in the Guamá neighborhood of the Pará state capital, Belém.

• Monday, May 20th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Spanish hotel and travel services group plans to invest in Brazil

  

  Spanish tourism and transportation company Grupo Globalia will launch a new air carrier in Brazil, Brazilian Infrastructure Minister Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas said in a message posted on Twitter this weekend.