Tag: Marcelo Freixo

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2025 - 08:58 UTC

  Foreign travelers increasingly pouring into Brazil

  

  Brazil's revenues from international tourism hit a record US$ 823 million in February 2025, representing a 22.2% yoy increase, local authorities reported Tuesday.The arrival of over 1.3 million international visitors contributed a total of US$ 1.6 billion in tourism revenue for the first two months of the year, a 10.4% rise compared to 2024.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro criticized for being on holiday amid Bahia rainfall crisis

  

  Brazilian opposition lawmakers Tuesday voiced their disapproval of President Jair Bolsonaro being on holiday for New Year's Jubileum while the state of Bahia was still trying to recover from the lethal consequences of unprecedented storms which have left some 20 people dead after other victims have died after the weekend and thousands remained evacuated from their homes.

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  Bolsonaro involved in child labor controversy: “I've been working since I was eight-year-old”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, no stranger to controversy, sparked strong reaction by repeatedly defending the practice of child labor. “I've been working since I was eight years old... and today I am what I am,” the far-right leader said during his weekly live forum on Facebook.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2011 - 21:52 UTC

  Amnesty helps anti-mafia lawmaker leave Brazil following death threats

  

  A high-profile state congressman in Rio de Janeiro who investigated criminal militia groups is leaving Brazil after he said police found at least seven death threats against him this month.