News Brazil: Brazil’s Lula vetoes bill that could reduce Bolsonaro’s prison time
Brazil’s President Lula da Silva has vetoed a bill that could reduce Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence for his failed 2023 coup attempt ...
News Brazil: Over 100 people dead, at least 136 missing as rains trigger massive floods in Brazil
Unprecedented heavy rainfall in Brazil has caused devastating floods in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul that has left more than 100 dead and over 163,000 seeking shelter. The floods that began ...
News Brazil: Brazil Forward Neymar Extends Contract Through 2026 Season: 'Santos is My Place'
Brazil forward Neymar signed an extension with his boyhood club Santos amid FIFA Men's World Cup hopes and injury recovery.
News Brazil: José Wilker Siblings: Meet Maria Auxiliadora Almeida
José Wilker Almeida was a renowned Brazilian actor, director, and theater artist born on August 20, 1944, in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil. He rose to prominence in the Brazilian entertainment ...
News Brazil: Public Education in Brazil
Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. When people talk about what holds Brazil back, education tops the list (along with ...
News Brazil: Brazil has enough energy to power even TikTok — The problem is that they chose the wrong land
Brazil now has enough energy to power even Tik Tok, but the new conflict regarding the rights of land in Ceará is posing a huge challenge for the country.
News Brazil: Brazil’s offshore wind farms could sacrifice small-scale fishing in Ceará
A symbol of Brazil’s Ceará state and present on its official coat of arms since 1897, sail rafts known as jangadas are 80% of the fishing vessels in the state, but they could lose ground to wind turbines installed at sea. The matter is relevant because small-scale fishers who use unmotorized sail rafts such as […]
News Brazil: Banks Seal $3.6 Billion Loss in Brazil Bankruptcy Settlement
Five Brazilian banks chalked up a total of 20 billion reais ($3.6 billion) in losses as part of a settlement of Brazil’s biggest-ever bankruptcy.
News Brazil: Brazil's lagoon-filled desert you can hike barefoot
Lençóis Maranhenses looks like a desert, but it's alive with shimmering pools, remote villages and ancient paths that only local guides know how to read.
News Brazil: “Foreshadowing”: The Statue of Liberty replica in Brazil toppled and everyone is calling it an omen
"A replica of the Statue of Liberty collapsing in front of a McDonald’s perfectly sums up the state of the world right now." ...
News Brazil: Can Brazil’s grid keep up with its clean energy boom?
The transmission system’s inability to absorb extra power has forced suspensions of renewables plants at an alarming rate ...
News Brazil: 5 Must-Buy Stocks This Week on Q2 Earnings Despite Volatility
Azul S.A. AZUL provides passenger and cargo air transportation services in Brazil. As of Dec 31, 2018, it operated 821 daily flights to 110 destinations through a network of 220 non-stop routes with a ...
News Brazil: Azul (AZUL) Gears Up for Q2 Earnings: A Beat in the Offing?
Moreover, the suspension of Avianca Holdings' AVH Brazilian operations by the country ... A stock needs to have both — a positive Earnings ESP and Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) or higher — for ...
News Brazil: How YouTube Radicalized Brazil
NITERÓI, Brazil — When Matheus Dominguez was 16, YouTube recommended a video that changed his life. He was in a band in Niterói, a beach-ringed city in Brazil, and practiced guitar by watching ...
News Brazil: Brazil Supreme Court Minister Rules to Protect Press Freedom for Glenn Greenwald and The Intercept
a member of Brazil’s Supreme Court, has barred the Bolsonaro administration and Justice Minister Sergio Moro from investigating The Intercept Brasil and journalist Glenn Greenwald for its ...
News Brazil: Brazil top court prevents investigation into US journalist
Brazil’s top court says that officials can’t investigate U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald for his work or protecting confidential sources — a ruling that’s being praised by press rights groups
News Brazil: Student dies from stray bullet on way to school in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — An 18-year-old student was killed Friday in Rio de Janeiro, hit by a stray bullet on his way to school, the latest victim of the city’s violence. The stray bullet reportedly came from ...
News Brazil: Brazil testing patient suspected of Ebola infection; another 64 in quarantine
Brazilian Health Minister Arthur Chioro said on Friday the results of tests on a patient suspected of Ebola infection would take 24 hours. At a press conference in Brasilia, the minister assured the situation was under control and that proper precautions had been taken to isolate the patient.
