Etiket: Brazil
Supreme Court blocks Telegram messaging in Brazil
(Brasilia) A judge of the Supreme Court of Brazil on Friday blocked the popular online messenger Telegram, widely used by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and his networks seven months before…
Brazil | Bolsonaro announces $30 billion social program
(Brasilia) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is aspiring to re-election this year, announced a plan on Thursday to inject more than 150 billion reais (US$30 billion) into the economy, targeting…
Global offer | Brazil assures the United States that it will increase its oil production
(Brasilia) The Brazilian government has told its counterpart in the United States that it will increase its oil production, the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy learned on Monday, a…
A woman is raped every ten minutes in Brazil in 2021, report says
Brazil also recorded 1,319 feminicides last year, or one woman killed every seven hours, a slight decrease of 2.7% compared to 2020, according to this report published by the NGO…
A woman raped every ten minutes in Brazil in 2021
The number of rapes of women in Brazil increased by 3.7% in 2021 compared to the previous year, with 56,098 cases recorded, or one rape every ten minutes, according to…
Brazil | “King” Pelé has left the hospital and continues his chemotherapy
(Sao Paulo) Brazilian football legend Pelé has left hospital in Sao Paulo where he was treated for a urinary tract infection and continued his chemotherapy, the establishment announced on Monday.…
Landslides in Brazil | Death toll rises to 165 in Petropolis
(Rio de Janeiro) The death toll from the floods and landslides that devastated the Brazilian city of Petropolis after torrential rains now stands at 165, authorities announced on Sunday. Updated…
Landslides in Brazil | Death toll rises to 146 in Petropolis, rescuers still hard at work
(Petrópolis) Rescuers discovered new bodies on Saturday under piles of mud in the Brazilian city of Petropolis (southeast) devastated by floods and landslides which left at least 146 dead, including…
Landslides in Brazil | Death toll rises to 138 in Petropolis, rescuers still hard at work
(Petrópolis) Rescuers discovered new bodies on Saturday under piles of mud in the Brazilian city of Petropolis (southeast) devastated by floods and landslides which killed at least 138 people, including…
Brazil: 122 dead in Petrópolis and new warnings of heavy rains
The Brazilian city of Petrópolis was on high alert again on Friday evening as sirens sounded after forecasts of further heavy rain, three days after severe thunderstorms left at least…
Brazil | Petropolis flood death toll rises to 104
(Petropolis) At least 104 people died in floods and landslides in Petropolis, Civil Defense announced, two days after the heaviest rains in 90 years in this Brazilian tourist city threatened…
The death toll from the floods in Petropolis, Brazil, rises to 78
At least 78 people have died in floods and landslides caused by the worst rains in nearly a century in the tourist town of Petropolis, near Rio de Janeiro, authorities…
Visit of Jair Bolsonaro | Vladimir Putin hails ties with Brazil
(Moscow) Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Wednesday “constructive” discussions with his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro, during his first official trip to Moscow, in the midst of the Russian-Western crisis over…
Brazil | Heavy rain kills 18 people
(Rio de Janeiro) Eighteen people lost their lives following torrential rains causing landslides and floods in the tourist town of Petropolis, in a mountainous region of the state of Rio…
Brazil: Bolsonaro wants to develop gold panning in the Amazon
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree on Monday aimed at developing gold panning, particularly in the Amazon, a text criticized by environmentalists, worried about deforestation and river pollution. This…
A seaside resort disappears under the sea in Brazil
(Atafona) The vultures prowl on the sand, among the rubble of the last houses submerged by the tide. Atafona, a seaside town north of Rio de Janeiro, is gradually disappearing…
In Brazil, the number 24 is out of play… and it’s a homophobic signal
In Brazil, you will almost never see a footballer with the number 24. Agence France presse had fun doing the accounts: on all the first division players who, since January,…
Hundreds of oil stains pollute a beach in Brazil
Sorry, your browser does not support videos Hundreds of oil stains, of unknown origin, appeared on a beach in the city of Caucaia, near Fortaleza, in northern Brazil. Posted at…
when homophobia prohibits the 24 of team jerseys in Brazil
It is more obvious to see the Brazilian football stars proudly displaying Pelé’s 10 on their jerseys, than the number 24, which is practically banned for homophobic reasons. This prejudice…
Brazil | Three quarters of public schools in Rio affected by shootings
(Rio de Janeiro) Some 74% of public schools in Rio de Janeiro were affected at least once in 2019 by shootings, the vast majority involving the police, according to a…