Новости за 14.03.2024

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) announced on Thursday two convictions against Brazil for human rights violations committed by the police.  The court convicted Brazil for the 2000 murder of Antonio Tavares Pereira, a member of the left-wing Landless Workers Movement (MST). Mr. Pereira was shot and killed by a police officer in the […]

Although Brazil’s major cities have affordable, quality food on every corner, with different price options for those who want to eat between work hours, the Covid pandemic only skyrocketed something that was already prevalent before the health crisis: the frenzy of using food delivery apps. As Latin America’s most populous country, Brazil unsurprisingly accounts for […]

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Retail categories that spent most of last year in the doldrums saw their sales pick up in January. Data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) showed a 2.5 percent monthly increase in sales in the sector, after a 1.4 percent decline in December.  This is also the first monthly uptick in the […]

The House on Wednesday approved a bill on the “Future Fuel” program, which will increase the ethanol blend in gasoline to 27 percent from the current 22 percent, thereby reducing the fuel’s greenhouse gas emissions.  The bill also calls for a gradual increase in the amount of biodiesel blended into diesel sold to consumers. from […]

Central Banking, a publication specializing in finance and coverage of monetary authorities, awarded the Central Bank of Brazil as the best in its field this year.  The magazine cited the “excellent conduct” of the country’s monetary policy amid the Covid pandemic and the challenge of putting into practice the institution’s autonomy, recently granted by law. […]

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