Google released a statement on Thursday, December 20, opposing the alleged version of Law 2630/2020, known as the Brazilian "Fake News Law," which, according to many observers, is nothing more than a gag law to censor opponents, desired by the progressive wing of the left, Lula's PT party, and the Supreme Court. The matter is […]
General Gustavo Dutra, who headed the Planalto Military Command on January 8, said he asked President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to postpone the arrests of Brazilian Spring protesters. "People are going to die," said the military man. The information was published this Friday, 21, by the magazine Veja. Lula had ordered, still on the […]
The conservative governor of the all-important and influential São Paulo state, Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas (Republicans), criticized President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, progressive-globalist) for not "delivering what Brazil expected" and not "taking advantage of the windows of opportunity" opened for the country with the reallocation of global production chains. In an interview with […]
By Diógenes Freire Without fanfare, Twitter took down a guideline that prohibited calling transgender people by their given names. The move was only noticed this week, days after the platform announced the end of the policy against the so-called “dead name” adopted by the social network in 2018. Instead of censoring users who refuse to […]
Itamaraty said that Portugal could be an essential ally of Brazil in negotiations for ratifying the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union. The Portuguese government has shown itself to be a defender of the treaty. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said last October that an eventual non-ratification of the agreement would be a […]
The city of São Paulo was hit in the last few days by the biggest cold air mass of the year - so far - which brought temperatures down to close to 10ºC. Despite the drop, it was still far from the historical record for April 4.4ºC, registered in 1952. As the days go by, […]
In 2022, 2.018 conflicts in the countryside were registered, involving 909 thousand people and about 80 million hectares of land in dispute throughout the national territory, corresponding to an average of one conflict every 4 hours. The data are in the annual report on violence in the countryside, released by the CPT (Pastoral Land Commission) […]
The Argentine President, Alberto Fernández, announced yesterday, Friday, that he will not seek reelection in the general elections scheduled for this year and will seek to “concentrate all his efforts on solving the problems of the Argentine people”. The President released on social networks the video entitled “My decision”, in which he stated that he […]
Cuban financial authorities announced yesterday, Friday, Cuba will expand the sale of prepaid cards in freely convertible currency (MLC) for foreign visitors. The president of the state-owned Casas de Cambio de Cuba (Cadeca), Maday Fernandez, explained at a press conference that the sale of these cards without specific balances is planned to be charged for […]
The Bolivian Chamber of Deputies approved the gold purchase bill to strengthen the country’s international reserves yesterday, Friday, after a legislative session that lasted more than 15 hours. The norm, approved by 54 votes in favor, 24 against, and 41 blank ballots, must now be reviewed and approved by the Senate to be enacted by […]
Cuba and Vietnam signed four new cooperation agreements during a bilateral business meeting to strengthen and expand economic ties between the two nations. Civil aviation, electric, power, oil, and the development, marketing, and production of construction materials are the sectors covered by these agreements, signed in the presence of the president of Vietnam’s National Assembly, […]
