By Fernando de Castro President Lula has acted aggressively with the sector for the leader of the Parliamentary Front of the Agribusiness in the House of Representatives, Pedro Lupion (PP-PR). In an interview with the O Globo newspaper, published this Monday 22, the congressman criticizes the President's attitude. Lupion believes Lula's offensive comments against the […]
It was known months ago that the Volkswagen Gol would no longer be produced in Brazil. Now the vehicle, one of Volkswagen's best-known models, is disappearing from the German brand's website, officially ending its 42-year career. Until then, the Gol appeared as one of Volkswagen's new models and an option in the configurator. However, from […]
Bus tours to Peru and Bolivia will resume from Cuiabá (the capital of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso). Operators want to boost tourism to Cusco, Machu Picchu, Santa Cruz de La Sierra, and other places in the region. New bus services from Cuiabá to neighboring Bolivia and Peru began this month. The international trips […]
By Derian Delgado On Wednesday, Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the country’s legislature (17). This is the head of state’s way of escaping impeachment proceedings, which he was in danger of losing. He invoked a previously untested constitutional provision known as “muerte cruzada,” or “cross death,” which allows the president to dismiss legislators and rule […]
By Fátima Romero The adoption of Bitcoin as a legal tender in El Salvador in September 2021 grabbed attention. Still, its use is almost nil, as the University Institute of Public Opinion of the Central American University (Iudop) showed in a recent survey. At the same time, its risks have been a cause for alert […]
By Sebastián Osorio Idárraga According to a recent publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), population aging was characterized as one of Latin America's main demographic challenges for this century. And a new study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) points out that this is also a phenomenon that is […]
By Scott Squires and Karl Lester Wall Street investors plan to increase bets on emerging markets, according to Bloomberg's latest Markets Live Pulse survey, in a sign that the asset class has become a favorite for those who fear the fallout from a recession in the United States. Some 61% of the 234 investment managers, […]
By Cristiane Lucchesi Bank of America, ranked No. 1 in Brazil in investment banking revenue, expects the business to recover after tumbling 60% so far this year. "Despite the market being down, we remain optimistic looking ahead, mainly because there is the possibility of an interest rate cut in Brazil in the second half of […]
Real Madrid went to the Public Prosecutor's Office in Spain for racist insults against Brazilian soccer player Vinicius Junior during the May 21 match against Valencia at Mestalla. During the course of Spain's La Liga matchday 35, which ended with Valencia winning 1-0, the team's fans shouted racist and obscene insults at the Real Madrid […]
By Santiago Vera Garcia Tens of thousands of Moldovans took part in demonstrations called by the government in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, in support of their country’s entry into the European Union (EU) amid accusations issued by Moldovan authorities against Russian attempts to destabilize their country. Moldova has been severely affected by Putin’s invasion […]
By Laura Fernández Cañas A 27-year-old Canadian tourist died after being shot in the back last week in Puerto Escondido, one of Mexico’s most touristic cities. The body of Victor Masson was found lifeless and with signs of violence inside a car. He was from Saguenay, a quiet city in Quebec, and had come to […]
The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Ecuador proposed to unify the date of the early presidential elections and the popular consultation on oil exploitation in a block of the Yasuní National Park, located in the Amazon. “To guarantee political participation and optimize technical and economic resources, as CNE Plenary, we approved the report that recommends […]
Bingo is a wonderful game that many people of all ages play. Children play bingo to help them learn about numbers, names, letters, shapes, and colors and improve their thought-processing speed. Adults play bingo for fun, intending to win prizes, and as a gambling activity where they can win cash. Bet365 bingo is among the […]
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, agreed to strengthen their bilateral relations during a meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, the first between the two dignitaries. Modi and Lula, who participated as guests at the Group of Seven (G7) Summit that ended this Sunday in the […]
Given the global difficulty of cutting public spending after the flood of stimulus injected during the pandemic, it falls on central banks to keep monetary policy tight to bring inflation back to targets. The diagnosis, made by the chief global economist of BNP Paribas, Marcelo Carvalho, is valid for both developed and emerging economies, and […]
(Editorial) In his third term, Brazilian President Lula da Silva has probably not yet fully grasped that the world is not what it was twenty years ago. The art of diplomacy can sometimes become a spider's web in which it is easy to get caught when overestimation of one's position overrides strategy. This is perhaps […]
By Rodrigo Viga The name of former health minister and current federal congressman Eduardo Pazuello (PL) is gaining strength in the race for mayor of Rio de Janeiro in 2024. Pazuello and Senator Carlos Portinho (PL) have been waiting for a position from Senator Flavio Bolsonaro (PL), son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, on a […]
This Sunday, 21, Governor Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans) delivered 11,073 titles of land regularization to residents of 25 housing developments distributed in various regions of the city of São Paulo. The actions are part of the Land Regularization of Housing Interest program of the Urban and Housing Development Company (Cdhu) and counted on a R$2 […]
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) is a global reference for tropical agriculture. Even during the PT's previous stints in power, when the word "state-owned" almost became synonymous with scandal, Embrapa kept itself shielded. However, the Lula government's new choices for the institution worry its employees. The pressure to approve these choices has reached the […]
Agribusiness giant Cargill will build a factory in Primavera do Leste in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. The venture will cost R$100 million US$20.23 million), the news agency Reuters reported on Friday 19. The company's focus is feeding beef cattle, with the production of animal supplements. The construction of the unit will start this […]
During a meeting on Friday, 19, Oi's Board of Directors approved the terms of its new judicial recovery plan for the company. In March of this year, the 7th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro accepted Oi's second petition for judicial reorganization. The decision was made after the company withdrew from a previous process, which […]
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By Cristyan Costa The newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo (Estadão) said on Monday, 22, that the "revanchism" is increasingly consolidated as a policy of the Lula government. It is the third largest newspaper in Brazil and has the second-largest circulation in the city of São Paulo, behind only Folha. The posture of the PT […]
By John Lucas Alves da Silva It was the morning of March 27 this year. Everything was going along to be another quiet day in Nashville, in the US state of Tennessee, until at 10 o’clock (local time), the police received a call. People claimed that they had heard gunshots coming from The Covenant School, […]
Considered the biggest operation in the history of the fight against drugs, the Police discovered and destroyed seven drug laboratories and 27 cocaine base paste factories, informed this Saturday the Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo. According to the minister, this destruction affects drug trafficking by about 2 million dollars. “After 14 hours of travel […]
