Tag: Brazil

Brazil: Protect Voting, Speech Rights (Human Rights Watch)

Brazil’s democratic institutions should protect voting and speech rights leading to the October 2022 presidential elections from any attempt by President Jair Bolsonaro to subvert the electoral system or undermine the...

Evangelicals in Brazil are stronger today than ever before (Raphael Tsavkko Garcia, Al Jazeera)

In July 2015, Protestant pastor and theologian Ricardo Gondim raised the alarm about the growing power of evangelicals in Brazil. In a blog post...

For Brazil co-op, price of first carbon-neutral coffee is sweet (Roberto Samora, Reuters)

A Brazilian coffee co-op received a price premium in its first sale of a batch of carbon-neutral arabica coffee that was near double that...

Amazon deforestation in Brazil surges to 15-year high (Al Jazeera)

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest soared 22 percent in one year to the highest level since 2006, according to the government’s annual report, undercutting President Jair...

Violence targeting Indigenous people surges 61 percent in Brazil (Al Jazeera)

Violence against Indigenous people in Brazil surged by more than 60 percent last year, a rights group has said, as land invasions of Indigenous territories increased...

Petrobras’s stock rises on Bolsonaro’s privatisation comments (Al Jazeera)

State-run oil company Petrobras has seen its stock price trade up on comments from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that he is considering privatising the...

Will Brazil’s president be prosecuted for COVID-19 deaths? (Al Jazeera)

More than 600,000 Brazilians have died of COVID-19, the world’s second-highest death toll. President Jair Bolsonaro famously dismissed the coronavirus as “a little flu”. He touted...

Brazil’s Bolsonaro should face COVID charges: Senate inquiry (Al Jazeera)

The senator leading a congressional investigation into Brazil’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has recommended that President Jair Bolsonaro face criminal charges – including...

Brazil’s assets sink on fears aid programme will hurt fiscal rule (Martha Beck, Rachel Gamarski, Vinícius Andrade, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Brazilian assets tumbled on Tuesday, leading losses across the globe, on reports the government will breach the country’s spending cap rule to finance a...

Egypt seeks Brazil’s support in Nile dam dispute (George Mikhail, Al-Monitor)

Egypt is trying to win Brazil’s support in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis by capitalizing on Brazil's accession in June to the nonpermanent membership...

Brazil. The Brazil nut gatherers of the Amazon (Flávia Milhorance, China Dialogue)

Cooperacre’s Brazil nut plant in Rio Branco, Acre. Families in the Brazilian Amazon sell about 40,000 tonnes of Brazil nuts each year. (Image: Flávia...

Brazil. Reject Anti-Indigenous Rights Bill (HRW)

Brazil’s Congress should reject a bill that would prevent or hinder many Indigenous peoples from claiming their right to traditional lands, violating their rights...

Brazil – Unusual cold weather in Brazil sends coffee prices soaring (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Arabica coffee prices rose 10 percent more on Monday, after jumping nearly 20 percent last week, to their highest in nearly...

(Brazil) Brazilian government establishes price reduction for Oracle contracts (ZD Net)

Angelica Mari  writes for ZD Net: The Brazilian government has established a price reduction for products and services provided by Oracle as part of...

(Brazil) Brazilians “impeach” Bolsonaro

Al Jazeera writes: A majority of Brazilians say they support impeaching Jair Bolsonaro, according to a poll released on Saturday, as the country’s far-right...

Brazil – Brazilian government to sell technology companies in the second half of 2022 (Angelica Mari, ZD Net)

The Brazilian government has delayed the privatization process of two of its main technology companies for the second time amid concerns over potential risks...