Brazil
São Paulo (EFE).- The governments of Brazil and the United States formalized on Friday a bilateral security cooperation agreement in Brasilia aimed at dismantling international criminal networks and combating arms trafficking. The pact, called the Mutual Interdiction Team, establishes an operational partnership between Brazil’s Federal Revenue Secretariat, which oversees customs,...
Brasília, Apr 6 (EFE).- The traditional annual encampment of thousands of Indigenous Peoples in Brasília began on Monday with criticism of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva over what they consider the slow pace of ancestral land demarcation. Amid traditional songs and dances, indigenous people from all over Brazil...
Rio de Janeiro (EFE).- A strong storm hit two municipalities in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, leaving at least 28 people dead and 40 missing, according to the Fire Department’s report on Tuesday. The epicenter of this meteorological disaster is the municipality of Juiz de Fora, where 21...
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 13 (EFE).- King Momo received the keys to the city of Rio de Janeiro from Mayor Eduardo Paes on Friday in a symbolic ceremony that kicked off Brazil’s most famous carnival. Around eight million people are expected to dance and celebrate in the streets in this...
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb 12 (EFE).- Brazil and India will sign a cooperation agreement on critical minerals and rare earths during Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s state visit to the Asian country next week, official sources announced Thursday. The agreement «will follow the general line of Brazilian...
São Paulo (EFE).- Judicial sources confirmed on Friday that an expert report by the Brazilian Federal Police concluded that former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (2019–2022) can remain in prison despite his «undeniable» health issues. The experts acknowledged that the 70-year-old far-right leader’s clinical condition requires specialized healthcare. However, they deem...
By Carlos Meneses Asunción (EFE).- The European Union and Mercosur signed an ambitious free trade agreement on Saturday, creating the world’s largest free trade zone, a historic event that occurs amid the new tariff offensive by United States President Donald Trump. The signing ceremony of the trade treaty, which was...
São Paulo (EFE).- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vetoed on Thursday the bill approved by Congress that sought to reduce the sentences of far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced to 27 years in prison, and other participants in the coup conspiracy that occurred after the 2022 elections....
Rio de Janeiro (EFE).- Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court rejected on Thursday the new request for house arrest on humanitarian grounds filed by the lawyers of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who currently serves a 27-year and three-month sentence for plotting a coup in a police facility in Brasília. Due to...
Washington, DC, Dec 12 (EFE).- The United States lifted on Friday financial sanctions against Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversees the criminal case against former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023), according to the updated Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) registry. The move follows a recent rapprochement...
Rio de Janeiro (EFE).- Five militarized police officers who participated in the deadliest operation in Rio de Janeiro, which left at least 122 dead in two sets of favelas late October, were arrested on Friday, according to official sources. 10 uniformed officers, all belonging to the Shock Battalion, are under...
Brasília (EFE).- The former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro began serving his sentence on Tuesday for an attempted coup in a small 12-square-meter room at the Federal Police headquarters in Brasília. According to images released by the Federal Police, the room’s only furnishings are a single bed, a small table, a...
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