Brazil
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...
Belém, Brazil (EFE).- Several Latin American countries halted the closing plenary of the COP30 climate summit on Saturday after objecting to Brazil’s handling of ey decision, prompting a nearly one-hour suspension and highlighting deep frustration over the limited progress on fossil fuels, financing, and adaptation indicators. Delegations from Argentina, Colombia,...
Brasília (EFE).– Former President Jair Bolsonaro was taken into preventive custody on Saturday after Brazil’s Supreme Court issued an arrest order. Bolsonaro had been under house arrest following his conviction for attempting a coup d’état. Policemen went to Bolsonaro’s residence in Brasília and took the 70-year-old former leader into custody,...
Belém, Brazil (EFE).- Firefighters on Thursday brought under control a blaze that broke out in the area hosting negotiation rooms at the United Nations Climate Summit (COP30) in Belém, forcing the full evacuation of participants, according to official sources. The fire began around 2:30 pm local time in the so-called...
Belém, Brazil (EFE).- Tens of thousands of people rallied on Saturday in the Global March for Climate Justice, marching through the streets of Belém, an Amazonian city, to advocate for a just energy transition and to oppose the «false solutions that dominate the official COP30 agenda.» According to organizers, nearly...
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (EFE).- Authorities in Brazil began rebuilding the town of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu on Sunday, two days after a rare tornado struck, killing six people and injuring 835, including 32 who remain hospitalized. The tornado, which hit on Friday, destroyed approximately 90% of the town’s buildings...
Belém, Brazil (EFE).- A group of 49 countries, including several Latin American and European nations such as Mexico, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Spain, and Germany, pledged to combat wildfires through prevention and increased international cooperation amid the COP 30 Summit on Thursday. This commitment is part of a «call...
By Carlos Meneses Belém, Brazil (EFE).— Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he expects the upcoming United Nations Climate Summit (COP30), which begins Nov. 10 in Belém, to take place without ideological bias and to approve a “timeline” to phase out fossil fuels. In a meeting with international...
By Carlos Meneses Belém, Brazil (EFE).- From the bustling streets of Belém to the depths of the Amazon rainforest, organized crime is spreading fast across northern Brazil, driven by the notorious Red Command (Comando Vermelho, or CV). Indigenous leader Val Munduruku has witnessed the advance firsthand. In Belém, the host...
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