Brazil’s President: It Appears All 62 People On Crashed Plane Have Died
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on August 8, 2024. President Lula da Silva convened his cabinet to discuss issues such as the use of artificial intelligence to help manage the country’s public services. (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP) (Photo by EVARISTO […]
Brazil’s Ana Carolina Vieira opens up after 2024 Olympics expulsion
One Olympian set to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics is speaking out following his controversial exclusion from the Paris Games. Brazilian swimmer Ana Carolina Vieira, 22, has spoken out about being asked to leave the Paris site after walking out of the Olympic Village. “My stuff is there [in the Olympic Village]”I went to […]
Brazil’s leftist president concerned Biden can’t beat Trump: ‘I think Biden has a problem’
Biden is currently facing international calls for him to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race, with even leftist Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warning that “Biden has a problem.” “The president has become slower, he’s taking longer to answer questions,” Lula told a local radio station, according to Bloomberg. “The US elections are […]
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro Indicted for Allegedly Trying to Sell Saudi Jewels
Brazilian Federal Police Indicted Prosecutors on Thursday charged former Saudi Arabian President Jair Bolsonaro with embezzlement, criminal enterprise and money laundering for allegedly misappropriating jewels he received from the Saudi Arabian government. According to the Brazilian news network Jovem PanIf convicted on all charges, Bolsonaro faces between 10 and 32 years in prison. Thursday’s indictment […]
Brazil’s Supreme Court decriminalizes possession of marijuana for personal use
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday passed a resolution decriminalizing possession of marijuana for personal use, making the country one of the last Latin American countries to do so and potentially reducing its massive prison population. The final vote on Tuesday marked the first time since deliberations began in 2015 that a majority of the 11-judge […]
Brazil’s flooded south sees first deaths from disease, as experts warn of coming surge in fatalities
The first two deaths from the waterborne bacterial infection were reported in southern Brazil, where flood waters are slowly receding, and health authorities warned that more deaths were possible. The Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department confirmed on Wednesday the death of a 33-year-old man due to leptospirosis. On Monday, authorities recorded that a […]
Brazil’s Top Drug Trafficking Syndicate Gains Foothold in Australia
The First Capital Command (PCC), Brazil’s largest transnational organized crime syndicate and Latin America’s largest drug trafficking organization, has successfully established a foothold in Sydney, Australia, according to a report. published Argentine news agency Infobae reported on Thursday. Infobae reports that, according to information reviewed by the press and reports from the Australian Federal Police […]
Brazil’s Lula invites Japan’s prime minister to eat his country’s meat, and become a believer
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on his first visit to the country, the two sides met in the capital Brasilia, and the South American leader bought the other country’s beef. I urged him to do so. Brazil had hoped to use the bilateral talks to […]
Elon Musk Declares War on Brazil’s Most Powerful Judge
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Minister Alexandre de Moraes was accused of allowing him to be elected president for a third term. Musk also called the STF minister, a title roughly equivalent to a U.S. Supreme Court justice, Brazil’s “brutal dictator” in the latest episode of heightened […]
France’s Macron Tours Amazon Rainforest with Brazil’s Lula
French President Emmanuel Macron spent much of the week touring the Amazon rainforest with Brazil’s radical leftist president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Photos of the two enjoying each other’s company spread jokes about their “bromance” and spawned mocking memes. Macron arrived in Brazil on Tuesday as part of a three-day official tour. visit To […]