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Brazil defines rules for AI in elections, candidates could lose mandate if...
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court approved a new set of rules for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in elections. Among the measures are the complete ban on deep fakes and...
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Brazil’s Lula proposes labor rights for rideshare drivers
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sent a bill to Congress on Monday that would create labor rights for rideshare drivers that use apps like Uber and 99. The measures...
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Brazil police break up gang of wild animal traffickers
São Paulo, Brazil — Brazil’s Federal Police on Tuesday carried out a major operation against wild animal traffickers in the country. Around 100 officers took part in the operation to dismantle a...
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On 6th anniversary of Rio de Janeiro Councilwoman Marielle Franco’s murder,...
São Paulo, Brazil – On the sixth anniversary of the murder of Rio de Janeiro City Councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver, Anderson Gomes, supporters held an event on Thursday in front of the...
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Former Brazilian military leaders said Bolsonaro proposed military coup a...
São Paulo, Brazil – Two of Brazil’s top military commanders during the administration of former President Jair Bolsonaro testified to Federal Police that in December 2022, the then-president presented...
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Brazil’s police file charges against Jair Bolsonaro for COVID-19 vaccination...
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil’s Federal Police on this Tuesday filed charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro and 16 others for alleged involvement in a scheme to falsify vaccination cards against...
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Brazil court orders Robinho’s arrest to serve 9-year sentence for rape...
São Paulo, Brazil – A Brazil court on Thursday ordered the arrest of soccer star “Robinho” so he can serve a nine-year prison sentence for a rape conviction in Italy. He turned himself to police early...
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Brazil police arrest 3 alleged masterminds behind Councilwoman Marielle...
São Paulo, Brazil – Six years and 10 days after City Councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes were brutally assassinated while traveling on a street in downtown Rio de Janeiro,...
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Jair Bolsonaro hid in Hungarian Embassy for two days amid coup investigation:...
São Paulo, Brazil – Former President Jair Bolsonaro hid for two days in Hungary’s Embassy in Brazil’s capital, Brasília, amid investigations into his alleged involvement in planning a coup following...
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Emmanuel Macron in Brazil: Amazon funding, submarines and scientific research
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil bid adieu to French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday as his three-day visit — his first to the South American country — ended. Alongside his counterpart, President Luiz...
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Brazil launches electronic document to formalize organ donation
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil has launched an electronic document that allows its citizens to formalize their interest in donating organs during their lifetime. The initiative is called “One Heart: Be...
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50 days, 600 police and US $400,000: Inside the search for fugitives from a...
São Paulo, Brazil – After 50 days and a cost of R$2 million (USD $400,000), the search for two fugitives from a maximum security federal prison in Mossoró, Brazil ended on April 4 with security forces...
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Mercury contamination remains exceedingly high among Brazil’s Yanomami...
São Paulo, Brazil – As Brazil’s government continues to grapple with suppressing a surge of illegal gold mining in the Amazon, the Yanomami, an Indigenous community that inhabits one of the largest...
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The row between Elon Musk and Brazil’s Supreme Court over free speech and...
São Paulo, Brazil – Free speech laws in Brazil garnered international attention over the weekend as Elon Musk, the multi-billionaire owner of Tesla, SpaceX and X (formerly Twitter), went on a rant...
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Brazil Chamber of Deputies validates Deputy Chiquinho Brazão’s arrest for the...
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil’s lower house of Congress, the Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday upheld the arrest of a suspected mastermind behind the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro city councilor Marielle...
View ArticleWoman in Brazil takes corpse into bank to get a loan
São Paulo, Brazil – A woman in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday took the corpse of an elderly man into a bank to try to take out a loan of R$17,000 (USD $3,400), local Brazil media reported. Suspicious bank...
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Web Summit Rio gathers more than 34,000 people to discuss innovation and...
São Paulo, Brazil – Between April 15 and 18, Rio de Janeiro hosted the second edition of the Web Summit, one of the largest innovation and technology events in the world. Web Summit Rio gathered more...
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Amazon indigenous deforestation sees greatest plunge since 2018 in Brazil
São Paulo, Brazil – Deforestation identified in Indigenous Lands located in the Brazilian Amazon has seen a 42% decrease between August 2023 and March 2024, dropping from 125km² of devastation to...
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Brazil upholds ban on e-cigarette sales
São Paulo, Brazil – The board of directors for the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) voted unanimously on April 19 to maintain a ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes, known as...
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Rains in southern Brazil leave 75 dead, 88,000 homeless and entire cities...
São Paulo, Brazil – Heavy rains are devastating Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil, on the border with Argentina and Uruguay, and have already left 75 people dead, more than 88,000...
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