America Brazil Despite the nation’s COP26 promises, Amazon deforestation hits a new monthly record with a 5% increase with respect to last year, mainly due to mining and farming activities
America Brazil Economic turmoil overtakes as the nation’s inflation rate reaches double digits, with inflation predictor at the highest in 26 years
America Brazil The nation’s senators have voted to endorse charging President Jair Bolsonaro over his mismanaging of the Covid-19 pandemic
America Brazil This month the Central Bank used contractionary monetary policy in order to raise interest rates by one percent to tame the nation’s rising inflation; this is the most the country’s Central Bank has increased interest rates in the past 18 years
America Brazil Supporters of the opposition united to protest against president Jair Bolsonaro on the streets this week, demanding once again his impeachment mostly for the rise in fuel prices and his alleged mishandling of the pandemic
America Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro stated at the UN general assembly last week that Brazil will anticipate from 2060 to 2050 the objective of achieving climate neutrality
America Brazil Drought emergency deeply worsened; water reserves at hydropower plants are at the lowest in 91 years and electricity prices hit record-breaking highs since hydropower is the major source of energy in the country
America Brazil The country men’s team wins its first ever goalball gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, ending today
America Brazil Authorities have warned Brazilians to reduce energy consumption, as the extreme drought taking place - the worst in decades - will probably provoke power outages in hydroelectric power production sites
America Brazil The Supreme Court opened an investigation on president Jair Bolsonaro for posting documents to social media from a sealed police investigation about the hack of the Superior Electoral Court in 2018
America Brazil President Bolsonaro stated that the electronic voting system of the country is corrupt, therefore a printed ballot system should be adopted for next year’s elections; if not, he claimed that elections shall not be held until the voting system is clean
America Brazil The state will soon start the Ferrogrão Project, a railway from Brazil’s soy belt to its main ports; new studies show how it can affect major reserves and livelihoods of indigenous people
America Brazil Leading conservative newspaper, Estado de Sao Paulo, called for the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro in a tough unsigned editorial; for the first time, polls showed a majority of citizens support impeachment