America Brazil Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest declined by a staggering 61% during the first month of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's term in office, who vowed to revitalize environmental conservation efforts
America Brazil The country has recorded its strongest trade surplus in 17 years, driven by its sales of mainly crude oil
America Brazil The state's federal police has raided the house of the suspended governor of Brasilia, Ibaneis Rocha, who is now under investigation for failing to prevent the storming of government buildings by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro
America Brazil Authorities have detained over 1.500 people after supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasília as a way to protest what they believe was a “false election”
America Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has officially been sworn in as the country’s new president, returning after 12-year
America Brazil The World Bank has approved a US$500 million sustainability-linked loan, meaning that the country in order to pay back the loan, will have to meet climate-friendly criteria, such as planting forests or decreasing carbon emissions
America Brazil The country’s sugarcane fields yielded 16,23 million tonnes last month, a record-breaking +318,75% with respect to last year
America Brazil The country’s congress has just approved a landmark cryptocurrency legislation that sets out a complete legal framework for the regulation and usage of Bitcoin, including who can provide such services and what are the penalties for fraud
America Brazil Used by over 4 million passengers per day, the West-East Red Line of San Paolo subway will soon start to use face recognition technology to better monitor its stations
America Brazil At COP27, the President-elect Lula promised to resume Brazil’s ‘leading role’ as a climate defender; as a special guest at the UN conference, he said he’s going to tackle deforestation
America Brazil The Amazon Fund, a major weapon in the country’s fight against deforestation - freezed in 2019 by former President Jair Bolsonaro - has been reactivated by rule of the supreme court
America Brazil Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in the runoffs with just above 60 million votes, 50,9% of the preferences, against 49,1% for Bolsonaro
America Brazil The country has heavily fined Apple for not selling phones that don’t include a power adapter and was even warned by the Ministry of Justice that if this doesn’t change, the company would have to stop selling phones in the country