America Brazil Inflation has reached a point that has led to Central Bank workers to protest for a 26% salary raise to compensate for losses to inflation in the past few years
America Brazil A new partnership between Conscious Eating Brazil, the Humane Society International, and Salvador’s city hall has established that over 10 million sustainable, plant-based meals are to be served in schools each year
America Brazil A recent illegal gold rush is causing heavy mining in the indigenous lands of the Yanomomi people, causing the community to protest against an upcoming bill that will legalise mining in their territory
America Brazil Car manufacturers have voluntarily put over 5.600 workers on vacation due to the worldwide semiconductor chip shortage
America Brazil The Caiçara people, a century-old community living in a protected area in São Paulo, after years of “informally”battling over their land, have been granted a ruling to decide whether or not they can keep on occupying their land
America Brazil Thousands of protesters gathered in Brasilia after one of the country’s most renown musicians, Caetano Veloso, called a major protest to denounce what environmentalists call a ‘historic assault’ on the Brazilian environment
America Brazil Brazilian equities are expected to receive US$1,3 billion in inflows making the local market a hotspot for international investors who re-allocate their money after Russia’s cut from the world’s market indexes
America Brazil Recent torrential rains that triggered floods and landslides have caused over 160 deaths in the city of Petropolis; approximately a month worth of rain poured in just a few hours, causing damages that authorities are currently trying to keep up with
America Brazil Eight major social networks, including Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Instagram, signed an agreement to fight fake news and disinformation during the upcoming October elections along with electoral authorities
America Brazil In January, offshore investors broke records by buying over US$6 billion dollars in local stocks to take advantage of the double-digit interest rates, cheap assets and market drawdowns that recently took place in the country
America Brazil With deforestation in the Amazon increasing by a 75,6% rate, climate advocates like Sebastião and Lélia Salgado are taking action: the couple planted over 2 million trees in 20 years and managed to restore a complete forest on a bare hill
America Brazil Regardless of President Jair Bolsonaro’s objections, the country officially began vaccinating children aged five to eleven
America Brazil The country’s northern region is currently suffering from the most severe floods that have ever taken place - approximately 15.119 people have been displaced and 6.371 have been left homeless