mercosur will deliver its response to the new environmental demands of the European Union (EU) in “a few weeks” in order to continue the negotiation of the agreement between both blocs, official Brazilian sources reported on Thursday. “The answer is technically ready” and Brazil, which holds the rotating presidency of Mercosur this semester, will send […]
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Tamires sees partnership and praises the selection group for the World Cup: “One of the best”
Left-back Tamires goes to his third Women’s World Cup as in Brazilian Team. Summoned by coach Pia Sundhage for another Worlds, the defender said that, for her, this is one of the best groups she has ever been with the hopscotch. “I’ve been in the national team for ten years and I’ve been through many […]
JBS plans to list shares on Wall Street and climbs more than 8% in Brazil
The actions of the Brazilian meat giant JBSone of the companies food largest in the world, climbed this Wednesday more than 8% on the Stock Exchange sao pauloafter announcing to the market a double listing proposal, listing its papers in Wall St. “The double listing will create conditions for the valuation of the company, it […]
Petro and Lula lay the foundations to accelerate the preservation of the Amazon
Colombian President, Gustavo Petroand the Brazilian, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvamet this Saturday to prepare the Amazon Summit next month in Brazil in a push to accelerate the preservation of the Amazon and call for environmental urgency. “Caring for the Amazon is both a privilege and a responsibility”Lula stated on his first visit to Colombia, […]
Amazon indigenous people leave the jungle and find urban poverty
In 1976, Binan Tuku ventured out to meet an expedition from the brazilian government on the banks of the Itui River in a remote area of the western Amazon jungle. After some initial suspicions, he and his father accepted machetes and soap in what was the beginning of the Matis tribe’s contact with the non-world. […]
Iberdrola in Brazil partners with Rock in Rio to decarbonise music events
Neoenergia, the second largest energy distributor in Brazil and controlled by the Spanish Iberdrola, announced on Monday an agreement with the organizers of the Rock in Rio for “decarbonize” the great events of the music industry in the Latin American giant. The agreement with Rock World, the organizer of the major musical events Rock in […]
Brazil wants to replant the Amazon. Where will he get enough trees?
The new President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, took office this year vowing to make Brazil a green superpower. He has not only promised to end years of accelerating destruction of the Amazon junglebut has called for the large-scale replanting of the world’s largest rainforest. Returning the Amazon to even a part of […]
Mercosur meets without a response to the EU on the horizon
The rulers of the mercosur They meet Monday and Tuesday at the Argentina Puerto Iguazú, without a detailed project to respond to the environmental demands of the European Union in the negotiations for a free trade agreement, while the dissatisfactions of Uruguay with the South American bloc. The summit, with the imposing Iguazú Falls in […]
The number of fires in the Amazon reaches its highest level in 16 years
The brazilian amazon registered in June 3,075 forest fires20% more than in the same period last year (2,562) and the highest for this month in the last 16 years, the Government reported this Saturday. The number of hot spots in the Brazilian part of the largest tropical forest in the world for a month of […]
The right to abortion and the carrying of arms divide Brazilians
He right to abortionrejected by 52%, and the weapon possessionsupported by 50%, are among the issues that most divide Brazilians, who are very progressive on some issues (75% accept homosexuality) and conservative on others (72% reject that homosexuality environmental law stop farming). That is the portrait of Brazilian society according to an extensive survey released […]