The Brazilian senator and former judge Sergio Morowho during his time as a magistrate imprisoned the current president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, denounced that there is a “spirit of persecution“against those who fought the corruption in the country. “We can clearly see that today there is a bit of a spirit of persecution against […]
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Brazil: they open an investigation against judges of the ‘Lava Jato’ operation
The National Council of Justice (CNJ) of Brazil opened disciplinary proceedings this Friday to investigate four judges for alleged irregularities in the conduct of the vast anti-corruption operation known as ‘Lava Jato‘. Among the judges investigated by the disciplinary body, is Gabriela Hardtwho signed one of the corruption convictions against the current Brazilian president, Luiz […]
Porto Alegre, still under water, recovers commercial flights from military base
The Brazilian city of Porto Alegrewhich takes three weeks flooded Due to the unprecedented flooding of the Guaíba River, this Monday it recovered air connection through commercial flights with the start of operations of a military base. The first commercial flight arrived this Monday at the Canoas air base, located in the metropolitan area of […]
Deforestation, aggravating the historic floods in southern Brazil
The deforestation intended largely for crop of soy contributed to the severity of the floods devastating in the south of Brazilbecause native vegetation plays a key role in retaining the water, experts agree, who ask to reconstitute it. In recent weeks, the state of Rio Grande do Sul has experienced an unprecedented climate disaster, with […]
The Supreme Court annuls the decisions against Marcelo Odebrecht in the ‘Lava Jato’ operation
The Supreme Court of Brazil annulled this Tuesday the decisions made by a regional court against Marcelo Odebrecht for which he ended up convicted of corruption in the scope of the operation ‘Lava Jato’official sources reported. The investigation, ordered by Judge José Antonio Días Tofolli, does not cover the decisions derived from the agreement signed […]
They will build four “temporary cities” for people displaced by floods in Brazil
The governor of Río Grande del Sur, Eduardo Leite, announced this Friday the reconstruction plan for that brazilian statewhich includes the construction of four “temporary cities” to receive the thousands of people displaced by the floods that have seriously affected the south of the country. The “temporary cities” They will be built in sports and […]
Brazil: deaths due to storms and floods in the south of the country rise to 152
The number of deaths from the storms that hit the south of Brazil and have caused floods never seen before in the region now totals 152, regional authorities reported this Thursday. According to the latest Civil Defense report, the number of missing people is now 104 and some 615,000 people are displaced due to the […]
Floods hit different countries around the world, aggravated by climate change
BrazilIndonesia, Afghanistan, Kenya…, different parts of the planet have been suffering for days from torrential rains and floods that have left hundreds of dead and hundreds of thousands displaced and which, as environmental experts have explained to EFE, are aggravated by the same factor: climate change. Only in the south of Brazil have left nearly […]
Death toll from floods in southern Brazil rises to 148
The number of deaths from serious floods that have been punishing the south of Brazil has reached 148 and the number of missing people has reached 127, according to the latest Civil Defense bulletin released early this Monday. According to the organization, the greatest climate tragedy in the history of the southern region of Brazil […]
Brazil: extreme weather events will become more frequent, experts warn
Worst climate disaster of the history of Rio Grande do Sul (south), Brazilclaimed at least a hundred lives and devastated the economy of that agricultural state, which will take months and even years to recover, according to the authorities, who speak of the need to “a Marshall plan” assistance. Other tragedies have recently struck Brazila […]