The Minister of Finance of Brazil, Fernando Haddad, proposed this Wednesday to his peers from the G20 launch a “new socio-environmental globalization” not governed by profits “immediate”with the aim of reducing growing inequality in the world. In the opening speech of the meeting, Haddad criticized that global economic integration was confused in recent decades with […]
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Brazilian airlines cancel their flights to Argentina due to the aviation strike
The airlines GOAL and Latam canceled all their flights from Brazil toward Argentina scheduled for this Wednesday, due to the strike carried out by the unions of the aeronautical sector in that country in demand of salary improvements. In separate statements, GOL and Latam explained that passengers had been previously informed of the decision, which […]
The G20 of Finance discusses in Brazil the green transition and taxes on the rich
The Ministers of Economy of the G20 They meet between this Wednesday and Thursday in São Paulo (Brazil) with the financing of the ecological transition, the taxation of large fortunes and the fight against inequality at the center of the debates. Brazil, which holds the presidency of the forum that brings together the largest economies […]
Brazil and Israel in diplomatic crisis after Lula’s comments on the Holocaust
Israel declares to Lula “persona non grata” and Brazil summons the Israeli ambassador in Brasilia: the diplomatic crisis caused by the Brazilian president’s comments when comparing the war in Loop with the Holocaust It became more sour this Monday. The day before, from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, where he participated as a guest at […]
Brazil foresees a record turnover of US$ 1,819 million during Carnival
Brazil expects to reach a turnover of 9,000 million reais (US$ 1,819 million) during the edition of the Carnival this year, which represents a record figure for the country, according to forecasts released this Monday by the employers’ association. Estimates for the most important party in the country grew by 10% compared to the previous […]
Historic drought made it difficult to rescue endangered Amazonian turtle eggs
The historic drought suffered by Amazon since September made it difficult to rescue the eggs of turtles threatened in the largest rainforest in the world, but it did not stop activists fighting to save the species in Brazil They will commemorate the release this weekend of 800 baby chelonians. The release of the small chelonians […]
Brazil seeks to promote “afrotourism” and make tourism a great engine of the economy
Brazil wants to promote “afrotourism” to reclaim its African “past and present,” according to the president of Embratur, Marcelo Freixo, who has “no doubt” that this activity will be “the means of development for generating employment and income that will guarantee the future” of the country. In an interview with EFE in Madrid, where the […]
Five years since the Brumadinho mining tragedy: a “crime” awaiting justice
Five years after the Brumadinho mining disaster, in Brazil, firefighters are still looking for three of the 270 deceased, while the families of the victims wait for justice to be done against what they consider a “irreparable crime” from the multinational Vale. It was 12:28 local time on January 25, 2019 when an 86-meter-high dam […]
Dengue cases almost triple in Brazil due to El Niño and the climate crisis
Brazil is on alert due to the increase in cases of denguewhich have almost tripled at the beginning of January, according to data released this Thursday, an expansion caused by the rains and high temperatures associated with the El Niño phenomenon and the climate crisis and which could lead the country to break records this […]
Syphilis bacteria existed 2,000 years ago in Brazil, centuries before Columbus set sail
The first syphilis epidemic in Europe It was recorded in 1493 after the siege by French troops of the city of Naplesbut where did this venereal disease that wreaked havoc on the old continent between the 15th and 18th centuries come from? Some believe that this venereal disease caused by the bacteria ‘Treponema pallidum’ It […]