He made the world fall in love with his football, but Edson Arantes do Nascimento’Pele‘ He was not only unique with the ball, but also in his way of interpreting marketing. He was very clear about the status of a global icon of the ‘Pelé’ brand and his endorsement contracts were record-breaking, but success never […]
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Bolsonaro used a government card to buy US$111,000 in bakeries
The ex-president Brazilian Jair Bolsonaro spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in bakeries, popular restaurants and ice cream parlors during his four years in office, according to data released by the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In all, Bolsonaro spent 27.6 million reais (about $5.3 million) with the government’s corporate credit card. However, […]
Economic Forum says the world needs 37% more doctors and teachers
A report from World Economic Forum locates to Brazil Y Spain as the second and third country with the largest deficit of employees in the social field, which includes the health, childcare and education sectors, in a list that leads South Africa. The report, published days before the start of the Davos Forum, highlights that […]
Lula regrets that Bolsonaro has not recognized his electoral defeat
The Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaregretted this Wednesday that his predecessor, Jair Bolsonarohas not yet recognized its defeat in the October elections, nor have the thousands of Bolsonaristas who promoted the assaults on the headquarters of the three powers on Sunday. “Unfortunately the president who left power on December 31 does not want […]
Prosecutors in Brazil keep an eye on Bolsonaro’s assets as his wealthy supporters criticize violence
Officials said the money is to be used to help pay for damage to public property when protesters stormed government buildings in Brasilia on Jan. 8. Investigators have also identified more than 100 companies suspected of financing the rioters and will ask that their assets be frozen, CNN Brazil reported, without saying where they got […]
Presence of Jair Bolsonaro, uncomfortable for the US
The government of Joe Biden is under increasing pressure from leftists in Latin Americaas well as US legislators, to expel Jair Bolsonaro of a post-presidential retreat in Florida after the attack by his supporters in the capital of Brazil during the weekend. But the right-wing former president could anticipate any plans for such a forceful […]
Lula’s government monitors conditions of 1,500 detainees for coup acts
The President’s Government Brazilian, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaannounced this Tuesday that it is monitoring the situation of the nearly 1,500 detainees for Sunday’s assaults on the offices of the Presidency, Congress and the Supreme Court after complaints that their rights have been violated. Concern over the situation of the arrested radical Bolsonarists, most of […]
Inflation in Brazil in 2022 slows down sharply, but does not reach the government’s target
Inflation Brazilian closed 2022 with a sharp slowdown from the double-digit highs recorded during the year, thanks to government measures and an aggressive monetary adjustment, but once again failed to meet the official target set by the Government. The benchmark IPCA consumer price index rose 5.79% last year, the IBGE statistics agency said on Tuesday, […]
Social media companies also failed in Brazil
Even before the incident, ahead of the presidential elections last October, Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp were filled with misinformation about the integrity of the vote in Brazil, in which Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated Bolsonaro. It doesn’t help that Meta allows misinformation from political candidates to go unchecked, a policy that should have […]
Bolsonaro finds a new home in Florida
As Brazil lives in the aftermath of mobs breaking into the main seats of power, its former president has moved to a Florida resort, where a crowd of supporters turned out to cheer him on. Jair Bolsonaro devotees have traveled in recent days to the former president’s temporary home, a gated community with water slides, […]