Updated on 02/21/2022 01:39 pm Brazil’s leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva still holds a solid lead in this year’s presidential race over right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, according to a new poll released Monday. The poll conducted by MDA Pesquisa and sponsored by the National Transportation Confederation (CNT) showed 42% support for Lula […]
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Brazil regrets “useless” US criticism of Bolsonaro’s trip to Russia
The government of Brazil He lamented this Saturday the “non-constructive”, “nor useful” criticism of the White House spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, about the president’s trip Jair Bolsonaro to Russia in full escalation of international tensions over Ukraine. “Brazil’s positions on the situation in Ukraine are clear, public and were repeatedly transmitted to the authorities of friendly […]
South America develops a new energy pole
Agencies Suriname, Guyana and Brazil will join resources to develop the gas sector and the economy of South America, announced this week the president of the first of the three countries, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, during the opening of the International Energy Conference and Expo Guyana summit. Guyana and Suriname, countries that have achieved a new role […]
Suriname, Guyana and Brazil join forces to develop a new global gas hub
With information from EFE Suriname, Guyana and Brazil will join resources to develop the gas sector and the economy of South Americaannounced this Tuesday the president of the first of the three countries, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, during the opening of a regional summit on energy. Santokhi, during his speech at the International Energy Conference and Expo […]
Lula bets on an independent central bank in Brazil, breaking with his party
The main economists of the Brazilian Workers’ Party and their entourage are almost united in rejecting a new law that protects the central bank from presidential influence, but there is an important dissenting voice in the party: former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. . As Lula prepares for his presidential campaign this year, he […]
Bolsonaro issues decrees to promote gold mining in the Amazon
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued two decrees for gold prospecting with a focus on the Amazon rainforest, as published Monday in the Official Gazette. The Program for the Promotion of Small and Artisanal Mining, created by one of the decrees, seeks to strengthen policies and stimulate best practices, according to the text. The Amazon “will […]
Qatar 2022: how much would it cost each Peruvian and other Latinos to travel to the World Cup?
Taste prepares to receive the next World Cup, the Asian nation is expected to receive the visit of 1.2 million people during the sporting event. While the qualifying process enters its final stretch to define the 32 teams that will attend the event, Latin American fans of the king of sports have already begun to […]
Brazil, from the worst drought in almost a century to thousands of evacuees due to rains
Brazil In a few months, it has gone from dealing with the worst drought in the last 91 years to suffering severe rainstorms that have caused nearly a hundred deaths and at least 150,000 evacuees in the northeast and southeast regions of the country. The reservoirs at low levels due to the lack of rainfall […]
Bolsonaro and Castillo forget ideologies and crises and talk about cooperation
The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, received his Peruvian counterpart, Pedro Castillo, on Thursday in a meeting in which they forgot their ideological differences and the political problems that both face, to fine-tune bilateral cooperation. The meeting between the main referent of the extreme right in the region and the Peruvian leftist leader was held in […]
Lula on former judge Moro: “He is an insignificant figure and will be a mediocre presidential candidate”
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the clear favorite for the October presidential elections, said that former judge Sergio Moro is an “insignificant figure” in politics and that he will be a “mediocre” presidential candidate. “I don’t think Moro has a future in politics. It is an insignificant figure. A god of clay […]