President Jair Bolsonaro provisionally leads the second round of the presidential elections this Sunday in Brazil with 53.23% of the valid votes, compared to 46.77% of the progressive leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after having been scrutinized 5.61% of the total, according to the official data. The progressive leader won the first round, on […]
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Large mining companies question project for exploitation in the Amazon promoted by Bolsonaro
Large mining companies operating in Brazil questioned the bill promoted by President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies in Congress to legalize mining on indigenous lands and called for a broader debate on the text. The Brazilian Mining Institute (IBRAM)whose 120 associates are responsible for 85% of mining production in Brazil, stated in a statement that […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bolsonaro’s lack of will triggered deforestation in the Amazon, according to several NGOs
The growing deforestation that the Brazilian Amazon has suffered during the current Administration and that in 2021 broke a new record is due to the “unwillingness” of President Jair Bolsonaro to face environmental crimes and not the lack of resources, various NGOs denounced. With more than 13,000 square kilometers of devastated native vegetation, deforestation in […]
Brazil: Petrobras rejects Bolsonaro’s interventionist policies on fuels
With information from EFE The president of the Brazilian oil company Petrobras, Joaquim Silva e Luna, defended the company’s current pricing policy, which is regulated by the market, in the face of repeated criticism from the country’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, against that model. “We have already seen what happens in countries around us that did […]
Leap in deforestation of the world’s largest savanna alarms Brazilian scientists
The deforestation last year reached the highest level since 2015 in the Cerrado de Brazil, prompting scientists to sound alarms about the status of the world’s most species-rich savanna and a major carbon sink that helps prevent climate change. The Cerrado, the world’s largest savanna spanning several states in Brazil, is often referred to as […]
Bolsonaro is hospitalized with abdominal pain, is stable
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Updated on 01/03/2022 07:32 am The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, was hospitalized Monday with an intestinal blockage but was stable, the hospital said in a statement. The president’s office previously said he was suffering from abdominal pain. The Vila Nova Star hospital in Sao Paulo said in its note that the president was admitted […]
Bolsonaro celebrates three years in power with the polls and Lula on the horizon
President Brazilian, Jair Bolsonaro, this January 1 meets three years in power, but begins 2022 worn out and with the October elections on a horizon for which the former president is emerging as the favorite Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Brazil will return to the polls on October 2 and the polls unanimously say that […]