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Brazil limits interest on credit cards to help more than 70 million defaulters

Brazil limits interest on credit cards to help more than 70 million defaulters Brazil limits interest on credit cards to help more than 70 million defaulters

The rate exceeded 400%, but Lula da Silva’s Government established a limit of 100% in order to facilitate the return to the market of a third of its population. Join the La República WhatsApp channel Price of the dollar in Peru: what is the exchange rate quote this Wednesday, January 3? Payment schedule in January […]

Fires in the Amazon fell by 10.8% in 2023 despite its historic drought

Fires in the Amazon fell by 10.8% in 2023 despite its historic drought Fires in the Amazon fell by 10.8% in 2023 despite its historic drought

The Amazon Brazilian registered 98,646 forest fires in 2023, 10.8% less than in 2022 (115,033), despite the historic drought that the biome faced in the final months of last year, when fire outbreaks broke out, official sources reported this Tuesday. The number of heat sources measured last year by the satellites of the National Institute […]

Brazil will raise taxes on the investments of the richest

Brazil will raise taxes on the investments of the richest Brazil will raise taxes on the investments of the richest

Recently, the Brazilian Senate approved a bill, drafted by the president Lula da Silvawhich increases the tax burden on the exclusive funds of high-yield taxpayers and financial investments abroad—known as offshore—of companies or individuals. The initiative returned to Da Silva’s office for its promulgation, in a context in which the slogan of his third term […]

Restrictions against the use of weapons in Brazil reduce Taurus profits

Restrictions against the use of weapons in Brazil reduce Taurus profits Restrictions against the use of weapons in Brazil reduce Taurus profits

Taurusthe largest manufacturer of revolvers in the world, reported this Tuesday that its profits fell 72.4% until September, weighed down by the new restrictions on weapons imposed by the Government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil. The accumulated profits in the first nine months of the Brazilian manufacturer stood at 399 million reais […]

IDB urges Latin America to take advantage of the “opportunity” of the energy transition

IDB urges Latin America to take advantage of the “opportunity” of the energy transition IDB urges Latin America to take advantage of the “opportunity” of the energy transition

The president of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)the Brazilian Ilan Goldfajnstated this Tuesday that Latin America and the Caribbean, despite their fiscal problems, are at “the center of the opportunities” offered by the energy transition. “Latin America and the Caribbean “They continue to face challenges,” with “a growing demand for social improvements along with fiscal restrictions […]

Brazilian judge annuls evidence of Odebrecht confessions in corruption scandal

Brazilian judge annuls evidence of Odebrecht confessions in corruption scandal Brazilian judge annuls evidence of Odebrecht confessions in corruption scandal

a judge of Brazil annulled this Wednesday the evidence from the confessions of executives of the giant odebrechtimplicated in the corruption scandal “Lava Jato”, and affirmed that the imprisonment of President Lula, linked to the same investigation, was “one of the biggest legal errors in history” from the country. In his decision, to which AFP […]

Brazilian government creates a tax for the “super-rich” and funds abroad

Brazilian government creates a tax for the “super-rich” and funds abroad Brazilian government creates a tax for the “super-rich” and funds abroad

The government of Brazil announced on Monday a tax of 15% to 20% for the funds of the so-called “super-rich” and a bill to tax the capital of Brazilian residents abroad. Both measures were sent to Congress for evaluation, according to the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The first establishes the collection, […]

Lula defends cooperation with Africa so that they share knowledge and technology

Lula defends cooperation with Africa so that they share knowledge and technology Lula defends cooperation with Africa so that they share knowledge and technology

The president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvadefended today in the capital of Angola the need for his country to cooperate with the African continent, sharing knowledge and technologies, instead of limiting itself to exporting products. The Brazilian head of state made these statements during a press conference after a meeting with the Brazilian […]

Lula calls on rich countries to finance the preservation of the Amazon

Lula calls on rich countries to finance the preservation of the Amazon Lula calls on rich countries to finance the preservation of the Amazon

The Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvacalled on Wednesday developed countries to “place money” on the table to preserve the amazonat the close of a regional summit that ended without any ambitious commitment to end the deforestation. “We are not the countries Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela… those of us who need money, it is nature […]

Amazon indigenous people leave the jungle and find urban poverty

Amazon indigenous people leave the jungle and find urban poverty Amazon indigenous people leave the jungle and find urban poverty

In 1976, Binan Tuku ventured out to meet an expedition from the brazilian government on the banks of the Itui River in a remote area of ​​the western Amazon jungle. After some initial suspicions, he and his father accepted machetes and soap in what was the beginning of the Matis tribe’s contact with the non-world. […]

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