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Leonardo DiCaprio and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have engaged in a war of words on social media, after the Oscar winner used the platform to urge the South American country’s young people to vote in the forthcoming elections. The Oscar-winning eco-champion wrote on Twitter on Thursday: “Brazil is home to…

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro reacts during a ceremony in Brasilia, Brazil April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Andressa Anholete Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRIO DE JANEIRO, April 30 (Reuters) - Washington should make it clear to the "messianic" Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that any effort to undermine his country's elections…

The Brazilian Senate has approved a recently presented cryptocurrency policy, advancing the project to discussions in the deputy chamber. The proposal will have to be greenlighted by the deputies of Congress and signed by President Jair Bolsonaro to be approved as law. The project presented is the result of the…

NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum, right, presents the rights to the draft to Orlando Magic Coach Jamahl Mosley. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP) The team will pick first for the first time since taking Dwight Howard in 2004, as NCAA stars Jabari Smith, Chet Holmgren and Paolo Banchero vie to be the…

Since taking office in 2019, far-right Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has presided over record levels of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. He loosened laws and regulations meant to protect the forest from landgrabbers, miners and loggers who’ve declared open season on the Amazon and the Indigenous peoples who live within…

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of motor bikers followed Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday from Sao Paulo to the neighboring city of Americana along a 60-mile (100-km) rally. "This is a fantastic turnout," the president, wearing a black leather jacket, said as he greeted followers at…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a study to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (23-26 April), researchers from Sociedade Mineira de Infectologia and Associação Mineira de Epidemiologia e Controle de Infecções show a correlation between the Brazilian President Jair…

BRASILIA: After revelations that the Brazilian military had bought Viagra pills for its troops, a lawmaker claimed Tuesday it had also acquired 60 penile implants -- for reasons that were not divulged. Congressman Eliaz Vaz, who also exposed the Viagra spending, said the defense ministry had “approved the purchase of…

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBRASILIA, April 1 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has decided against an additional cut in the IPI industrial tax because of questions about the legality of the measure, according to two sources from the Economy Ministry. Economy Minister Paulo Guedes pledged last…

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