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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Forest fires have sent carbon dioxide emissions soaring in Brazil over the past two years, undermining efforts by the government of President Jair Bolsonaro to restore the country's environmental credentials. Emissions jumped 10% in 2019, Bolsonaro's first year in office, following a decade of small declines…

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By Joshua Howat Berger (AFP)     Nov 8, 2020 in Politics US President-elect Joe Biden's victory is a loss for the man known as the "Tropical Trump," Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, whose fervent endorsement of the Republican incumbent leaves him isolated abroad and vulnerable at home, analysts say.As congratulations…

The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ, in the Portuguese acronym) has been hit by a major cyberattack that will bring its operations to a standstill for an entire week. The incident was detected on Tuesday (3) while several trial sessions were taking place. According to the STJ, a virus…

SÃO PAULO—Brazilian prosecutors have filed graft charges against the son of President Jair Bolsonaro, ratcheting up pressure on the conservative leader who came to power on the promise of stamping out corruption. Rio de Janeiro’s public prosecutors said Wednesday they had filed charges against Flávio Bolsonaro, a 39-year-old senator and…

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday refrained from commenting on a potential US election victor, but reiterated his support for Donald Trump, and suggested Joe Biden would interfere on issues like protecting the Amazon rainforest if elected. "You know my position, it is clear... I have a good policy with…

SAO PAULO — Protesters have gathered in Brazil’s two biggest cities to demonstrate against any mandate for the taking of a coronavirus vaccine, supporting a rejection campaign encouraged by President Jair Bolsonaro in opposition to the advice of most SAO PAULO — Protesters have gathered in Brazil’s two biggest cities…

Right-wing leader of Latin America’s most populous country also says that he will not pay for the Chinese vaccine under clinical trial in Sao Paulo state. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a longtime critic of stay-at-home measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic, has said that it was “crazy” for countries to…

CUJUBIM, Brazil—The Amata SA logging company was supposed to represent an answer to the thorny problem of how countries like Brazil can take advantage of the Amazon rainforest without widespread deforestation. But after spending tens of millions of dollars since 2010 to run a 178-square-mile concession in the rainforest to…

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