Brasilia

/ Americas On the ground Issued on: 19/02/2023 - 17:14Modified: 19/02/2023 - 17:18 02:02 Politics makes an appearance at this year's Rio de Janeiro carnival © Screengrab FRANCE 24 In Brazil, Rio de Janeiro's famous carnival is back in full swing and a little different this year. Following the failed…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A health ministry record indicates that former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a vocal skeptic of COVID-19 vaccines who vowed to never get the jab, may have received one in 2021, the country's comptroller general's office said on Friday. The office said it was examining a vaccine card…

© 2020 Triathlon Today: your news, our passion © 2020 Triathlon Today: your news, our passion With World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) Abu Dhabi providing a 2023 curtain-raiser at the start of March, the new World Triathlon season continues to welcome new events to the calendar. On July 29-30, 2023, WTCS…

On Friday, Brazilian President Lula visits President Biden in Washington, D.C., to discuss topics including the U.S. joining the multilateral Amazon Fund, aimed at fighting deforestation in Brazil: a commitment could be announced during the meeting.In the early 2000s, then President Lula’s Brazil slowed Amazon deforestation, designating 60 million acres…

With WTCS Abu Dhabi providing the eagerly awaited 2023 curtain-raiser at the start of March, the new World Triathlon season continues to welcome exciting events to the calendar. WTCS Sunderland takes over hosting for this year’s GB leg of the Series in the north of England, and a Mixed Relay…

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will this month restart the federal housing program “Minha Casa, Minha Vida” for lower income people, his chief of staff said on Sunday. Rui Costa said on TV GloboNews that the announcement will be made on Feb. 14 in Bahia…

Police confront supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro invading Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, 08 January 2023. Hundreds of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro invaded the headquarters of the National Congress, and also Supreme Court and the Planalto Palace, seat of the Presidency of the Republic, in…

Last Updated: February 03, 2023, 15:00 IST Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Protesters, supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, clash with police during a protest outside the Planalto Palace building in Brasilia, Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) Refusing to accept Bolsonaro's election loss, thousands of his backers broke into the presidential palace,…

In this video interview two weeks before the health disaster outbreak in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, Joenia Wapichana, the first Indigenous woman named president of Brazil’s national Indigenous affairs agency, Funai, says one of her priorities at the institution is the expulsion of 20,000 illegal gold miners from the area.“Indigenous…

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he strongly supports “economic stability” and wishes for both fiscal and social responsibility during his term, while also pledging to work towards clean energy alternatives. Investors fear Brazil may face a spending wave under the leftist leader,…