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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government will pay outstanding debts of 2.6 billion reais ($490.6 million) to multilateral organizations in 2023, reinforcing its commitment to global forums, the Planning Ministry said on Thursday. The amount corresponds to debts to "various organizations" inherited from former President Jair Bolsonaro's administration, which leftist President…

Lula’s new energy reforms have struck a nerve among investors and financial markets. Petrobras’ new renewable projects could affect profitability. Besides a reduction in dividends, investors fear that Petrobras will be used as a tool to achieve government policy goals. Leftist Lula de Silva’s victory in Brazil’s controversial October 2022…

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Monday that his ministry has finalized its contribution to the design of the country’s new fiscal framework, but highlighted that other ministries will still evaluate it before the president. “We have finalized the design of the fiscal framework internally and…

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry concluded his second day of meetings with Brazilian government officials Tuesday, conveying his commitment to collaborate on preserving the world’s largest tropical rainforest — but without detailing specifics. Kerry referred to the Amazon rainforest as test of humanity, and said that…

Brasília, Brazil, 23 February 2023: Wireless broadband access in Brazil will be expanded through the standard power unlicensed use of the 6 GHz as a result of a partnership between the biggest civil association for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Brazil (ABRINT) and the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA), alongside its…

/ 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…