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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,…

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – The number of people making a perilous crossing on foot of the Darien Gap jungle between Colombia and Panama as they head north to try to get to the United States has dropped significantly since the U.S. government tightened its rules on migrants, the…

, /PRNewswire/ -- KONKA Group Co., Ltd. ("the Company"; 000016.SZ), a leading manufacturer of electronics products, has announced they saw spectacular demand for new TVs and achieved significant sales growth in the Brazilian market in 2022. Specifically, during the second half of 2022, the company sold more than 100,000 TVs…

key pointsGeneral Julio Cesar de Arruda had been commander since 28 December.His replacement will be General Tomas Miguel Ribeiro Paiva.President Lula said this week that intelligence services failed on 8 January to prevent riots.Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has fired the army commander, General Julio Cesar de Arruda,…

Brazil’s new leftist government tightened the net around suspected instigators of riots that targeted the seats of power, ordering a probe of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro and arresting his justice minister Saturday. Thousands of Bolsonaro backers broke into the presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court buildings in the capital Brasilia last Sunday, demanding the ouster…

The rioters caused untold damage to cultural heritage in Brasilia - Copyright AFP/File EVARISTO SA Thousands of opponents of leftist new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stormed the seats of power in Brazil’s capital on January 8, fired up by anti-“communist” rhetoric and allegations of election fraud. Here’s what…