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Violence against Brazil's indigenous people rose last year, report finds Brasilia

Violence against Brazil's indigenous people rose last year, report finds

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Violence against Brazil's indigenous people increased last year as land disputes and invasions of their reservations rose and the government failed to provide protection, the Catholic Church's Indigenous Missionary Council said on Thursday. Its annual report on violence against the descendents of Brazil's original inhabitants said there…
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October 28, 2021
Bolsonaro asks Supreme Court to intervene to avoid social media suspension Brasilia

Bolsonaro asks Supreme Court to intervene to avoid social media suspension

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a possible ruling suspending him from social media. A Senate investigative committee on Tuesday called for https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-senate-committee-approves-report-calling-bolsonaro-be-indicted-2021-10-26 Bolsonaro to be indicted for nine crimes related to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and asked that…
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October 28, 2021
Brazil Senate committee approves report calling for Bolsonaro to be indicted Brasilia

Brazil Senate committee approves report calling for Bolsonaro to be indicted

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian Senate investigative committee approved a report on Tuesday that calls for President Jair Bolsonaro to be indicted for nine crimes related to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, including crimes against humanity. The report, which is more than 1,300 pages long and took the opposition-controlled…
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October 27, 2021
The ‘prince’ and the populist: Brazilian monarchist backs Trump media venture Brasilia

The ‘prince’ and the populist: Brazilian monarchist backs Trump media venture

Receive free Donald Trump updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Donald Trump news every morning. A central figure in former US president Donald Trump’s bid to create a new social media platform is a Brazilian parliamentarian and self-proclaimed prince who has campaigned to…
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October 23, 2021
Brazil’s Votorantim and Canada Pension Plan to form energy joint venture Brasilia

Brazil’s Votorantim and Canada Pension Plan to form energy joint venture

Author of the article: BRASILIA — Privately owned Votorantim SA, one of Brazil’s biggest diversified industrial groups, has announced a plan with Canada Pension Plan to consolidate their energy assets in Brazil to create an integrated renewables platform, they said on Monday. The asset consolidation will be followed by a…
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October 19, 2021
Brazil committee passes civil service reform bill that trims employee payroll growth Brasilia

Brazil committee passes civil service reform bill that trims employee payroll growth

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Author of the article: Article content BRASILIA — Legislation aimed at reducing the size of the Brazilian state and trimming the growth of public payrolls cleared the committee stage in the lower chamber of Congress on Thursday in a…
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September 24, 2021