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Author of the article: BRASILIA — Brazil’s lower house of Congress on Wednesday will vote on a presidential decree proposing the privatization of state-run power company Eletrobras, house leader Arthur Lira said on Tuesday. Lower house lawmakers began debating the measure on Tuesday afternoon. “It is important that there is…

Author of the article: BRASILIA — The Brazilian pharmaceutical company that plans to produce Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine will start making it next week even before health regulator Anvisa gives approval for use in Brazil, the company’s chief executive said on Friday. União Quimica’s facility in São Paulo has…

BRASILIA — Brazil’s government increased its emergency cash buffer in March to cover future debt obligations and other due payments to more than 1 trillion reais, Treasury figures showed on Wednesday, as public debt also rose to a new all-time high. The Treasury swelled its liquidity cushion, essentially an emergency…

Author of the article: BRASILIA — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro approved a 24% cut to the environment budget for 2021 from last year’s level, according to official numbers published on Friday, just one day after he vowed to increase spending to fight deforestation. Speaking on Thursday to the summit organized…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s Central Bank President Campos speaks at a media statement in Brasilia BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday appointed central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto and seven directors to fulfill their fixed-term mandates on the monetary authority’s board. The appointments were published in…

Brazilian pilot Antonio Sena speaks to AFP at his home in Brasilia, Brazil, on April 7. BRASíLIA: Antonio Sena was flying a single-prop Cessna 210 over the Brazilian Amazon when the engine suddenly stopped, leaving him minutes to find a spot in the jungle to crash-land. He survived with no…

UFC 262 full fight card unveiled, including Leon Edwards vs. Nate Diaz Las Vegas – For the first time in three years, a new UFC lightweight champion will be crowned as No. 3 ranked contender Charles Oliveira and No. 4 Michael Chandler vie for the vacant belt. Also, for the first time in UFC history, a…

Author of the article: BRASILIA — Brazil’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday named three new commanders of its armed forces, a day after the previous chiefs were sacked amid rising tensions over President Jair Bolsonaro’s attempts to meddle in the military. Paulo Sergio Nogueira de Oliveira will take over the army,…

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - A potential clash is looming in northern Brazil between the Munduruku people and mining prospectors armed with rifles and handguns who have intruded into Indigenous lands in the Tapajós River basin of Para state, federal prosecutors warned Saturday. Officials in the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Para…

An audiovisual collage reflecting the nature of time from Brazilian experimental musician Drendiela. In the third of a series of works from Brazilian festival Novas Frequências’s 2020 programme, Fact presents Tempo Circular, an audiovisual work by Drendiela, an electronic artist based in Brasília. Although Drendiela has been making experimental sound collages…