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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…

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures as he leaves the Federal Police Headquarters, where he was serving a sentence for corruption and money laundering, in Curitiba, Parana State, in November 2019. Photo: AFP The surprise decision means the popular left-wing politician could face incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in…

BUENOS AIRES/BRASILIA/MEXICO CITY — B razil’s stock market will remain nervous in coming weeks as officials wrangle over budget measures to support the country’s poorest amid a local coronavirus pandemic that has surpassed 10 million cases, a Reuters poll found. Brazilian equities were broadly predicted to soar almost 17% from…

Britain's new Covid-19 hotel quarantine system for arrivals from 33 "red list" countries appears to be working smoothly a few hours after it was introduced.Thailand reported 143 new coronavirus infections on Monday and in quarantine detected its first case of the highly contagious Covid-19 variant first found in South Africa.Australia…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rio de Janeiro BRASILIA (Reuters) – The outlook for Brazilian inflation rose for a fifth consecutive week, a central bank survey of economists showed on Monday, closer to the bank’s central target for the year. The average forecast for…

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In a rare honour and sign of close ties between India and Brazil, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attended India's Republic Day celebrations organized by the Indian embassy in the national capital Brasília, calling India a "brotherly nation". Brazilian President said, "Brazil and India have increasingly drawn closer and closer....on this…

Ray Rodriguez will now fight Rani Yahya at the upcoming UFC Fight Night card on March 13. MMA Fighting confirmed the switch after Rodriguez announced the news on his social media. Rodriguez was initially scheduled to face Irwin Rivera, but the Mexican bantamweight was jailed on charges of attempted murder…