SAO PAULO – A humanitarian crisis is escalating in the far west Brazilian state of Acre as about 300 Haitians, Indians, Pakistanis have taken over the Friendship Bridge connecting Assis, Brazil with Peru at the Brazil-Peru-Bolivia border. Peruvian authorities are refusing entry and the immigrants are demanding to be allowed to return home through the … Read more
A global increase of 2.4% in Brazilian instant coffee exports in 2020 occurred alongside a 39% drop in exports to the Arab bloc, with Saudi Arabia accounting for 33% of the decrease, according to numbers made public by ABICS, the Brazilian Instant Coffee Industry Association. Despite the Arab purchase drops, Brazil remains the top producer … Read more
SAO PAULO – Despite a 2018 decision that allows the right to de-indexation of certain information from search engines, a majority of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) has voted that there is no right to prevent media from disclosing truthful old information obtained legally, citing the Freedom of Expression Clause of the Brazilian Constitution and … Read more
The move, which will first affect Brazil, Canada and Indonesia before being tried out in the US in a few weeks, is part of a company goal to “lower the temperature and discourage divisive conversations” globally, and was announced by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg at a January conference. The change will initially impact only a small … Read more
The Mixed Parliamentary Front in Defence of Public Service is filing an injunction against Constitutional Amendment 32/20, which alters the rules of public sector work. According to Minister of Economic Affairs Paulo Guedes, the reform will save the government R$300 billion in ten years. However, the Mixed Front’s president, MP Israel Batista (Green Party), has … Read more
Protest over President Michel Temer’s austerity measures are crippling public transport in several major cities, and many factories, businesses and schools are closed, including in major tourist areas. Police have barricaded protesters from entering airports (some flights were delayed and cancelled earlier) and are trying to clear up roadways. Brazil has not had a nationwide … Read more