Category: Brazil

One certainty about the future of humanity is that it will continue to grow. The UN estimates that there will be 9.5 billion people on the planet by 2050. How will we feed all these people? Whatever the answer, there is another certainty: Brazil will play a crucial role in this global effort. “The growing…

Since May, the Operation Gota of the Ministry of Health has been delivering vaccines to indigenous, rural, and riverside populations in 785 hard-to-reach locations across 25 cities in Amazonas, Acre, Pará, and Amapá. The populations will be vaccinated against measles, yellow fever, and meningitis, as well as other preventable diseases, with the help of aircraft…

The National Agency for Waterway Transportation (Antaq) published two auction notices for the leasing of port areas and public infrastructure. The auctions scheduled for September 28 in São Paulo refer to the port of Santana (Amapá) and Santos (São Paulo). In total, the leases foresee investments of R$ 249 million over 25 years of contract.…

Petrobras announced a 1.23% reduction in gasoline prices at refineries. As a result, the price per liter of fuel will decrease from R$ 1.9178 to R$ 1.8941, according to the state-owned company. Meanwhile, diesel remains frozen at R$ 2.0316, following a R$ 0.46 discount agreed upon between the Government of Brazil and representatives of truck…

The number of deaths from traffic accidents in Brazil has decreased by 14% since the implementation of the Dry Law in 2008. According to the Ministry of Health’s Mortality Information System, there were 32,615 recorded deaths in 2017, compared to 38,273 ten years ago. The reduction in the number of fatal victims was observed in…

The Ministry of Culture (MinC) has an agency for copyright protection. A decree published in the Official Gazette modifies the structure of the ministry and creates the Secretariat for Copyright and Intellectual Property. Understand how it will work:DepartmentsThe initiative aims to combat the trafficking of cultural goods and piracy. To this end, the new secretariat…

To better understand the biological richness of mangroves, the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) gathered various information on the subject in the Atlas of Mangroves of Brazil. The publication highlights the importance of mangroves in mitigating the greenhouse effect, as the vegetation sequesters carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and also acts as a…

For the first time, Brazil has reached the mark of 250 megawatts of installed capacity in photovoltaic solar systems for micro and mini-generation, according to a study published by Absolar, the entity that represents this sector in the country. These results consider the distribution of solar energy to residential, commercial, and industrial consumers, in buildings…

Driven by extremely favorable weather conditions and an increase in the production of wines and wine by-products, the Brazilian wine industry sees 2018 as a turning point for the sector, which suffered significant quantitative losses in 2015 and 2016. Furthermore, the Brazilian Wine Institute (Ibravin) forecasts that this year’s harvest will be the best in…

The Federal Government, in partnership with the federative units of the country, signed a pact to materialize Brazil’s commitment to the fight against homophobia and violence against the LGBTI community. In 2017, the Disque 100 service, through which people can report human rights violations, received more than 1,700 notifications of abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual,…