Category: Brazil
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Brazil Has 15 Cities with More Than 1 Million Inhabitants
Brazil has 15 cities with more than 1 million inhabitants, home to 42.8 million people or 20.1% of the population.
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Brazil Has 15 Cities with More Than 1 Million Inhabitants
Brazil has 15 cities with more than 1 million inhabitants. These municipalities are home to 42.8 million people, representing 20.1% of the Brazilian population, or one in every five residents. Of the 15 cities, only two are not state capitals—Guarulhos and Campinas, both in the state of São Paulo. The data are based on estimates…
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Reforestation Brings Wildlife Back to Rio de Janeiro’s Mangroves
The Guapi-Mirim Environmental Protection Area, in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan region, is once again receiving residents who had not frequented the area for a long time; the region encompasses mangroves in Guanabara Bay. These are birds, crabs, spiders, and butterflies that feel welcomed again in an ecosystem that, after years of degradation, is showing…
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Reforestation Brings Wildlife Back to Rio de Janeiro’s Mangroves
The Guapi-Mirim Environmental Protection Area, in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan region, is once again home to species that had disappeared long ago. This area, which includes mangroves in Guanabara Bay, now welcomes back birds, crabs, spiders, and butterflies, as the ecosystem shows signs of regeneration after years of degradation. This new scenario was described…
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Cartoonist Jaguar dies in Rio de Janeiro, aged 93
Cartoonist Sérgio de Magalhães Gomes Jaguaribe, known as Jaguar, died this Sunday (24) in Rio de Janeiro. He was hospitalized at Hospital Copa D´Or. In a statement, the hospital’s press office informed that the artist was hospitalized due to a respiratory infection that progressed to renal complications. “In recent days, he was under palliative care.…
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Bolsonaro Denies Attempt to Flee and Requests Revocation of House Arrest
The defense of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro informed the Supreme Federal Court that he did not request political asylum from Argentine President Javier Milei. The lawyers also denied that he intends to flee the country. The statement was presented on Friday (Aug. 22), after Minister Alexandre de Moraes granted, on Wednesday (Aug. 20), a…
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Bolsonaro Denies Attempt to Flee and Requests Revocation of House Arrest
Bolsonaro’s defense told the STF that the former president did not request political asylum from Argentina’s Javier Milei, denied any intention to flee, and requested revocation of his house arrest.
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Federal Police find asylum request to Milei on Bolsonaro’s cellphone
The Federal Police (PF) found on Jair Bolsonaro’s cellphone a document in which the former president considered the possibility of requesting political asylum from Argentina’s President Javier Milei. The document was found on the former president’s device, which last month was the target of a PF operation ordered by Minister Alexandre de Moraes in the…
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Moraes Orders Bolsonaro’s Defense to Explain Asylum Request Document
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes gave Jair Bolsonaro’s defense 48 hours on Wednesday (Aug. 20) to clarify the document requesting political asylum found by the Federal Police on the former president’s cell phone. In his decision, Moraes stated that the Federal Police report — which led to the indictment of Bolsonaro and his son,…
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Federal Police Indicts Bolsonaro and Eduardo in Inquiry on US Sanctions
The Federal Police (PF) reported on Wednesday (20) that it indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and his son, federal Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), for the crimes of coercion in the course of proceedings and attempted abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law. The decision was made after the PF concluded investigations into Eduardo’s actions with…