Category: Brazil
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Bahian Beach Named Best in the Americas, Reinforcing Brazil’s Tourism Potential
Ponta de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, in Salvador (BA), leads a ranking that evaluated 200 beaches from 11 countries. The Bahian representative is on the list of Brazilian destinations recognized with the Blue Flag certification. Ponta de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, located on the stunning Ilha dos Frades in Salvador (BA), has been named the…
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Bahian Beach Named Best in the Americas, Reinforcing Brazil’s Tourism Potential
Ponta de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, in Salvador (BA), tops the ranking that evaluated 200 beaches from 11 countries. The Bahian representative appears on the list of Brazilian destinations recognized with the Blue Flag certification. Ponta de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, located on the stunning Ilha dos Frades in Salvador (BA), has been named the…
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Club World Cup: Brazilians top groups and already eyeing possible round-of-16 opponents
Brazil’s four football representatives are holding strong in the FIFA Club World Cup and already starting to crunch the numbers and project paths to the round of 16. According to CNN Brasil, Flamengo, Palmeiras, Botafogo, and Fluminense wrapped up the second group stage matchday unbeaten and leading their respective groups. Flamengo is the only one…
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LGBT+ Pride Parade Highlights Aging Amid Celebration and Reflection
With thousands of participants, the São Paulo LGBT+ Pride Parade placed the elderly LGBTQIA+ population at the center of the celebration and public debate for the first time in its 29-year history. On the completely packed Avenida Paulista, organizers estimated a crowd of 4 million people and featured 17 electric trios. The theme was well…
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LGBT+ Pride Parade Highlights Aging Amid Celebration and Reflection
With thousands of participants, the São Paulo LGBT+ Pride Parade placed the elderly LGBTQIA+ population at the center of the celebration and public debate for the first time in its 29-year history. On a completely packed Avenida Paulista, organizers estimated a crowd of 4 million people and featured 17 sound trucks. The theme was presented…
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Actor Francisco Cuoco Dies at 91
Brazilian actor Francisco Cuoco died on Thursday (19) at the age of 91 in São Paulo, after about 20 days hospitalized at Hospital Albert Einstein. According to the report, the actor was facing multiple health problems and was sedated when he contracted an infection caused by a wound. The cause of death was multiple organ…
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Brazil Declares Itself a Country Free of Avian Flu
Brazil has once again become a country free of avian influenza, after complying with the international protocols that stipulate, among other measures, a 28-day period without new cases in commercial poultry farms. The official announcement of the fulfillment of the sanitary void period was issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa), in a…
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One in Every 9 Teenagers Uses E-Cigarettes in Brazil
A study from the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp) released this week indicated that one in every nine Brazilian teenagers says they use e-cigarettes. The study surveyed about 16,000 people aged 14 or older from all regions of the country. According to the survey, the number of young users who use e-cigarettes is already…
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Sugarcane Bagasse Turns into Eco-Friendly Packaging for Electronic Equipment
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Researchers from the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) have developed a new antistatic and sustainable packaging made from sugarcane bagasse and carbon black, a material produced by the incomplete combustion of vegetable matter, such as coal and coal tar, or petroleum products. The material promises to increase safety and reduce damage…
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Brazil Records Lowest Number of Births in Nearly 50 Years in 2023
Year after year, Brazilian women are having fewer children. In 2023, the country saw the number of births fall for the fifth consecutive year. There were 2.52 million births, a 0.7% reduction compared to 2022. This amount is 12% lower than the average number of births in the five years prior to the covid-19 pandemic,…