Tag: Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilians delivered a very tight victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a bitter presidential election, giving the leftist former president another shot at power in a rejection of…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s government will accelerate its timeline by two to three years to completely eliminate illegal deforestation, Vice President Hamilton Mourão told foreign press reporters on Monday. Mourão said the Brazilian…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Dyane Rodrigues used to enjoy strolling along Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Ipanema beach after a hot summer’s day. Daylight saving time meant her workday went by faster, and ended early…
Though Jair Bolsonaro’s opponents warned of the dangers, most voters in the world’s fourth largest democracy were willing to elect a declared admirer of dictatorship. Many are now having second thoughts. The president’s popularity has…
The U.S. will top 200,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus in coming days, a devastating milestone that comes eight months after the pathogen was first confirmed on American soil. The U.S., with 4% of the…
Life has recently thrown ACC student-athletes Eduardo Tavares, David Almeida and Tiago Troyano Pereverziev de Abreu quite a curveball. The three soccer players, all hailing from Brazil, cannot return to their home country due to…
Ever since Brexiters and Donald Trump won in 2016, the worlds big-picture political story has been that democracy is under siege. This summer, Jair Bolsonaros victory in Brazil, Narenda Modis Kashmir crackdown and dramatic electoral…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Brazil’s official monitoring agency is reporting a sharp increase in wildfires this year, and President Jair Bolsonaro suggested Wednesday, without citing evidence, that non-governmental organizations could be setting them to…
SAO PAULO (AP) The stabbing of a leading Brazilian presidential candidate jolted an already wildly unpredictable campaign to lead Latin Americas largest nation, with doctors saying Friday that Jair Bolsonaro will be hospitalized for…
