By Adnardo Barros Angola seized about US$267,300 for violation of Notice No. 6/22, which defines the limits of currency exit, applicable to individuals, residents, and non-residents currency, crossing the border of the country, as well as the situations that require completion of declaration form of currency entry into the national territory. The information was released […]
The Reform Party of the Estonian Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas, would have won 37 of the 100 seats in Parliament that were decided this Sunday in the legislative elections of the Baltic country, with more than 60% of the votes counted. The formation would thus have won four more seats than in the last elections, […]
The Lençóis Maranhenses Park is competing for the Natural Heritage of Humanity title, granted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The confirmation that the park met the technical requirements and had its candidacy approved was made by the governor of Maranhão, Carlos Brandão (PSB), at the weekend. A Unesco commission will […]
By Beatriz Bulla Lula says he is concerned about "serious human rights violations" in Nicaragua, such as "summary executions, arbitrary detentions, and torture against political dissidents," but does not use the term adopted by UN experts to refer to the crimes of Daniel Ortega's regime and suggests a "constructive way out." The Brazilian government said […]
A family in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro lost their second relative to a stray bullet on Monday, January 6. Wescley Silva, 29, died in the Miguel Couto hospital, in the south zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, after not resisting his injuries. A bullet hit him in the head last […]
The Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship, Silvio Almeida, said that drug decriminalization could help reduce the number of prisoners in the country. "We have to treat this as a health issue, as an issue that cannot be solved through incarceration, with imprisonment, and with punishment," he declared in an extensive interview with BBC News […]
According to FAO, some 3.1 billion people can't afford a healthy diet globally, reflecting the impact of higher consumer food prices during the pandemic and more frequent extreme weather events that are disrupting supply chains. FAO, through the study 'The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022', estimated that the number of […]
The shares of airlines led the gains of the Ibovespa on Monday 6, with investors reacting positively to news of extra capital obtained by Azul and Gol, among the most leveraged companies on the Brazilian stock exchange. Azul's shares were up 44%, and Gol's, close to 26%, around 3:00 pm. CVC, the country's largest tour […]
The plans of the new management of Petrobras to invest in renewable energy have begun to take shape. The state-owned company announced to the market on Monday 6 that it signed a letter of intent to expand its partnership with the Norwegian oil company Equinor. The objective is to evaluate the technical-economic and environmental feasibility […]
The homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants continued to grow in Latin America during 2022, hand in hand with the expansion of drug trafficking and the return to pre-pandemic mobility scenarios, according to annual balances on the matter. Latin America and the Caribbean recorded a significant increase in homicides during 2022, accompanied by an increase in […]
During the political crisis that Peru has been going through since Dec. 7, 2022, the department of Puno, in the south of the country, has been the focus of particularly serious violent events, such as the cases of Juliaca and Juli, for which human rights defenders demanded respect for the dignity of the protesters. On […]
According to an annual survey conducted by security firm Proofpoint, approximately a quarter of Brazilian companies reported financial losses due to digital attacks in 2022, with most reporting cases of data theft. The survey states that 78% of Brazilian companies had at least one successful email data theft (phishing) experience in 2022, and 23% suffered […]
Scandinavia is considered the most economically and socially successful region in the world. Despite the unkind climate, the combination of a functioning welfare state, high population income, and high human development index make these countries enviable. And among them, Norway is often considered especially privileged. In addition to all the characteristics mentioned above, the country […]
The volume of investments in startups aspiring to become unicorns - with a market value of more than US$1 billion before going public - dropped by more than 50% last year. From US$9.8 billion contributed to these companies in 2021, the amount dropped to about US$5 billion in 2022, according to Distrito's survey for the […]
Artificial intelligence is on the main surveys and recent innovation research agenda. The popularization of the technology has been accentuated in recent months with ChatGPT, a conversational system from OpenAI that is being tested by an increasing number of people and has received a new round of investment from Microsoft, estimated at US$10 billion. It […]
Since mid-January, the United States has reached the legal ceiling for public debt. The federal government is facing severe technical difficulties in refinancing its obligations, and in a context in which it is not only seeking to refinance but also to increase the stock of debt to finance the fiscal deficit. MSCI (formerly known as […]
Cuba's government announced that official retail inflation represented 42.08% in January 2023, based on a survey of "official prices" dramatically affected by nationwide shortages. Monthly inflation reached 2.32% in the first month of the year after a peak of up to 4.21% in October 2022. But the official figures are far from alternative estimates. In […]
The freedom of expression defense organization 'Article 19' pointed out on Monday that in 2022 the Castro regime headed by Miguel Díaz-Canel committed 403 aggressions against the press in Cuba, most of them propitiated by the Department of State Security (DSE), one of its main repressive organs. In its report entitled "Silence and exile, the […]
By Lucas Agrela The macroeconomic scenario with inflation and high-interest rates has taken the liquidity out of the market and made life more difficult for startups that need to raise investments to survive. Last year, these companies raised US$4.46 billion in investments against US$9.8 billion in 2021, according to Distrito. The severe drop in money […]
By Carlos Esteban (Opinion) At this point, it should surprise no one that everything we have learned about the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, is untrue. They are still fooling us with climate change dogma, spent more than two years fooling us with the coronavirus pandemic, and fooled us with the Nord […]
Five military personnel drowned in a river, and one went missing as they tried to flee demonstrators who attacked them with stones in Peru's Puno region, the epicenter of protests against the government that replaced then-President Pedro Castillo in December. On Monday, the Ministry of Defense reported the discovery of the five patrol members that […]
The São Paulo Secretary of Education has blocked access to social networks and streaming platforms in state schools. Since February 13, students can no longer access popular applications such as TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Other services, such as Netflix and GloboPlay, have also been interrupted in connections through the wi-fi signal or connected internet. […]
The group Spiritualists on the Left is releasing the books of Allan Kardec, the greatest reference of this religious line, in editions that correct supposedly racist concepts used in the 19th century when the author wrote his works. Next month, the religious group will publish The Spirits’ Book – Antiracist Edition. The work came out […]
After six days of the return of federal PIS/Cofins taxes on fuels, the average price of gasoline has increased at service stations across the country. According to the survey by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP), the liter of gasoline rose 3.3%, from R$5.08 to R$5.25 - values observed between February 26 and March 4. In […]
The number of travelers affected by flight delays and cancellations during Carnival 2023 surpassed the mark recorded before the pandemic during the 2020 revelry, revealed a survey by AirHelp, a company specializing in air passenger rights, released on Monday,6. The study considered the incidents with regular flights at Brazilian airports between February 17 and 22, […]