By Ivan Ryngelblum In an increasingly uncertain world, with growing concern about stagflation and geopolitical tensions, economist Nouriel Roubini shows optimism about the prospects for Brazil, which may benefit from the prospect of a commodities supercycle beginning to form. Known for his pessimistic predictions regarding the economy, to the point of earning the nickname "Dr. […]
By Rhuan C. Soletti The former governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral, after being sentenced to 420 years in prison and released on December 19, posted a video celebrating 20,000 followers on his Instagram this Saturday (6). The conviction had been imposed by former judge Sergio Moro in 2016 in the lava-jato investigation. The […]
By João Pedro Magalhães The Federal Supreme Court (STF) resumes next Wednesday (10) the trial that will define the annulment of the presidential grace granted to former congressman Daniel Silveira (PTB). The Court has already formed a majority for the annulment, but the Court must proclaim the result. Justices Gilmar Mendes and Luiz Fux have […]
By Rhuan C. Soletti Organizations linked to the Catholic Church in Brazil released on Monday (8) a letter defending the approval of the Bill (PL 2630), known as the Censorship Bill, which is being discussed in the National Congress. The entities with a clear political bias claimed that “in light of the Gospel,” the new […]
By Diógenes Freire According to a report on the portal UOL, the Lula government hired, without bidding, the company Cataratas Poços Artesianos (Cataratas Artesian Wells) from Boa Vista in the state of Roraima to drill wells in Yanomami indigenous areas. The wells were destined to supply water to a military base in the region known […]
By Diógenes Freire Shouting “freedom”, hundreds of people took to the streets in Caimanera, Guantanamo province, Cuba, to protest against the regime led by dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel, a trusted friend of the Castro family and Lula. The first Cuban protests of 2023 erupted on Saturday (6) but only lasted until Sunday (7). Caimanera is considered […]
By Anderson Scardoelli A group that has the "formation of citizens and organizations" as its line of action. This is how the Landless Rural Labor Movement (MST) is presented on a page on the federal government's official portal. Since the beginning of April, in a section linked to the Office of the Comptroller General (CGU), […]
By Artur Piva Amid one of the most prolonged droughts in history, wheat planting fell in Argentina’s top-producing region. A report from the Rosario Stock Exchange, the country’s main trading desk, shows that the sowing of the grain has reached only about 33% of the estimated area. According to the document, with adequate rainfall, the […]
Eletrobras shares fell more than 3% after the Attorney General of the Union (AGU) filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court (STF) requesting a partial declaration of unconstitutionality of the company's privatization law. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is one of the signatories of the document sent to the Supreme Court. The lawsuit aims […]
By Paulo Polzonoff Jr.* I meant to write about Justice André Mendonça - theoretically, the democratic black sheep in an increasingly authoritarian STF. The character intrigues me. After all, he was put there because he is "terribly evangelical" - whatever that means. In my semi-infantile delusions, I imagined him as a Luther, provoking the necessary […]
By Claudia Dias A baking pan full of dreams filled with vanilla cream and a basket of creamy chicken pies is enough to change someone's life. The statement may sound utopian or, at least, exaggerated, but that's exactly what happened to Palmirinha, the charismatic grandma cook and presenter who died this Sunday (7) in São […]
The startup Destinus, based in Switzerland, is developing an airplane that promises to shorten many trips worldwide. To get an idea, the company claims that its hypersonic aircraft will be able to make a flight between São Paulo, Brazil, and Shanghai, China, in 4 hours and 15 minutes. Today, a trip between these two cities […]
Bolivia will assume sovereign measures regarding the new coronavirus (COVID-19), assured yesterday, Monday, the Minister of Health and Sports, Jeyson Auza after the World Health Organization (WHO) put an end last week to the sanitary emergency after more than three years of the pandemic. Auza said at a press conference that out of responsibility for […]
By Peter Watson The General Command of the Peruvian Navy approved last March the second change to its Annual Procurement Plan (PAC) for the fiscal year 2023 through Resolution of the General Command of the Navy No. 0191-23-Comgemar dated March 31, 2023. It highlights the naval construction projects the Peruvian Navy undertakes in association with […]
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador urged U.S. politicians on Monday to develop proposals to stop the sale of weapons in their territory instead of using migration as a matter of “politicking”. In his usual daily press conference, the Mexican president called, especially to the governors of Texas and Florida, Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis, […]
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Chile reached US$7.286 billion in the first quarter of 2023, a 34 percent annual increase over the same period last year, InvestChile reported Monday. The organization detailed that the accumulated figure as of March 2023 is 16 percent higher than the average of the first three months of the year […]
Only 13.93 percent of Ecuadorians approve the administration of President Guillermo Lasso, setting a record low in the last year, according to a poll released yesterday, Monday, by the private firm Perfiles de Opinión. The study indicates that 1.22 percent of those interviewed consider the president’s work “very good”, while 12.71 percent qualify it as […]
The Argentine oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF) yesterday signed an agreement with Chile’s Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (ENAP) for the resumption of crude oil exports from the Vaca Muerta oilfield in the south of the country, reported the state news agency Télam. The official agency indicated that oil deliveries through the Oleoducto Trasandino (Otasa) […]
The director of Political Financing of the Superior Tribunal of Electoral Justice (TSJE) of Paraguay, Christian Ruíz Díaz, ratified this Monday that the voting machines used last April 30 in the general elections are inviolable. The official explained in a press conference that the hardware (casing) and the software were subject to numerous previous verifications, […]
Ten startups from Brazil and Portugal will participate in the Beyond Expo 2023 technology fair, which kicks off in Macau on Wednesday and aims to bring Chinese investors closer to the Portuguese-speaking markets, the organizer told Lusa. "Macau being a city where Portuguese is spoken, I believe it is very important to maintain this tradition, […]
The Civil Society Organizations of Guinea-Bissau considered the attack against Fransual Dias, a member of the Council of State and leader of the Social Renewal Party (PRS), a "criminal and barbaric act." "It is another criminal act, barbaric, like others that have happened and we had opportunities to denounce," said Bubacar Turé, vice president of […]
The promoters of the White Sands tourism 'resort', which provided in 2013 for an investment of €117 million in the Cape Verdean island of Boa Vista and 500 jobs, are negotiating its resumption, according to the Government. According to information from the Ministry of Finance and Business Development, a "memorandum of understanding" has already been […]
By Nilza Rodrigues and Luzia dos Santos "It is not always easy to talk about lusophony from an economic and business point of view when from the emotional point of view, the cultural and affective ties that bind us are much easier." "When we go to China, the United States, Europe, the Far East, and […]
According to the Focus Bulletin, released on Monday, 8, by the Central Bank, the country's economy should suffer a retraction. A week ago, the growth forecast was 1.41%. This week, the index was readjusted to 1.4%. A month ago, the forecast was for GDP growth of 1.44%. For 2023, the market indicates stagnation of the […]
By Luisa Purchio A survey conducted by Paraná Research and released on Monday (8), with 1,208 voters in the city of São Paulo, indicates that 65.3% of respondents approve the management of Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans) ahead of the state government, a number higher than the approval of Lula (PT) in the Presidency of the […]