On Tuesday night, April 23, the House of Representatives approved the basic text of the fiscal framework of the Lula administration. If it wanted to make the life of the average Brazilian easier, the government would baptize the novelty fiscal plan or fiscal system. In general terms, Haddad's law retires two essential rules to keep […]
By Marcel van Hattem* (Opinion) The fierce tempers in Brazilian politics show no signs of cooling off. After the victory of corruption over its combat with the burial of Operation Lava Jato and the inauguration of Lula as President of the Republic, the defeated continued to be persecuted. The latest chapter came with the unjust […]
By Silvio Ribas The Mixed Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry (CPMI) of January 8 still is undefined about its formation one day before its beginning. The name most quoted to assume as rapporteurs], Senator Eduardo Braga (MDB-AM), informed Gazeta do Povo that nothing is defined yet. According to his advisory, there will still be a series […]
People in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo are praying for rain in the face of a historic drought that has left the city’s main reservoir with only ten days of water. Low rainfall and high temperatures in the southern region of South America triggered a severe drought last year that affected crops in neighboring grain […]
TripAdvisor annually creates the Travelers' Choice Best of the Best list, naming the best hotels in the world based on travelers' experiences and reviews throughout the year. In 2023, Brazil's Colline de France hotel in the city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, took third place. Rambagh Palace in India and Ozen Bolifushi Reserve in […]
NASA's Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite has detected Kelvin waves in the Pacific Ocean. These bring warmer-than-normal water to the coasts of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. The images show Kelvin waves about 5 to 10 centimeters high and hundreds of kilometers wide at the ocean surface, moving from west to east along the equator toward the […]
The Chilean Ministry of Finance’s government lab approved OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus, citing the artificial intelligence platform’s “specialization in dialogues, as it is a language model adapted with supervised learning and reinforcement techniques, based on the GPT-4 model.” The order was published on May 17 in Mercado Público with a maximum budget of US$1,250. The license […]
A species of poisonous jellyfish with 24 eyes that can kill within minutes has been found in China. A team led by the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) first discovered the new marine species in a lagoon in the Mai Po Reserve. The new jellyfish species has a completely transparent body, three long tentacles, is […]
By Estevão Júnior Paleontologist Paulo Macedo, from the company Geopac Consultoria Ambiental, announced the discovery of 80 million-year-old egg fossils, possibly from dinosaurs. During highway work, the discovery occurred in October 2022 in Monte Alegre de Minas, 601 kilometers from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. The find, however, circulated again on social networks after a video […]
By Stevão Júnior Architecture firm ZNera has proposed to erect a circular building 500 meters (m) off the ground, like an “aerial neighborhood”, around the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa (830 m) in Dubai. Named Downtown Circle, the project has five floors and was first presented in August 2022. According to ZNera, the goal […]
"At least five years ago, the environmentalists' greed for the Cerrado intensified," noted Ricardo Felício, a master in meteorology and doctoral professor of climatology at the University of São Paulo. "As soon as they observed the enormous prosperity that the region of this biome presented for agriculture, the attacks, armed with pseudoscience and myths, took […]
By Artur Piva On Tuesday 23rd, the House of Representatives approved the new fiscal rule proposed by the Lula administration. The project aims to promote stability to finance the PT administration's spending. However, the text brings more insecurity to the market and worries entrepreneurs, warns Hugo Garbe, chief economist of G11 Finance and professor of […]
By Fernando de Castro The Federal Supreme Court (STF) will resume Wednesday, 24, the trial on decriminalizing drug possession for personal use. The case is under the supervision of Justice Gilmar Mendes. So far, three favorable votes have been registered. Gilmar Mendes defended decriminalizing all drugs, while Justices Luís Roberto Barroso and Edson Fachin restricted […]
As of today, France prohibits regional flights when there is an “alternative” train lasting up to two and a half hours, so it immediately affects air links between Nantes, Bordeaux, Lyon, and Paris-Orly. This measure, included within the Climate Law approved in August 2021, is applied for three years; it indicates that train journeys must […]
The most recent Opiniometer study, by Datexco Company S.A., shows that the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, maintains disapproval indexes of around 60% once he has completed nine months as the head of the Executive of the South American country. Only 32% of those consulted openly support the president’s decisions. The survey, published this May […]
By Nehomar Hernández The bishop of the Nicaraguan town of Matagalpa, Rolando Álvarez Lagos, has paid dearly for the “audacity” of dissenting from Daniel Ortega’s regime. Since his arrest on August 19 last year in the Episcopal Palace of Matagalpa – where he was confined without the possibility of officiating mass in his parish – […]
The Government of Venezuela hailed the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Qatar, reaffirming the willingness to continue jointly defending the resources and strategic interests for the benefit of both nations. “Venezuela reaffirms the strengthening of the bonds of friendship between our governments, through the historical relations of cooperation, brotherhood, solidarity, as well as the […]
The Ecuadorian President, Guillermo Lasso, announced the first change in his cabinet after he activated the “cross death” last May 17, with which he dissolved the National Assembly (unicameral Parliament) and ordered to call for early elections. In an official communiqué issued by the General Secretariat of Communication of the Presidency, the Government specifies that […]
With almost 20% of the Brazilian population still without internet access, the Ministry of Communications is facing a big challenge to provide connectivity to all. Despite the 5G technology's advance, digital inclusion has not even happened in some places. This situation was quite questioned in a joint public hearing of the Infrastructure (CI) and Science, […]
By Leonardo Sakamoto Brazil has 1.05 million people in a situation of contemporary slavery. This is what the estimate of the Global Slavery Index 2023 points out, released this Wednesday (24), in London, by Walk Free, an international human rights organization specializing in producing data on this crime. In absolute numbers, this puts the country […]
By Julia Moióli Approximately one-third of the restaurants listed on iFood, the food delivery app most used by Brazilians, are 'dark kitchens', according to an unprecedented study in the country - and one of the few ever conducted in the world - on the exclusive kitchens for delivery, which gained momentum during the covid-19 pandemic. […]
The best fondue in the country is from Goiás. Chef Clara Gaehwiler, from Pirenópolis, won the first contest of its kind promoted by the Swiss Tourism in Brazil in partnership with the SerTãoBras association, which sought the winning recipe in Brazil. The competition occurred on Monday (15) at the Consul General of Switzerland's residence in […]
On Saturday (20), the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global network to prevent disease. The initiative was announced on the eve of the 76th World Health Assembly (WHA), which runs until May 30. The WHO’s International Pathogen Surveillance Network seeks to quickly detect threats from rising infectious diseases and share information to prevent new […]
By Mariana Ribeiro Timberland Investment Group (TIG), BTG Pactual's subsidiary that manages forestry assets, has Brazil as the main focus of its reforestation strategy in Latin America, seeking to raise US$1 billion in five years. The country has competitive advantages in the segment, besides a large number of degraded areas or areas managed in a […]
By Kosuke Simizu Three years after the renewal of the North American trade pact, Union demands, and tougher tariff reduction standards are putting pressure on manufacturers from Japan and other countries that have settled in Mexico. The trend comes as risks to supply chains caused by tensions between the US and China accelerate an effort […]