BRAZIL

Number of people with HIV under treatment increases in Brazil

Published on: December 6, 2024
10:32

Brasilia, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) The number of people with HIV under treatment in Brazil has reached 1,419,100 an increase of 84% over the last 11 years.

Brazil confronts worrying increase in agricultural toxicity

Published on: December 2, 2024
18:11

Brasilia, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) Figures related to agrochemical toxicity in the first half of the year are disturbing today in Brazil, where an over 950 percent year-on–year increase was recorded. Such is the figure reported on a preliminary survey by the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT), after gathering data from the annual map on countryside conflicts, which the organization conducted together with the Dom Tomás Balduíno Documentation Center.

Lula to finalize text of Mercosur-EU agreement in Uruguay

Published on: December 2, 2024
13:56

Brasilia, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will participate this week in the Mercosur summit in Uruguay, with a view to finalizing the text of the trade agreement with the European Union (EU), currently at a standstill.

Brazilian prosecution examines police report on coup attempt

Published on: December 2, 2024
08:36

Brasilia, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) A group of nine prosecutors will examine from today the investigation by the Federal Police (PF) who accused former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other persons of alleged participation in a coup attempt in Brazil.

Bolsonaro dreams of Trump’s support to return to power in Brazil

Published on: November 29, 2024
12:17

Brasilia, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) Former President Jair Bolsonaro dreams of returning to power in Brazil, with a strategy that involves external support and alliances with right-wing leaders, mainly with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

Brazilian President to receive President-Elect of Uruguay

Published on: November 29, 2024
07:57

Brasilia, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will receive the elected president of Uruguay, Yamandú Orsi.

Lula legalizes public accsess to sex offenders’ records

Published on: November 28, 2024
15:34

Brasilia, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a decree establishing the National Registry of Persons Convicted of Pedophilia and Rape in Brazil, according to the law published on Thursday on the Official Gazette of the Union.

Brazil’s Supreme Court to judge regulation of digital platforms

Published on: November 27, 2024
07:44

Brasilia, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) The Supreme Federal Court (STF) will begin judging today a set of actions that question the civil framework of the Internet and the operation of digital platforms in Brazil.

Brazil has more than 7,000 confirmed deaths from dengue

Published on: November 26, 2024
09:55

Brasilia, Nov 26 (Prensa Latina) A total of 7,013 confirmed and still under investigation deaths from dengue in Brazil since the beginning of the year reports the monitoring panel of the Ministry of Health.

Death toll in Brazil bus crash rises to 18

Published on: November 25, 2024
14:09

Brasilia, Nov 25 (Prensa Latina) About 18 people were killed in a bus crash in Serra da Barriga, in União dos Palmares, in the Brazilian northeast state of Alagoas on Sunday.

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