BRAZIL

Senate to decide on legalizing electronic cigarettes in Brazil

Published on: August 20, 2024
13:43

Brasilia, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) The Senate's Economic Committee will vote on a bill on Tuesday that would legalize e-cigarettes in Brazil, where their manufacture, import, marketing, distribution, storage, transportation, and advertising are prohibited.

Lula mourns death of Santos, Brazil’s biggest TV personality

Published on: August 17, 2024
11:24

Brasilia, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lamented the death today of communicator Silvio Santos, whom he described as the greatest personality in the history of Brazilian television.

New plane crash in Brazil leaves five dead

Published on: August 15, 2024
17:41

Brasilia, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) A new plane crash in Brazil left at least five deaths on Thursday, in the central western Mato Grosso state, six days after a local aircraft went down in Sao Paulo, claiming 62 lives.

Brazilian Supreme Court resumes trial after plane crash

Published on: August 14, 2024
10:00

Brasilia, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) The Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil will resume the trial on the rules for the investigation of air crashes and the secrecy of calculations after a plane crashed last August 9th with 62 people aboard.

Russian iron and steel exports to Brazil increased in July

Published on: August 13, 2024
08:04

Moscow, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) Russian iron and steel shipments to Brazil grew 12 times in July compared to the same month in 2023, reaching $75.3 million, Russian Customs reported.

First corpses identified from plane crash in Brazil

Published on: August 12, 2024
11:49

Brasilia, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) At least 12 corpses of the 62 that were in the plane that crashed on Friday in Sao Paulo, were identified up to this date at the Legal Medical Institute (IML) of the Brazilian state.

Over 93,000 elderlies die from malnutrition in Brazil

Published on: August 12, 2024
11:46

Brasilia, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) More than 93 thousand deaths of the elderly were registered by malnutrition in Brazil, between 2000 and 2021, according to a study conducted and published today by researchers from federal universities.

Diaz-Canel shows solidarity with Brazil and Lula due to plane crash

Published on: August 10, 2024
09:11

Havana, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel expressed solidarity with the Brazilian people and Government for the deaths of more than 60 people in a plane crash in Sao Paulo state.

Deforestation declines in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest

Published on: August 8, 2024
12:16

Brasilia, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Deforestation declined by 45.7% between August 2023 and July 2024 in the Brazilian Amazon, the largest proportional drop for the term, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reported.

Chile and Brazil to cooperate in space breakthrough for peaceful ends

Published on: August 6, 2024
15:43

Santiago de Chile, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) Chile’s President Gabriel Boric, and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva presided here Tuesday over the signing act of a Memorandum of Cooperation in Space Activities for Peaceful Purposes.

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