Tag: brazilian
Jair Bolsonaro faces justice over alleged attempt to usurp Brazilian democracy
Former president in court along with seven others accused of failed power grab after losing 2022 election Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro and seven of his allies, including four senior members of the military, have gone on trial for allegedly attempting to stage a coup – the first time in Brazilian history such powerful figures…
Rubio moves to strip US visas from eight Brazilian judges in Bolsonaro battle
Move by Marco Rubio is latest attempt by Trump administration to help former president avoid justice over alleged coup The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has reportedly stripped eight of Brazil’s 11 supreme court judges of their US visas as the White House escalates its campaign to help the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro…
Family of woman who died from Covid after giving birth sues Brazilian state
Exclusive: Lidiane Vieira Frazão, a black woman from Rio, was repeatedly denied appropriate treatment as President Bolsonaro downplayed the pandemic, lawsuit says In the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, Lidiane Vieira Frazão, 35, was expecting her second child but, even at 40 weeks pregnant, she was unable to obtain a doctor’s note to start…
Brazilian tribe sues New York Times for allegedly portraying members as porn addicts
Defamation suit claims Marubo people were depicted as tech-addled and porn-obsessed after introduction of internet An Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon has sued the New York Times, saying the newspaper’s reporting on the tribe’s first exposure to the internet led to its members being widely portrayed as technology-addled and addicted to pornography. The Marubo…
Scorpions ‘taking over’ Brazilian cities with reported stings rising 155%
Fast and unplanned growth of cities providing ideal conditions for the creatures to thrive, say researchers Scorpions are “taking over” Brazilian cities, researchers have warned in a paper that said rapid urbanisation and climate breakdown were driving an increase in the number of people being stung. More than 1.1m stings were reported between 2014 and…
‘Morally repugnant’: Brazilian workers sue coffee supplier to Starbucks over ‘slavery-like conditions’
Brazil has been the world’s leading coffee producer due to the forced labour of enslaved Africans and Afro-Brazilians “John” was just days from turning 16 when he was allegedly recruited to work on a Brazilian coffee farm that supplies the global coffeehouse chain Starbucks. Soon after his birthday, he embarked on a 16-hour bus journey…
Brazilian judges accept coup plot charges against more Bolsonaro allies
Panel unanimously accepts charges against six more key allies of ex-president over alleged plan to keep him in office A panel of Brazil’s supreme court justices has unanimously accepted criminal charges against six more key allies of former president Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged coup plot to keep him in office after his 2022 election…
Massive reforestation effort puts down roots in Brazilian Amazon
A new project seeks to kickstart a revival for the world’s largest rainforest by planting new trees — tens of millions of them. The project, announced Friday at the “Rock in Rio” music fest in Brazil, aims to restore 73 million trees in the Brazilian Amazon by 2023. Spanning 30,000 hectares of land (about 74,000…
I’m Still Here wins Oscar for best international film, becoming first Brazilian film to do so
Brazil’s official entry beats beleaguered French favourite Emilia Pérez to the podium I’m Still Here has won the Oscar for best international film at the Academy Awards, which are currently taking place in Los Angeles. It is the first Brazilian film to win the award. Directed by Walter Salles and starring Fernanda Torres, I’m Still…
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Looks to Trump and the U.S. to Avoid Prison
The former Brazilian president, squeezed by criminal investigations, looks to the United States to shift his nation’s politics — and maybe keep him a free man. By Jack Nicas Jack Nicas, who has covered Jair Bolsonaro since 2021, interviewed the former president in Brazil’s capital this week. Jair Bolsonaro has had a rough couple of…
Brazilian Nun Named World’s Oldest Living Person at 116
A soccer-loving nun from Brazil, Inah Canabarro Lucas, has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the oldest living person at the age of 116. This nun is in the habit of living well. Following the recent death of a woman from Japan, Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas—a soccer-loving nun from Brazil—has become the oldest…