Brazil’s Central Bank Cuts Interest Rate to Six Percent, Lowest Rate Since 1986
Brazil's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate from 6.5 to 6 percent on Wednesday, July 31st, the lowest rate...
August 1, 2019
After Merger with Time Warner, Red Tape Delays Further AT&T Investment in Brazil
AT&T has finalized the merger of its companies with TimeWarner in the world and in Brazil. But here, unlike in...
August 1, 2019New Funding Suspension Withholds R$348 Million from Brazil’s Education Ministry
In recent months, the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) has experienced cuts of more than R$6 billion, nearly 25...
August 1, 2019Four More Inmates Involved in Prison Riot are Killed Inside Transfer Truck
Four prisoners involved in the Altamira Regional Recovery Center massacre in southwestern Pará were killed by asphyxiation inside the cell...
August 1, 2019
Powerful Politician Rodrigo Maia Supports Press Freedom in Vaza Jato Case
The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia, recorded a video in which he defends the secrecy of journalistic...
July 31, 2019Rio’s Governor Wants to Arrest Anyone Smoking Marijuana on the Beach
After a speech stating that the Government Secretariat would start collecting street dwellers, Governor Wilson Witzel again offered a creative...
July 31, 2019
Brazil’s First Burning Man Festival in Rio Grande do Norte
In 1986, Larry Harvey and Jerry James ritually burned a 2.7-meter-high wooden man on a beach in San Francisco.
July 31, 2019Lisbon Will Name a Street in Honor of Murdered Brazilian Activist Marielle Franco
The Brazilian activist, who was murdered on March 14th, 2018, became an icon in the fight against social inequality and...
July 31, 2019SAL Market Gathers Authorial Products in São Paulo’s Parque da Cidade Mall
The beginning of August will be punctuated by power and creativity in the Parque da Cidade Mall. Between the 1st...
July 31, 2019