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The cost of living in Cape Verde rose 0.7% in February
Prices in Cape Verde increased by 0.7% in February compared to January, accumulating a 7.3% increase over a year, indicate data released by the...
Caixa Angola bank achieves best ever result in 2022
The chief executive of Banco Caixa Geral Angola (BCGA), João Pires, recently said in Luanda that the bank had its best result last year...
São Tomé and Príncipe Prime Minister says VAT could be country’s “lifebuoy”
The Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (STP), Patrice Trovoada, admitted on Monday, 21, that the implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT)...
Cafeteria in São Paulo is run by people with Down syndrome
Jéssica Pereira da Silva (31) dreamt to open a restaurant.
However, the idea was solidified with the opening of a café - the Bellatucci Café...
Exhibition at Moreira Salles Institute in São Paulo shows Chilean and Brazilian dictatorships
By Elaine Patrícia Cruz
Photos by Evandro Teixeira
Editing by Graça Adjuto
In 1973, photojournalist Evandro Teixeira was sent by Jornal do Brasil (JB) to cover the...
Canada and Israel are on the happiest countries list; Brazil drops 11 places
For the sixth year in a row, Finland is the happiest country in the world in 2023, the World Happiness Report - a traditional...
Children banned from begging in Guinea-Bissau from Monday
The Minister of Women, Family and Social Solidarity of Guinea-Bissau, Conceição Evora, announced this Monday that as of March 27, the order given by...
Seized in Vietnam seven tonnes of ivory from elephants in Angola
According to the official logbook, the ivory was found by customs in the northern port of Haiphong in a container supposedly carrying peanuts.
Photos released...
Chinese financing to Angola overrides investment, says President Lourenço
The Angolan President, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, said a few days ago in Japan that China's private investment in the country "is very small"...
Cape Verde creates national council to manage pests in agriculture
Cape Verde will have a National Council for Pest and Disease Management in Agriculture (CNGPDA), responsible for monitoring the main crop enemies throughout the...
Nudists, rich and radical: the sect of Germans who only ate coconuts
The sun is the life source of the entire universe. When it is at its peak in the tropics, it reaches the maximum of...
At 61, he decided to row 8,000 km along the Brazilian coast
By Luciano Nagel
The 61-year-old Adelson Carneiro Rodrigues, from Cananéia, on the southern coast of São Paulo state, decided to launch a daring challenge for...
Fire hits Ministry of Defense building in Brasilia
On Saturday morning, a fire reached a room on the sixth floor of the Ministry of Defense building in Brasilia (18). The flames started...
Meloni: Italy will not give in to powerful elites who want open borders
Giorgia Meloni was fundamentally elected for one thing, and she is at it: to close the sieve that Italian borders have been for decades.
And...