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Post Office Workers Announce Nationwide Strike

The 'Correios' ("Post Office") workers have decreed a general strike, for an indefinite period of time, as of Tuesday evening,...

September 12, 2019

Bolsonaro Budget Slashes 43 Percent of Audiovisual Funding in Attack on ANCINE

In another offensive against the National Cinema Agency (ANCINE), President Jair Bolsonaro decided to attack the main source of funding...

September 12, 2019

Brazilian Government Will Unlock R$20 Billion by End of Year, Says Acting President

The acting president, Hamilton Mourão, said today, September 11th, that the government intends to release about R$20 billion (US$5 billion)...

September 12, 2019

Negotiation Between Brazil and Ecuador for Live Cattle Export Progresses

The Ministry of Agriculture announced that on Wednesday, September 11th, it received a communication from Ecuadorian authorities announcing the approval...

September 12, 2019

Incidence of Dengue in Brazil Increased 600 Percent in One Year

The Health Ministry reported today, September 11th, that 1,439,471 cases of dengue fever were reported nationwide from December 30th, 2018,...

September 12, 2019

Retail Trade Grows one Percent in July in Brazil

The retail trade sales volume grew one percent from June to July of this year according to data from the...

September 12, 2019

Bolsonaro’s Party Compares his Stab Wound to September 11th Attacks in the U.S.

Today, September 11th, the PSL, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's party, compared the stab wound suffered by President Jair Bolsonaro to...

September 11, 2019

Democratic U.S. Congressman Proposes Law to Bar Brazilian Imports

Democratic congressman Peter DeFazio presented a bill in the U.S. House on Tuesday 10th, to ban the import of Brazilian...

September 11, 2019

Judge Orders Doria to Return Recalled Textbooks Addressing Gender to Schools

The São Paulo Justice has determined that the State Governor of São Paulo has 48 hours to return the textbooks...

September 11, 2019