Digital Life: Brazil Among the Worlds Top Three in Social Media Usage
By Richard Mann, Contributing Reporter This is the first series of infographics on Digital Life in Brazil. RIO DE JANEIRO,...
April 25, 2019Topic
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Militias in Rio Have More Power than Anticipated
By Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A series of revelations about how militias in Rio de Janeiro are...
April 24, 2019
US-Brazilian Wheat Bromance Angers Argentina
Brazil has agreed to import up to 750,000 metric tons of US wheat annually, without the usual duties it pays...
April 24, 2019
Bolsonaro Sanctions law That Facilitates Credit to Small Entrepreneurs
A complementary law that creates the legal entity of ESC (Empresa Simples de Crédito - Simple Credit Company), will be...
April 24, 2019
Brazil Court Reduces Lula Sentence, Opening Door to Partial Detention
The Superior Court of Justice on Tuesday reduced former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's 12-year sentence for bribery and...
April 24, 2019
House Approves Immediate Divorce in Domestic Abuse Cases
The House of Representatives passed a bill that allows victims of domestic abuse to petition the judge for an immediate...
April 24, 2019
Mobile Phone Sales in Brazil Drop Almost 7 Percent in 2018
Mobile phone trade in Brazil in 2018 was anything but positive in terms of sales. According to IDC Brazil Mobile...
April 24, 2019
Bohemian Stronghold Cinema Bijou São Paulo will Reopen in June
Cine Bijou, a traditional São Paulo street cinema founded in the 1960s, will reopen its doors in the second half...
April 24, 2019
Impeachment of Dias Tofolli, Gilmar Mendes and Alexandre de Moraes may go forward in the Senate
The presidency of the Federal Senate is expected to receive this week the impeachment request of Dias Tofolli, president of...
April 24, 2019