Brazil introduces National Candomblé Day
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has passed Law 14.519/2023 introducing the "Dia Nacional do Candomblé". This is celebrated...
January 9, 2023Section
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Will we soon all be living in megacities in very confined spaces? If the World Economic Forum has its way, yes.
We are entering the age of the megalopolis, says the World Economic Forum in a recent dystopian video. A megalopolis...
January 5, 2023
Alckmin is expected to take on the Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade, sources say
Brazil's vice-president-elect Geraldo Alckmin will assume the Ministry of Development, Industry, and Commerce, according to sources
December 21, 2022
Guineans, Senegalese and Portuguese are the largest foreign communities in Cape Verde – study
The foreign population in Cape Verde is 2.2% of the total population and Guineans, Senegalese and Portuguese are the largest...
December 19, 2022
The dangerous comparison that Gabriel Boric made on his first trip to La Araucanía
President Gabriel Boric traveled for the first time in nine months of his mandate to the region of La Araucanía
November 11, 2022
Lewis Hamilton received the title of Brazilian honorary citizen
On Monday, November 7, Formula 1 driver Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton received the title of Honorary Citizen of Brazil.
November 8, 2022
Brazil, Indonesia, and Congo push for rainforest ‘OPEC’
Lula da Silva's election in Brazil has put the conservation of the world's rainforests back on the table. Three countries...
November 8, 2022
Fernando de Noronha elected best island for tourists in Latin America
The archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, off the coast of Pernambuco state, was elected by the specialized American magazine
November 2, 2022
Opinion: EU is financing surveillance and manipulation of public opinion in Africa
The EU has been funding a project in Nigeria that used eavesdroppers in villages and journalists trained as online scouts...
October 19, 2022