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Clad in Bermuda shorts and flip-flops, Joao Paulo Teixeira zips through traffic on his electric scooter to deliver a meal in downtown Rio de Janeiro. Paulo Almeida, a 36-year-old rider, voted for Jair ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Government: Brazil says it will respond in kind to eventual US sanctions, blames Flavio Bolsonaro
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva blamed Flávio Bolsonaro if the US imposes an additional 25% tariff on Brazil.
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Government: Brazil prosecutors target gangs with mega-operation against fraud and money laundering
Brazilian prosecutors have launched a mega-operation to dismantle fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, in the latest phase of an investigation targeting criminal gangs. The move comes as the ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Government: Rio de Janeiro Mayor Reveals $45 Million Investment Plan
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Rio Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere announced a 225 million real ($45 million) investment package through 2028 that includes public policies, grant programs and initiatives aimed at ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Government: Pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Brazil’s top government offices
Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace Sunday, a week after the inauguration of ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Government: Rio de Janeiro law makes October 7 a memorial day for Israeli victims of Hamas
Brazil’s State of Rio de Janeiro has passed a law that makes October 7 an annual “Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Massacre of the People of Israel by the Terrorist Group Hamas,” with the aim ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Government: Trump Meets a New Bolsonaro at the White House, Causing a New Rift With Brazil
President Trump appears ready to lend a hand to a new right-wing ally ahead of a crucial election this year that will be the biggest test for Latin America’s left.
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Government: Brazil's Petrobras lowers diesel prices for distributors as cashback system kicks in
Brazil's state-run oil firm, Petrobras, will lower diesel prices to distributors by 0.3515 reais per liter starting on June 1, it said in a statement on Sunday, after the government announced a ...