Brazil
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Society
More than 15% of people suffer from hunger in Brazil in 2022
More than 33 million people in Brazil suffer from hunger in 2022, a figure that almost doubled in two years.
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Politics
Audios recordings reveal cases of torture during Brazil military dictatorship
O Globo released audio recordings in which members of the Brazil Superior Military Court discuss cases of torture committed during the military dictatorship.
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Politics
Jair Bolsonaro and the pay raises of civil servants
A few months before the next presidential elections in which he would seek a second term, the president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro is trying to find a way out of a tricky position regarding civil servant salaries.
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Business
Brazil lower house approves bill legalizing gambling and casinos despite dissension
Brazil lower house approved the main text of a bill legalizing gambling. But lawmakers disagreed about the law even among political parties.
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Society
Homeless population grew by more than 30% in São Paulo in 2 years
A census in São Paulo showed that 31% more homeless people lived in the city in 2021 than in 2019. Three times as many as in 2000.
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Politics
Bolsonaro holds off a pay raise for police officers, for now
The president of Brazil signed on the budget for 2022 and didn't increase the salary of police officers avoiding more controversy. But the budget still provisions for the expense.
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Health & Science
Brazilian President explains his intestinal obstruction with a shrimp
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro spent two days in hospital because of a shrimp he swallowed and didn't chew, he and his doctor said. Bolsonaro was stabbed in the abdomen in 2018.
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Politics
Bolsonaro prepares Brazil’s 2022 presidential elections and joins a political party
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro joins the center-right Liberal Party ahead of 2022's presidential elections. The move is a shift from his previous campaign against old-school politics.
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Culture & Sport
Bolsonaro tried to revisit Brazil history in high school exam
Brazil president wanted to change the military coup into a revolution. Several employees also resigned denouncing censorship.
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Politics
Jair Bolsonaro, the least popular of 13 world leaders
Out of 13 world leaders, Narendra Modi is the most popular. For several months, the French President Emmanuel Macron was the most unpopular of all.
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Society
A computer simulation explains the Vale dam disaster
Another study explains the potential trigger of the Vale dam disaster in 2019 and blames a drilling occurring shortly before the failure. For the Vale organization, it shows a "particularly unfavorable combination of circumstances".
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Society
74% of Brazilian Police Wants Regulated Access to Firearms
If only 10% of the Brazilian police force wants a broad access to firearms for civilians, they seem more favorable to the ownership of weapons than the population.
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Politics
Instagram troll managed from Brazil’s President office
Facebook removed a fake Instagram account which published memes against former Bolsonaro allies. It was managed from public buildings' networks.
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Politics
Bolsonaro, one of few leaders at Ecuador’s presidential inauguration ceremony
Guillermo Lasso, a center-right politician, was sworn in President of Ecuador on May 24 after 18 years of socialist governance. As Ecuador will open its economy to the free market, Jair Bolsonaro was one of the only President to come in person to the ceremony.
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