Brazil Says it Won’t Send Weapons to Ukraine Despite Push from U.S.
The Brazilian leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who met with President Biden at the White House, said he’s interested in helping negotiate a path to peace.
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Brazil launches operation to drive illegal miners from Yanomami lands
Special forces destroy aircraft and seize weapons in effort to protect largest Indigenous reserve from mining mafiasThe Brazilian government has launched its campaign to drive tens of thousands of illegal miners from the country’s largest Indigenous re…
‘Miracle’ Cystic Fibrosis Drug Kept Out of Reach in Developing Countries
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is not making its drug, Trikafta, available in poorer countries, where thousands of diagnosed patients stand to benefit.
Investigate Bolsonaro for genocide, says Brazil’s Marina Silva
Exclusive: Environment minister calls for ex-president to be held to account as she prepares to tackle illegal gold minersFormer president Jair Bolsonaro should be investigated for genocide, Brazil’s environment minister, Marina Silva, has said, as she…
Brazil Sinks Decommissioned Aircraft Carrier ‘Sao Paolo’ In Atlantic Despite Pollution Risk
A photo taken in 1994 shows the then-French aircraft carrier ‘Foch’ in the Adriatic Sea. Renamed ‘Sao Paulo’ when bought by Brazil in 2000, the ageing and decommissioned aircraft carrier was sunk on Friday February 3, 2023 in the Atlantic Ocean, Brazil…
Brazil sinks aircraft carrier in Atlantic despite presence of asbestos and toxic materials
Environmental activists had sought to halt the planned scuttling of the warship, warning that it could pollute the marine food chainBrazil has sunk a decommissioned aircraft carrier despite environmental groups claiming the former French ship was packe…
Bolsonaro questions Brazil election defeat, defends tenure
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday expressed bafflement at how he could have lost October’s election, then smiled silently as a crowd of supporters cried, “Fraud!”
Brazil Says It’s Started Sinking an Old Warship, Hazardous Material and All
The navy said it had begun an operation to send the aircraft carrier São Paulo to the bottom.
Bolsonaro attended meeting about plot to keep him in power, senator says
Senator says he was asked to get justice to make compromising comments on tape as Bolsonaro ‘sat in silence’A close ally of Jair Bolsonaro has turned against Brazil’s former president, claiming that an aide to the far-right leader tried to “coerce” him…
A Proud Ship Turned Into a Giant Recycling Problem. So Brazil Plans to Sink It.
The old aircraft carrier, once the navy’s flagship, is packed with asbestos. No country, including Brazil, will let it dock to be dismantled.