This Thursday begins the trial against the former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, due to an open case before the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) due to the attacks against the electoral system of electronic ballot boxes, or that could disqualify him for eight years for public office.
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Lula wins the elections in Brazil
The left-wing candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (50.88%) won by a narrow margin over his rival and current Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro (49.12%) with 99.63% counted and thus strengthens the options of comeback after a start of the…
Brazil has shown three months of deflation
The National Consumer Price Index of Brazil registered in September a monthly setback of 0.29 %, being the third consecutive month in which prices contract in the largest Latin American economy, according to data published by the Brazilian…
Brazil revokes suspension of Telegram
The judge of the Supreme Court of Brazil, Alexandre de Moraes, decided to revoke the suspension of Telegram in the country after the messaging application had complied with the orders that the highest Brazilian judicial body had imposed on…
Brazil’s GDP recovers in 2021 and comes out of recession
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Brazil grew by 4.6% in 2021 compared to the previous year, after having registered a positive year-on-year variation of 1.6% in the last quarter of the year, according to data released by the Brazilian…
Inflation in Brazil registers advance of 0.54 %
The National Consumer Price Index of Brazil registered an advance of 0.54 % in January, the greatest variation for this month since 2016 and more than double the data registered at the same month of 2021, as published by the Brazilian…
Petrobras announces fuel price reduction in Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro, president of Brazil, reported that Petrobras, the state-owned oil company, will initiate a plan of small weekly reductions in the price of fuels. However, the president did not specify quantities, percentages, or terms.…
Bolsonaro’s government is being investigated
The Court of Accounts of Brazil (TCU) will open an investigation against the Government of the president Jair Bolsonaro for the blockade of 5,000 million reais (approximately 900 million dollars) foreseen in the 2021 budgets for the…
Support for Bolsonaro’s government falls
24% of Brazilians approve of the Government of the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, a percentage that constitutes the lowest approval index obtained by the president since he assumed the Presidency, according to a Datafolha survey.
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Brazilian real loses value against the dollar
The exchange rate between the Brazilian real and the US dollar stood at 5.35 reais for every dollar this Thursday, which represents a decline of 1.68% compared to the previous day's price, after the Central Bank of Brazil decided at the…
Inflation in Brazil rose to 0.93% in March
Inflation in Brazil accelerated by 0.93 % during the month of March, which is the highest figure for this month since 2015 when the national price index stood at 1.32 %, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE…
Bolsonaro seeks to accelerate privatization of Eletrobras
The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, along with other members of the Government, handed over to Congress an interim measure to accelerate the privatization of the energy company Eletrobras.
The company is on the list of State companies…