The president coordinated the first ministerial meeting of 2024 on Monday. He said the country was “totally abandoned” by the previous government, adding it came really close to suffering a coup d’état.
Minister Mauro Vieira reaffirmed Brazil's commitment to supporting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
Bethânia’s exhibition highlights the power of words and literature in the life of this singer, acclaimed as one of the greatest names in Brazilian music.
“The institute brings history back to life. […] The whole world wants to know who and why Marielle was killed,” Marinete da Silva, the councilwoman’s mother and founding adviser of the Marielle Franco Institute, told Agência Brasil.
Filed in June 2023, PEC 29, as it is known, is inspired by a proposal from the Neurorights Foundation, in the US, and by a piece of legislation already approved in Chile.
“Law comes in the wake of social changes. […] If nothing is done, we’ll soon have problems with issues like mental privacy. So some of its aspects do need to be regulated,” university professor Cardoso remarked.
In 27 percent of cases where women were killed by firearms, the crime occurred inside the victim's own home. Among non-Black women, this rate rises to 34 percent.
The inquiry is being held in secret and no details can yet be obtained about the reasons that led the Federal Police and the Superior Court of Justice to send the case to the country’s top court.
Initiatives must focus on assistance in Brazil’s largest indigenous area, as well as plans to fight illegal mining. The region lies on the border between Brazil and Venezuela, and has military bases in it.
The number of people facing severe food insecurity in Brazil dropped from 33 million in the first quarter of 2022 to 20 million in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Following the publication of a decree in September 2021 that authorizes temporary visas and residence for humanitarian reasons, many Afghans have been heading to Brazil.
Legislation determines that 80% of native vegetation must be preserved on private properties in the Amazon, while in the Cerrado, the requirement is only 20%.
The chosen location for the memorial, Health Minister Nísia Trindade said, is the ministry’s Cultural Center in Rio de Janeiro. The disease is reported to have killed 710 thousand Brazilians.
This recognition marks a significant milestone as she becomes the first woman and the first individual from South America to be honored with this award.