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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Approval of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvas performance has fallen on Brazilian worries that Latin Americas largest economy ...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Defeated Argentine presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich signaled on Wednesday she will support far-right libertarian Javi...

SAO PAULO -One student died and three others were wounded on Monday after a shooting at a school in Sao Paulo, Brazils largest city, the local government said in a statement.... -October 23, 2023 at 09:38 am EDT - MarketScreener

The world is moving too slowly to meet pledges to end deforestation by 2030, with the destruction worsening in 2022, according to a report by a coalition of environmental organizations released on Monday. More than 140 countries - representing the vast majority of the world's woodlands - pledged at the 2021 United Nations climate summit in Glasgow to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by the end of the decade. Yet deforestation increased by 4% worldwide in 2022 compared with 202...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted an invitation from Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and will visit the South American country in the first half of 2024, Brazil's government said on Friday. The leaders discussed the crisis in the Middle East by phone earlier in the day, agreeing that they will continue to search for ways to promote peace, Brazil's presidential office said in a statement. "The two presidents agreed on the need for ...

SAO PAULO -French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted an invitation from Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and will visit the South American country in the first half of 2024,...

SAO PAULO :French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted an invitation from Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and will visit the South American country in the first half of 2024, Brazil's government said on Friday.The leaders discussed the crisis in the Middle East by phone earlier in the day, a

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -The water level at a major river port in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years on Monday, as a historic drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem. Rapidly drying tributaries to the mighty Amazon river have left boats stranded, cutting off food and water supplies to remote jungle villages, while high water temperatures are suspected of killing more than 100 endangered river dolphins. The...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday called for a ceasefire and an "international humanitarian intervention" in the conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories so that human right violations can be put to an end. "An international humanitarian intervention is urgently needed," Lula wrote on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. "A ceasefire is urgently needed in defense of Israeli and Palestinian children."

Brazils Finance Ministry says the measures stipulated in a recent legislation aimed at diminishing credit card revolving interest rates are a rational step, a top official said on Wednesday.... -October 11, 2023 at 11:20 am EDT - MarketScreener