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He said the two countries were resuming the partnership that had been forged in 2006 by Lula, in his first term as Brazil's president, and President Jacques Chirac. Vieira said Colonna's visit marked France's support for democracy in Brazil, which was threatened by Bolsonaro and his supporters who stormed government buildings calling for a military coup last month.
It comes as Reuters reported that Iran was also set to start a revamp of Venezuela's largest refinery within weeks. Argentina boosts nuclear, space research with South Korea The Argentine government said it had agreed with Korea to deepen research cooperation in space, nuclear and energy matters, following talks which began earlier this week. Brazil riots must be addressed, says Supreme Court judge LISBON - Brazil must make sure it addresses the problems that led to the riots in Brasilia last month, including the "politicization" of the police and the role of social media.
Wapichana will in a few days become the first indigenous person to head the government's indigenous affairs agency Funai, appointed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has pledged to expel wildcat miners from protected indigenous lands. Speaking to journalists on an Amazon-based journalism platform called Sumaúma, Wapichana said she could not give details of the imminent operation in order to not alert the miners that have invaded the Yanomami territory.
"Weak governments fail to stop criminal networks, social conflict, and violence, and some exacerbate threats to human rights by concentrating power in the name of tackling insecurity," said Delia Ferreira Rubio, head of Transparency International, a Berlin-based anti-corruption group.
"The actions also aim to prevent the access of people not authorized by the public authorities to the region, to prevent illegal activities and the spread of diseases," it added. Around 20,000 wildcat gold miners are contaminating the rivers and fish that the Yanomami people - who live on Brazil's largest indigenous reservation, near the Venezuela border - rely on for water and food, leading to malnutrition and disease.
The Brazilian government must act to stamp out illegal gold mining that has caused a humanitarian crisis of hunger and disease in the Yanomami indigenous population, mining industry lobby Ibram said on Monday. Ibram, which represents multinational and large domestic mining firms operating in Brazil, is asking the new government to take steps to break a network that launders illegal gold through the financial system for sale to jewelry makers and export to countries like Switzerland and Britain.
China has an important role to play in peace talks, he added, which he will discuss on a planned visit to Beijing in March. NO WEAPONS FOR UKRAINE Earlier on Scholz's tour, designed to boost ties with the region, Argentina and Chile's leaders more clearly condemned the Russian attack but dialed back any hope for support for Ukraine's war effort. "Argentina and Latin America are not planning to send weapons to Ukraine or any other conflict zone," Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said during a joint news conference in Buenos Aires with Scholz on Saturday.
Brazil's government is preparing a task force involving several government agencies and enforcement bodies that will soon launch an operation to remove illegal gold miners from the Yanomami reservation, indigenous leader Joenia Wapichana said on Tuesday. Wapichana will in a few days become the first indigenous person to head the government's indigenous affairs agency Funai, appointed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has pledged to expel wildcat miners from protected indigenous lands.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sought to drum up support for Ukraine during his first South American tour although differences with his hosts emerged, with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez declaring the region was not planning on sending weapons. On his three-day trip, Scholz has sought to stress unity, noting all three countries he is visiting - Argentina, Chile and Brazil - condemned Russia's invasion at the United Nations General Assembly last year.
Germany's Development Minister Svenja Schulze said on Monday the country was investing 35 million euros ($38.15 million) in the Amazon Fund as it looks to strengthen the initiative to protect the South American rainforest. Schulze announced the fresh investment in a press conference alongside Brazil's Environment Minister Marina Silva in Brasilia, a move already expected by Brazilian officials as the leaders of the two countries are set to meet later on Monday.