Brazil's Churches Must Now Pay a Social Security Tax. Should This Count as Persecution?
Five Christian leaders and professionals respond to the government’s new directive.
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Five Christian leaders and professionals respond to the government’s new directive.
The Brazilian Police carried out searches this Thursday at homes linked to Jair Renan Valle Bolsonaro, the youngest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
It is a quiet street in a fairly tough part of Sao Paulo, but the sound of high velocity weapons firing and the thud of rounds impacting every few seconds is somewhat disconcerting.
Small- and large-scale fishers report an increase in the volume and variety of fish species in the Patos Lagoon and the coast of Rio Grande do Sul state. Such abundance came after a bill banning motorized trawling on the state’s coast was passed and signed into law in 2018. Drafted by fishers and scientists and passed unanimously in the state parliament, the law goes against the interests of President Bolsonaro’s allies.
Brazil’s Agência Pública reveals that Gettr, the social network run by Donald Trump's former adviser Jason Miller, has sponsored conservative conferences in Brazil ahead of October’s presidential elections, which Steve Bannon has called the most important in South American history.