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Criticism, jokes as Copa America moved to Brazil over Covid

June 1, 2021 Staff ReporterFootball, Sports

BRASÍLIA – When Covid-19 overwhelmed Argentina too badly to host the South American football championships, officials decided to move the tournament to pandemic-battered Brazil of all places, drawing criticism from epidemiologists and a flurry of jokes.

BRASÍLIA, Brazil, Copa America, Covid, football, Sports

Brazil wants Neymar at Tokyo Olympics

April 23, 2021 Staff ReporterCricket, Sports

SAO PAULO – Brazil’s Olympic football coach, Andre Jardine, said on Thursday he wants to pick star forward Neymar for the Games in Tokyo later this year, but admitted it would be “difficult.”

Brazil, Cricket, Neymar, Sports, Tokyo Olympics

Bangladesh, Brazil to build stronger economic ties in post-Covid era: Envoy

February 14, 2021 sub EditorBangladesh

Brazilian Ambassador to Bangladesh Joao Tabajara de Oliveira Junior has said Bangladesh and Brazil can make a stronger alliance on trade and economic front.

Bangladesh, Brazil, build, economic, envoy, era, Post-COVID, stronger, ties

Brazil struggle to beat Venezuela without Neymar

November 14, 2020 Staff ReporterFootball, Sports

SAO PAULO – Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino scored the crucial goal as Brazil laboured to a 1-0 win over a well organized but limited Venezuela in their World Cup qualifier on Friday. Firmino broke the deadlock on 66 minutes in…

Brazil, football, Neymar, Sports, Venezuela

Ex-Ministers condemn Bolsonaro’s ‘lunatic’ foreign policy

May 15, 2020 editorPolitics, World News

Geneva, 14 May (Chakravarthi Raghavan) – In an unprecedented move, all living former foreign ministers of Brazil have joined hands to strongly condemn the “lunatic” foreign policy of President Jair Bolsonaro, accusing it of subordinating national independence to the policies…

‘lunatic’, Bolsonaro's, Brazil, condemn, diplomacy, Ex-Ministers, foreign policy

Davis Cup: Australia beats Brazil 3-1 to qualify for finals

March 7, 2020 Staff ReporterOther Sports, Sports, Tennis

Adelaide (AP/UNB) — Australia has advanced to the Davis Cup Finals in November with a tight 3-1 win over Brazil on hard courts at the Memorial Drive tennis center on Saturday. John Millman beat Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro 6-7, (6), 7-6…

Australia, Brazil, Davis Cup, finals, football, qualify, Sports, Tennis

Brazil’s Amazon at a crossroads

December 15, 2019 Lutfun NaharEnvironment

Night falls in Brazil’s Amazon and two logging trucks without license plates emerge from the jungle. They rumble over dirt roads that lead away from a national forest, carrying trunks of trees hundreds of years old.

Amazon, Brazil, Environment

Neymar poised for 100th Brazil appearance

October 10, 2019 sub EditorFootball

Neymar reiterated his commitment to Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil’s national team on Wednesday as he prepared to make his 100th international appearance.

100th, appearance, Brazil, football, for, Neymar, poised

Indigenous leaders travel to Europe to report violations in Brazil

October 10, 2019 editorForestry, Human rights

A delegation will visit twelve countries to warn authorities, companies and European society about violence against Indigenous Peoples in Brazil Brasília, Brazil – A delegation of Indigenous leaders will visit twelve European countries between October 17 and November 20 to…

Brazil, Human rights, Indigenous leaders, to report, travel to Europe, violations

G7 leaders vow to help Brazil fight fires, repair damage

August 27, 2019 editorDisasters, Fire, Lead News

Rio De Janeiro, Aug 26 (AP/UNB) — Leaders of the Group of Seven nations said Sunday they are preparing to help Brazil battle fires burning across the Amazon region and repair the damage as tens of thousands of soldiers got…

Brazil, damage, Disasters, fight, fire, fires, G7 Leaders, repair, to help, vow

G7 leaders vow to help Brazil fight fires, repair damage

August 26, 2019 editorDisasters, Fire, Lead News

Rio De Janeiro, Aug 26 (AP/UNB) — Leaders of the Group of Seven nations said Sunday they are preparing to help Brazil battle fires burning across the Amazon region and repair the d amage as tens of thousands of soldiers…

Brazil, damage, Disasters, fight, fire, fires, G7 Leaders, repair, to help, vow

Amazon fires stir worldwide protests: Brazil deploys the army

August 24, 2019 editorClimate, Disasters

Demonstrators gathered outside Brazilian embassies on Friday to protest against inaction on Amazon fires. Hundreds gathered in cities including London, Madrid and Bogota, calling for Brazilian president Jairo Bolsonaro to act.

Amazon, Brazil, deploys, Disasters, fires, Protest, stir, the army, Worldwide

Brazil looks to future, Peru chases glory at Copa América

July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 Staff ReporterFootball, News, Sports

Rio De Janeiro (AP/UNB) – Can a team that was trashed by the favorites in a major soccer tournament win a final against the same opponent only two weeks later? The answer will be known on Sunday after Copa América…

Brazil, Copa America, Peru, Sports

Neymar leaves Brazil training with knee pain

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 Staff ReporterFootball, News, Sports

May 29 (AP/UNB) – Neymar had to cut short his first full training session with Brazil ahead of the Copa America after the striker appeared to feel pain in his left knee. The 27-year-old Neymar left the field in the…

Brazil, football, knee pain, Neymar, Sports

Plastic polluter: Brazil recycles ‘almost nothing’

May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 sub EditorEnvironment, News

Standing among sacks of used supermarket shopping bags, soft drink bottles and detergent containers, Evelin Marcele is scornful of Brazil’s efforts to recycle plastic waste. “Almost nothing,” said the 40-year-old director of CoopFuturo, a sorting center for recyclable material in…

‘almost, Brazil, plastic, polluter, recycles

In Cannes, a gory Western stands against Bolsonaro’s Brazil

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 editorEntertainment, Int’l relations, News

Cannes, May 17 (AP/UNB) — Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Cannes entry “Bacurau” is a feverish and violent Western about a rural Brazilian community defending itself from a hard-to-comprehend invasion. For the filmmakers, it’s not so different than President Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil.…

a gory Western, against, Bolsonaro, Brazil, In Cannes, stands

Brazil national museum recovers 200 Egypt pieces after fire

May 8, 2019May 8, 2019 Lutfun NaharHeritage, Int’l relations, Last update

Rio De Janeiro, May 8 (AP/UNB)  — Brazil’s national museum said Tuesday it has recovered 200 pieces from its Egypt collection after a devastating fire last September. The collection had 700 pieces and was the largest in Latin America before…

200 Egypt pieces, after fire, Brazil, national museum, recovers

Bolsonaro says Brazil owes world nothing on environment

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 sub EditorEnvironment

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday said his country “does not owe the world anything” when it comes to the environment. The far right leader, who is critical of the Paris climate change accord, was speaking in Chile following Friday’s…

Bolsonaro, Brazil, nothing, owes, says, world

Solar energy crowns social housing programme in Brazil

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 Lutfun NaharColumns, Housing, Int’l relations, Renewable

“Solar energy makes my happiness complete,” said Divina Cardoso dos Santos, owner of one of 740 houses with photovoltaic panels on the rooftops in a settlement on the outskirts of this central Brazilian city.

Brazil, crowns, Energy, Housing, programme, Social, Solar

Diversifying crops to help overcome drought in Brazil

November 10, 2018 Lutfun NaharAgriculture, Climate, Op-Ed

Dozens of trucks used to leave São Gonçalo every day, carrying the local agricultural production, mainly coconuts, to markets throughout Brazil, including the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, more than 2,000 kilometers away.

Brazil, Diversifying crops, Drought

Trump and Bolsonaro: Alarming similarities

October 29, 2018 Lutfun NaharColumns, Conflicts, Politics, Society

Observing recent political developments in the United States and Brazil, there are clearly similarities between the phenomena of ‘Trumpism’ and ‘Bolsonarism’ that do not seem to be a mere coincidence.

Brazil, politics, USA

Jailed ex-leader Lula pulls out of Brazil election

September 12, 2018 editorWorld News

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has pulled out of next month’s presidential election, allowing his running mate to stand in his place. Workers’ Party leader Gleisi Hoffman announced the decision outside the police headquarters where the 72-year-old…

Brazil, Election, Lula, pulls out

Huge fire at Brazil’s 200-year-old national museum

September 3, 2018 editorNews

A huge fire has engulfed the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the oldest scientific institution in the country. Firefighters are tackling the blaze at the building, which contains more than 20 million items in its collection.

Brazil, fire, national museum

Lula must start prison term, rules Brazil Supreme Court

April 5, 2018 editorCourts law, Politics

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be imprisoned while he appeals his corruption conviction, the country’s Supreme Court has ruled. He is facing 12 years in jail on charges of accepting a bribe but had asked to…

Brazil, Court, Lula

Brazil anti-paedophilia operation, 108 arrested

October 21, 2017 editorCrime

Police in Brazil say they have arrested 108 people in the biggest operation ever against paedophiles in Latin America. Suspects were arrested in 24 states and the capital, Brasilia. Justice Minister Torquato Jardim said those detained were part of a…

arrests, Brazil

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