Short-Term Debt Is the Main Focus of Brazilian Investment Banks According to Bradesco BBI

Short-term debt is the main focus of Brazilian investment banks according to Bradesco BBI

Brazilian investment banks are focusing on debt issuance in the third quarter, an area that has remained active despite higher interest rates. According to Felipe Thut, director at Bradesco BBI, the investment bank controlled by Banco Bradesco SA (BBDC4.SA), total local debt issuance this year will be around 430 billion… Continue reading

Social Media Platforms Don’t Have Policies to Prevent Insurgency in Brazilian Elections, Says a Report

Social Media Platforms Don't Have Policies to Prevent Insurgency in Brazilian Elections, Says a Report

According to the newspaper Folha de São Paulo, a document signed by 116 entities, warns that of all the social media platforms present in Brazil, only Twitter has policies to prevent calls for uprising against the democratic order or interference in the transmission of power in Brazil that do not… Continue reading

Bolsonaro Mobilizes Evangelicals, Large Landholders, and Businessmen to Attempt a Coup on September 7

Bolsonaro Mobilizes Evangelicals, Large Landholders, and Businessmen to Attempt a Coup on September 7

Bolsonaro’s allies expect election-focused acts but do not rule out attacks by the president against the president of the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court, Alexandre Moraes According to the Folha de São Paulo newspaper, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) wants to use Brazil Independence Day on September 7 to give a… Continue reading

The Lancet Journal Cites the Brazilian Election and Claims Brazil Needs Immediate Change

The Lancet Journal Cites the Brazilian Election and Claims Brazil Needs Immediate Change

In an editorial, the scientific publication draws attention to the disastrous impact that Bolsonaro has had on the pandemic and his disrespectful treatment of indigenous people. This Saturday (3), the scientific journal The Lancet published an editorial (“New Beginnings for Latin America?“) on the Brazilian presidential election. For this, “Brazil… Continue reading

Deforestation in the Xingu Advances Under the Bolsonaro Government and Jeopardizes the ‘Green Shield’ Against Desertification of the Amazon

Deforestation in the Xingu Advances Under the Bolsonaro Government and Jeopardizes the 'Green Shield' Against Desertification of the Amazon

The results of three years of monitoring by Sirad X, the Xingu+ Network’s deforestation detection system, reveal an intensification of conflicts and disputes over land and natural resources in the Xingu Protected Areas. Deforestation, illegal mining, fires, land grabbing, and the impacts of large infrastructure projects threaten the Xingu and… Continue reading

In a TV Interview, Bolsonaro Lies About the Pandemic, Elections, and the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF)

In a TV Interview, Bolsonaro Lies About the Pandemic, Elections, and the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF)

Jair Bolsonaro used on the night of Monday (22/08) his interview to Jornal Nacional (the top-rated prime time news program in Brazil) to again spread unfounded paranoia about the reliability of the electoral system and signaled that he may not respect the results of the polls. Throughout the interview, the… Continue reading

Brazil Is the 4th Most Dangerous Country for Environmentalists

Brazil Is the 4th Most Dangerous Country for Environmentalists

The number of murders of activists linked to environmental causes hit a new record in 2020. Worldwide, 227 people were killed for defending their territories, land rights, livelihoods, and the environment. The data is part of the report The Last Line of Defense, by NGO Global Witness, released on Monday… Continue reading