Brazilian congressional committee votes for bill to ban abortion
Brasilia, Brazil Reuters A committee in Brazil’s lower chamber of Congress approved a bill on Wednesday that would ban abortion in Brazil in all cases including those currently allowed such as fetal deformation, rape or when the mother’s health is in danger. The Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee, where conservatives have a majority, voted 35 […]
Brazil police report: Bolsonaro directly involved in 2022 coup plot
Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Brazil’s federal police presented evidence to the Supreme Court that former President Jair Bolsonaro was directly involved in plotting a coup to overturn the outcome of the 2022 election he lost, according to an 884-page report unsealed on Tuesday. That final police report, the result of a nearly two-year investigation, lays out […]
Brazil police accuse Bolsonaro and ex-ministers of 2022 coup plot
Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro plotted a coup to overturn the 2022 election along with dozens of ex-ministers and senior aides, federal police said in a formal accusation filed on Thursday with the country’s Supreme Court. The final police report caps a nearly two-year investigation into Bolsonaro’s role in the election-denying movement […]
Brazilian police uncover military plot to kill Lula before 2023 inauguration
Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested five people, including a member of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s cabinet, suspected of involvement in an alleged plan to kill then-President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2022, days before he took office. Documents seized by police revealed a plan to shoot or poison Lula and his […]
Lula urges G20 leaders to move faster on net zero climate targets
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Reuters Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday urged leaders of the Group of 20 major economies to accelerate their national climate targets, calling on them to reach net zero climate emissions five to 10 years ahead of schedule. Opening the last session of the G20 summit in Rio […]
Biden pledges record $US4 billion to World Bank fund for poorest countries
Washington DC, US Reuters US President Joe Biden pledged a $US4 billion US contribution to the World Bank’s International Development Association fund for the world’s poorest countries, two sources with knowledge of the commitment said on Monday. Biden announced the US pledge during a closed session of the Group of 20 summit in Rio de […]
G20 talks in Rio reach breakthrough on climate finance, sources say
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Reuters Diplomatic tensions over global warming spilled over into the G20 summit negotiations in Brazil this week, with sources saying the 20 major economies reached a fragile consensus on climate finance that had eluded UN talks in Azerbaijan. Heads of state arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for the G20 […]
Biden visits Amazon rainforest en route to G20 summit in Rio
Manaus, Brazil Reuters Joe Biden became the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon rainforest on Sunday, flagging the dangers of global warming often dismissed by President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to scrap measures to fight climate change. Biden flew from Lima, Peru, to Manaus, Brazil, the largest city in the Amazon, to […]
G20 diplomats hit snags on climate, taxation and Ukraine, sources say
Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies struggled on Saturday to overcome differences on paying to tackle climate change, taxing the super rich and addressing the Ukraine war as they negotiated a joint statement before their leaders’ summit. The G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday and Tuesday comes as […]
Brazil judge says suicide bomber wanted to blow up Supreme Court
Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said on Thursday that the suicide bomber who tried to get into the top court on Wednesday had intended to blow up the building, casting it as part of a growing wave of attacks on democracy. The explosions outside the court and in a nearby […]