Brazil
Brazil’s Bolsonaro signs order endangering Amazon and indigenous rights
January 7, 2019"There's fear, there's pain. This feels like defeat, failure."
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro targets minorities on first day in power
January 3, 2019Sao Paulo’s stock market, meanwhile, jumped to a record high as the government reinforced its intent to privatize state-owned companies.
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60,000 liters of oil spills from pipeline into Brazilian bay
December 10, 2018"It was a leak of significant proportions, with an impact on the mangroves."
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Cuban doctors to leave Brazil courtesy of Jair Bolsonaro
November 21, 2018Cuba’s Ministry of Public Health announced Nov. 14 that some 8,000 Cuban doctors providing health care in Brazil will be returning to Cuba. The action was in response to Brazilian president-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s harsh criticism of...
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Brazil’s new president to put privatization advocate in charge of state oil company
November 19, 2018Bolsonaro is putting a mining executive who wants to privatize public property in charge of the state oil company.
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