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In 2022, Brazil’s Pastoral Commission of Lands reported 211 land conflicts in Bahia, making it the third-highest conflict region in the country. [read post]
12 Feb 2012, 8:39 am by Doug Isenberg
An attempt to block Twitter users from alerting drivers to police roadblocks, radar traps and drunk-driving checkpoints could make Brazil the first country to take Twitter up on its plans to censor content at governments’ requests. [read post]
28 Oct 2010, 8:06 am by Simon Lester
From Reuters: Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega will propose at the Group of 20 nations meeting next month that the International Monetary Fund create an index measuring currency manipulation, local media reported on Thursday. [read post]
14 May 2009, 9:44 am
The World Trade Organization (WTO) Council for Trade in Goods voted earlier this week to extend by 10 years the waiver which allows developing countries such as India and Brazil to provide preferential tariff treatment to products from the least... [read post]
30 Dec 2019, 9:05 pm by News Desk
“However, the audit is critical to verify full implementation of the written controls within your country’s meat inspection system. [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 5:07 pm
Over at Eyes on Trade, Todd Tucker had this to say in reaction to the Brazil - Tyres decision:No one would say that Brazil's enviro policy was the perfect solution to the problem. [read post]
5 Apr 2022, 7:18 am by musicandcopyright
Brazil country report In addition to the usual set of music industry statistics and news briefs, the latest issue of Music & Copyright includes a detailed Brazil music industry report. [read post]
26 May 2020, 1:22 pm by Suzan Kern
On May 24, 2020, the White House added Brazil to the list of countries triggering denial of admission to the US if travelers have been physically present in those countries for the preceding 14 days. [read post]
22 Sep 2015, 9:10 am by Taylor Gillan
[JURIST] A Brazil court on Monday sentenced former treasurer of the country's governing Worker's Party [party website, in Portuguese] Joao Vaccari Neto to 15 years and four months in jail for charges stemming from his connection to the Petrobras [official website] corruption scandal. [read post]
26 Jun 2016, 7:13 pm by Emelina Perez
Recent measures taken by Brazil's interim president, Michel Temer [official website, in Portuguese], are "negative steps for a country known for its solid commitment to freedom of opinion and expression," according to a joint statement [press release] by UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye and OAS Inter-American Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression Edison Lanza. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 9:17 am
Brazil will monitor how, or if the US changes are made to the cotton subsidy programs that were deemed trade distorting. [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 6:45 am
The PNMC is also intended to make Brazil a more influential player in global climate change debates, helping to push developed countries to agree to more ambitious emissions cuts and encouraging wealthy countries to essentially pay Brazil to preserve the forest for the benefit of all countries. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 1:06 pm by Brian Baxter
Brazil was a hot market for banking transactions this week, with the country's BTG Pactual and Chile's Celfin Capital reaching agreement on a $600 million merger and a second major Brazilian bank offered $6.8 billion to buy out minority investors in the country's second-largest credit card payment processor. [read post]
11 Jan 2019, 1:12 pm by Isabel Carvalho and Rafael Loureiro
Although the LGPD significantly expands Brazil’s data protection framework and places the country among one of the few jurisdictions to provide similar data privacy protections as those offered in the European Union, the new law did not create a data protection authority. [read post]
18 Oct 2004, 4:11 am
Inspectors for the UN International Atomic Energy Agency are visiting Brazil (official site in Portuguese) Monday to examine the country's efforts to enrich uranium. [read post]
7 Oct 2022, 10:18 am by Karen Gullo
Brazil also has robust data protection safeguards, thanks to the country’s comprehensive data protection law. [read post]
20 Nov 2013, 12:50 am by Samir Jeraj
Critics were quick to point out that the housing record of her home country, Brazil, was far from ideal (and hence missed the point of her being a UN Rapporteur). [read post]