The Ministry of Economy announces a measure to decrease the price of importation tariffs by 10%, amid an increase in inflation, which reached two digits in Brazil. The government also argued that the COVID-19 pandemic in the country has increased the prices of food. 2021-11-5
The Brazilian Senate votes to charge President Jair Bolsonaro over his controversial handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The charges include crimes against humanity, incitement to crime, falsification of documents and the violation of social rights. Brazil's COVID-19 death toll is second only to that of the United States. 2021-10-27
Gettr CEO and former Donald Trump 2020 campaign adviser Jason Miller is detained following a CPAC event in Brazil. 2021-09-7
On Independence Day, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and his main opponent, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, hold rallies in different cities to mark the anniversary. 2021-09-7
President Jair Bolsonaro signs a law allowing vaccine and medication patents to be broken in situations of public health emergency in Brazil, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021-09-2
The Federal Police of Brazil reveals an investigation against Environment Minister Ricardo Salles, IBAMA president Eduardo Bim and other high-ranking officials for facilitating illegal logging in the Amazon region. Salles's fiscal and banking secrecies are lifted, and Bim is suspended from his post. 2021-05-19
Family and friends of Brazilian Workers' Party activist Rodrigo Pilha, who has been imprisoned for over a month after displaying a banner calling President Jair Bolsonaro "genocidal" over poor management of the COVID-19 pandemic, say that he was beaten and tortured in prison by wardens. 2021-04-30
The footage also shows Environment Minister Ricardo Salles calling for the deregulation of environmental policies while the press is "distracted" by the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020-05-22
Hundreds of thousands of students, schoolteachers and university professors hold demonstrations across Brazil against sweeping cuts in the education budget. Protestors also voice opposition to the government's plan to delegate the administrative and financial management of federal universities and institutes to a privately-held fund. 2019-08-13