Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting the annual summit of BRICS, a high-prestige stage that offers him an opportunity to showcase his defiance of U.S.-led efforts to isolate his regime and punish the Kremlin for its decision to invade Ukraine more than two years ago.
Mr. Putin’s posturing is clearly meant to send a reassuring signal to average Russians that even though powerful and prosperous democracies in North America, Europe and East Asia have turned the diplomatic and economic screws on Russia since the Ukraine invasion, their nation is neither contained nor ostracized.
The 2024 BRICS summit, the sixteenth gathering of a group that originally included just Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, runs from October 22-24 in the Russian city of Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan. Mr. Putin will welcome both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leaders of the world’s most populous countries and, respectively, the world’s second- and fifth-largest economies.
The grouping has grown markedly in recent years: The leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Turkey, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates are coming to Kazan, though Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, citing health concerns, will attend via video conference.
In all, up to 32 foreign delegations, including those from rising economies such as Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, are anticipated. There is even speculation that North Korea, whose relations with Russia have been warming rapidly, may send a delegation.
Another question is whether the body will, in the wake of the summit, expedite the membership of NATO member Turkey, which has announced its desire to join.
Brazil Reaches $23 Billion Settlement with Mining Firms over 2015 Environmental Disaster
Brazil's federal government on Friday reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with the mining companies responsible for a 2015 dam collapse that the government said was the country's worst-ever environmental disaster.
Under the agreement, Samarco — a joint venture of Brazilian mining giant Vale and Anglo-Australian firm BHP — will pay 132 billion reais ($23 billion) over 20 years to compensate for human, environmental and infrastructure damage caused by the release of an immense amount of toxic mining waste into a major river in southeastern Minas Gerais state, killing 19 people and ravaging entire villages.
“We are fixing a disaster that could have been avoided, but wasn’t,” President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said in a hall of the presidential palace, surrounded by governors of the affected states, members of his administration, reporters and victims.
Lula's speech, filled with criticism of what he called the mining companies’ irresponsibility in chasing profit over safety, was met with applause from the audience.
The toxic sludge — enough to fill 13,000 Olympic-size swimming pools — flowed down the Doce River for 420 miles to the Atlantic Ocean, contaminating waterways and coastal areas in two neighboring states.
Slight Progress in Global Biodiversity Protection Efforts but Some Species Decline, New Reports Find
Global efforts to protect the world's plants and animals have made slight progress and some species remain in serious decline, according to two reports released Monday at a major United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia.
A report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) evaluated global progress since its biodiversity report in 2020. Two years ago, 196 countries signed a historic treaty to protect biodiversity on 30% of the planet by 2030.
The biodiversity summit underway in Cali, Colombia is a follow-up to the 2022 accord in Montreal, which includes 23 measures to halt and reverse nature loss. One calls for putting 30% of the planet and 30% of degraded ecosystems under protection by 2030.
Brazil's Federal Police requested the extradition of dozens of people who had fled the country after being accused of storming top government offices last year,
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Federal Police requested the extradition of dozens of people who had fled the country after being accused of storming top government offices last year, in an alleged bid to forcefully restore former President Jair Bolsonaro to office, two sources familiar with the police request told the Associated Press on Wednesday.
The police sent their request to the Supreme Court’s Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who remitted it to the Justice Ministry, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. One of them said the request targets 63 people, most believed to be in neighboring Argentina.
De Moraes oversees the extensive investigation into the Jan. 8 rampage in the capital, Brasilia, and has prohibited suspects and those convicted from leaving the country.
Bolsonaro - who is a target of the investigation himself - and his allies deny wrongdoing and say they are victims of political persecution, echoing former U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s characterization of his legal woes. He repeatedly sowed doubt about the reliability of Brazil’s voting system, never conceded defeat in the October 2022 presidential election and declined to attend President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s swearing-in.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday canceled his trip to Russia for a BRICS summit after an accident at home that left him with a cut in the neck, his office said.
SAO PAULO — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday canceled his trip to Russia for a BRICS summit after an accident at home that left him with a cut in the neck, his office said.
The 78-year-old leader was scheduled to attend a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies in the city of Kazan from Tuesday to Thursday this week.
Hospital Sirio Libanês in Sao Paulo said in a statement that the leftist leader was instructed not to take long distance trips, but can keep his other activities. Doctors Roberto Kalil and Ana Heleno Germoglio said they will regularly check on Lula’s recovery.
Brazil’s presidency said in a separate statement that Lula will take part in the summit by videoconference and will continue his work in capital Brasilia this week. It did not disclose details about what caused the president’s injury.
Voters in Brazil’s biggest city, Sao Paulo, started going to the polls Sunday in a mayoral race pitting incumbent Mayor Ricardo Nunes against leftist lawmaker Guilherme Boulos.
Nunes has lukewarm support from former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro while Boulos is an ally of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Different polls published Saturday showed Nunes, who inherited the mayorship after Bruno Covas died of cancer in 2021, is the favorite to win. His advantage against Boulos is greater than the margin of error of the Datafolha and Quaest polls.
Boulos, in a last-ditch effort for exposure, on Friday accepted an invitation to debate self-help guru turned far-right politician Pablo Marçal, who finished third in the first round of voting on Oct. 7. At the end of the debate, Marçal urged his voters not to vote Sunday. Lower turnout could work against Nunes.
Most of the attention in this year’s round of municipal elections in Brazil has been on Sao Paulo, where the race was marred by episodes of violence involving Marçal in the first round of voting. Boulos, a longtime housing advocate for the poor, has been campaigning nonstop to avoid his second consecutive defeat in the race.
Other Brazilian cities with more than 200,000 registered voters are also holding mayoral elections.
In Rio de Janeiro, incumbent Mayor Eduardo Paes was reelected in the first round of voting for his fourth, non-consecutive term. Paes, an enthusiastic fan of Carnival, had Lula’s support but focused his campaign on local issues against Bolsonaro’s candidate, Alexandre Ramagem.
Brazilians will be also watching closely for results in Belo Horizonte, one of the country’s biggest cities, where polls suggest Mayor Fuad Noman faces a close race with pro-Bolsonaro candidate Bruno Engler.
Brazil’s environmental agency has levied $64 million in fines against 23 meatpacking companies and their suppliers for buying and selling cattle raised illegally on deforested land in the Amazon.
The operation, dubbed Cold Meat 2, launched last week. It tracked 18,000 head of cattle raised in 100 square miles of pasture that has been banned for commercial use due to illegal deforestation. The agents also apprehended 8,854 head of cattle found inside the restricted areas. News of the fines began emerging over the weekend.
Cattle raising is the main driver of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, with 90% of the area cleared between 1985 and 2023 converted to pasture. That represents 227,800 square miles, slightly larger than France. As a result, 14% of the Amazon is covered by grazing land, according to MapBiomas, a network of nongovernmental organizations that monitor land use.
“We are inspecting the production chain to hold offenders accountable for acquiring products from deforestation and to ensure that crime does not pay,” Jair Schmitt, chief of environmental protection at Brazil’s federal environmental agency, known as Ibama, told The Associated Press.
Among those fined was JBS, the world’s largest meat-packing company. JBS has applied to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, a move that has faced opposition from some U.S. lawmakers and environmental nonprofits. It’s not clear when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may make a decision on JBS’ bid.
The JBS fine was $108,000 for purchasing 1,231 head of cattle, the fifth largest penalty among the fined companies.
Ainda tô me adapatando com o teclado do meu irmão... é completamente diferetente em algumas posições onde ficam algumas teclas essenciais como por exemplo o delete e o print screen... Mas vou sobreviver. Pelo menos o S funciona kkkk...
Ontem caiu uma chuva pesada aqui. Estava no trânsito, pois tive que buscar a patroa... Esse tipo de chuva eu até evito de sair de casa, mas como eu já estava no caminho, então tive que ir mesmo assim.
Felizmente deu tudo certo e na volta a chuva até amenizou.
Lembrete, galera: temos uma lista para brasileiros ativos nas Threads. Eu frequentemente passo por ela votando em todo mundo que interage aqui pelas threads. Caso queira fazer parte é só responder aqui
Vladimir Putin embraces diplomatic limelight as leaders of expanded BRICS gather in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting the annual summit of BRICS, a high-prestige stage that offers him an opportunity to showcase his defiance of U.S.-led efforts to isolate his regime and punish the Kremlin for its decision to invade Ukraine more than two years ago.
Mr. Putin’s posturing is clearly meant to send a reassuring signal to average Russians that even though powerful and prosperous democracies in North America, Europe and East Asia have turned the diplomatic and economic screws on Russia since the Ukraine invasion, their nation is neither contained nor ostracized.
#putin #brazil #brics #brazil
The 2024 BRICS summit, the sixteenth gathering of a group that originally included just Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, runs from October 22-24 in the Russian city of Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan. Mr. Putin will welcome both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leaders of the world’s most populous countries and, respectively, the world’s second- and fifth-largest economies.
The grouping has grown markedly in recent years: The leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Turkey, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates are coming to Kazan, though Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, citing health concerns, will attend via video conference.
In all, up to 32 foreign delegations, including those from rising economies such as Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, are anticipated. There is even speculation that North Korea, whose relations with Russia have been warming rapidly, may send a delegation.
Another question is whether the body will, in the wake of the summit, expedite the membership of NATO member Turkey, which has announced its desire to join.
Brazil Reaches $23 Billion Settlement with Mining Firms over 2015 Environmental Disaster
Brazil Reaches $23 Billion Settlement with Mining Firms over 2015 Environmental Disaster
Brazil's federal government on Friday reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with the mining companies responsible for a 2015 dam collapse that the government said was the country's worst-ever environmental disaster.
#brazil #mining #disaster #settlement #environment
Under the agreement, Samarco — a joint venture of Brazilian mining giant Vale and Anglo-Australian firm BHP — will pay 132 billion reais ($23 billion) over 20 years to compensate for human, environmental and infrastructure damage caused by the release of an immense amount of toxic mining waste into a major river in southeastern Minas Gerais state, killing 19 people and ravaging entire villages.
“We are fixing a disaster that could have been avoided, but wasn’t,” President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said in a hall of the presidential palace, surrounded by governors of the affected states, members of his administration, reporters and victims.
Lula's speech, filled with criticism of what he called the mining companies’ irresponsibility in chasing profit over safety, was met with applause from the audience.
The toxic sludge — enough to fill 13,000 Olympic-size swimming pools — flowed down the Doce River for 420 miles to the Atlantic Ocean, contaminating waterways and coastal areas in two neighboring states.
Slight Progress in Global Biodiversity Protection Efforts but Some Species Decline, New Reports Find
Slight Progress in Global Biodiversity Protection Efforts but Some Species Decline, New Reports Find
Global efforts to protect the world's plants and animals have made slight progress and some species remain in serious decline, according to two reports released Monday at a major United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia.
#hedgehogs #colombia #brazil
A report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) evaluated global progress since its biodiversity report in 2020. Two years ago, 196 countries signed a historic treaty to protect biodiversity on 30% of the planet by 2030.
The biodiversity summit underway in Cali, Colombia is a follow-up to the 2022 accord in Montreal, which includes 23 measures to halt and reverse nature loss. One calls for putting 30% of the planet and 30% of degraded ecosystems under protection by 2030.
Brazil federal police seeking extradition of Bolsonaro supporters from Argentina
Brazil's Federal Police requested the extradition of dozens of people who had fled the country after being accused of storming top government offices last year,
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Federal Police requested the extradition of dozens of people who had fled the country after being accused of storming top government offices last year, in an alleged bid to forcefully restore former President Jair Bolsonaro to office, two sources familiar with the police request told the Associated Press on Wednesday.
#brazil #argentina #extradition #bolsonaro
The police sent their request to the Supreme Court’s Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who remitted it to the Justice Ministry, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. One of them said the request targets 63 people, most believed to be in neighboring Argentina.
De Moraes oversees the extensive investigation into the Jan. 8 rampage in the capital, Brasilia, and has prohibited suspects and those convicted from leaving the country.
Bolsonaro - who is a target of the investigation himself - and his allies deny wrongdoing and say they are victims of political persecution, echoing former U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s characterization of his legal woes. He repeatedly sowed doubt about the reliability of Brazil’s voting system, never conceded defeat in the October 2022 presidential election and declined to attend President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s swearing-in.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva cancels trip to Russia for BRICS summit after an accident
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday canceled his trip to Russia for a BRICS summit after an accident at home that left him with a cut in the neck, his office said.
SAO PAULO — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday canceled his trip to Russia for a BRICS summit after an accident at home that left him with a cut in the neck, his office said.
The 78-year-old leader was scheduled to attend a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies in the city of Kazan from Tuesday to Thursday this week.
#brazil #president #brics #summit
Hospital Sirio Libanês in Sao Paulo said in a statement that the leftist leader was instructed not to take long distance trips, but can keep his other activities. Doctors Roberto Kalil and Ana Heleno Germoglio said they will regularly check on Lula’s recovery.
Brazil’s presidency said in a separate statement that Lula will take part in the summit by videoconference and will continue his work in capital Brasilia this week. It did not disclose details about what caused the president’s injury.
Voters in Brazil’s largest city choose a mayor following tumultuous campaign
Voters in Brazil’s biggest city, Sao Paulo, started going to the polls Sunday in a mayoral race pitting incumbent Mayor Ricardo Nunes against leftist lawmaker Guilherme Boulos.
Nunes has lukewarm support from former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro while Boulos is an ally of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Different polls published Saturday showed Nunes, who inherited the mayorship after Bruno Covas died of cancer in 2021, is the favorite to win. His advantage against Boulos is greater than the margin of error of the Datafolha and Quaest polls.
#brazil #saopaulo #polls #elections #voting #jairbolsonaro
Boulos, in a last-ditch effort for exposure, on Friday accepted an invitation to debate self-help guru turned far-right politician Pablo Marçal, who finished third in the first round of voting on Oct. 7. At the end of the debate, Marçal urged his voters not to vote Sunday. Lower turnout could work against Nunes.
Most of the attention in this year’s round of municipal elections in Brazil has been on Sao Paulo, where the race was marred by episodes of violence involving Marçal in the first round of voting. Boulos, a longtime housing advocate for the poor, has been campaigning nonstop to avoid his second consecutive defeat in the race.
Other Brazilian cities with more than 200,000 registered voters are also holding mayoral elections.
In Rio de Janeiro, incumbent Mayor Eduardo Paes was reelected in the first round of voting for his fourth, non-consecutive term. Paes, an enthusiastic fan of Carnival, had Lula’s support but focused his campaign on local issues against Bolsonaro’s candidate, Alexandre Ramagem.
Brazilians will be also watching closely for results in Belo Horizonte, one of the country’s biggest cities, where polls suggest Mayor Fuad Noman faces a close race with pro-Bolsonaro candidate Bruno Engler.
Brazil fines meatpacking companies, including giant JBS, for buying illegally raised cattle
Brazil’s environmental agency has levied $64 million in fines against 23 meatpacking companies and their suppliers for buying and selling cattle raised illegally on deforested land in the Amazon.
The operation, dubbed Cold Meat 2, launched last week. It tracked 18,000 head of cattle raised in 100 square miles of pasture that has been banned for commercial use due to illegal deforestation. The agents also apprehended 8,854 head of cattle found inside the restricted areas. News of the fines began emerging over the weekend.
#brazil #meatpacking #jbs
Cattle raising is the main driver of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, with 90% of the area cleared between 1985 and 2023 converted to pasture. That represents 227,800 square miles, slightly larger than France. As a result, 14% of the Amazon is covered by grazing land, according to MapBiomas, a network of nongovernmental organizations that monitor land use.
“We are inspecting the production chain to hold offenders accountable for acquiring products from deforestation and to ensure that crime does not pay,” Jair Schmitt, chief of environmental protection at Brazil’s federal environmental agency, known as Ibama, told The Associated Press.
Among those fined was JBS, the world’s largest meat-packing company. JBS has applied to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, a move that has faced opposition from some U.S. lawmakers and environmental nonprofits. It’s not clear when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may make a decision on JBS’ bid.
The JBS fine was $108,000 for purchasing 1,231 head of cattle, the fifth largest penalty among the fined companies.
Parece até que um fdp fica brincando com o "botão" ligando e desligando...
Faltou energia agora aqui em casa e felizmente voltou. É chato demais quando isso acontece.
Bora que bora meu mano.
Ainda tô me adapatando com o teclado do meu irmão... é completamente diferetente em algumas posições onde ficam algumas teclas essenciais como por exemplo o delete e o print screen... Mas vou sobreviver. Pelo menos o S funciona kkkk...
Boa tarde pessoal!
Ontem caiu uma chuva pesada aqui. Estava no trânsito, pois tive que buscar a patroa... Esse tipo de chuva eu até evito de sair de casa, mas como eu já estava no caminho, então tive que ir mesmo assim.
Felizmente deu tudo certo e na volta a chuva até amenizou.
Meus votos não são nada de mais mas qualquer trocado ajuda né... além disso estou com planos bem ousados de expansão para os próximos meses
Todo voto conta, é válido e é bem legal quando vemos que ao longo do tempo vai dando resultado, mesmo que seja quase imperceptível.
Mas, dito isso, deu bom! hahaha
Boa! Parabéns!
É muito bom quando a gente acerta às vezes.
Manhã bem produtiva por aqui!
Já fui ao mercado, fiz feira e já resolvi umas coisas do trabalho
Bom começar o dia assim que tira muito a pressão ao longo do expediente
Finalmente consegui um tempo pra fazer uma coisa que tava querendo fazer há dias
Venho falando bastante sobre $RUNE por aqui. Não é a toa hehhe
Claro que não devem tomar nada do que eu falo como indicação de investimento
Falo apenas do que eu faço e as movimentações que estou percebendo
FInal de ano eu acho que vai ser relativamente tranquilo por aqui... já o começo do ano que vem vai ser altamente incerto
Em um assunto totalmente aleatório: comprei rabanete hoje kkkk mil anos que não como
eita, batendo fominha já e não é nem 11h ainda hahah
Lembrete, galera: temos uma lista para brasileiros ativos nas Threads. Eu frequentemente passo por ela votando em todo mundo que interage aqui pelas threads. Caso queira fazer parte é só responder aqui
Boa mano! Espero que mais brs possam aparecer na plataforma com mais frequência.
Não preciso nem falar, mas só pra deixar claro: não custa nada, não tem nenhuma condição ou regra hahahah
https://inleo.io/threads/view/tokenizedsociety/re-tokenizedsociety-2pu9dhs22?referral=tokenizedsociety
Bora trabalhar!
Quando der alguma brecha eu volto por aqui