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☆ Dengue cases top 5.2 million in the Americas as outbreak passes yearly record, PAHO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Michael Rios | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Dengue cases are surging in the Americas, with cases reported topping 5.2 million as of this week, surpassing a yearly record set in 2023, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). PAHO spokesperson Ashley Baldwin told CNN Thursday that 5,214,480 cases of dengue have been reported in the Americas as of Wednesday. In all of 2023, the total number of cases reported in the region was 4,572,765. “We are in an emergency situation because of dengue,” PAHO Director Jarbas Barbosa said in a news briefing Thursday. Early detection and access to proper medical care will reduce the probability of dying due to severe dengue,” Baldwin added.

Persons: PAHO, Ashley Baldwin, ”, Jarbas Barbosa, ” Baldwin, Barbosa, Agustin Marcarian, Eraldo Peres, Baldwin Organizations: CNN, Pan American Health Organization, Reuters Public, AP, US Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, World Health Organization, Virgin Islands Locations: Americas, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Peru, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ceilandia, Brasilia, Puerto Rico, Virgin, American Samoa

☆ Brazilian Lawmakers Advance Country’s Regulated Carbon Market
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Paulo Trevisani | Luciana Magalhaes | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

A Brazilian carbon market would be an important addition to an expanding network of cap-and-trade systems around the world. Brazilian agricultural producers and miners hope the carbon market will help overcome headwinds in developed markets where consumers often associate them with deforestation. Exporters of manufactured goods using Brazilian grains, meat, iron-ore and other raw materials could also get a boost if carbon regulation improves the country’s environmental credentials, according to Brazilian business executives. Sen. Tereza Cristina —a former agriculture and livestock minister—defended the decision to exclude the sector from carbon regulation. “The farm sector isn’t ready for the regulated carbon market,” she said.

Persons: Eraldo Peres, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Flávio Roscoe, ”, Marcio Astrini, Tereza Cristina —, —, Fábio Passos, Passos, Paulo Trevisani, Luciana Magalhaes Organizations: Associated Press, United, Observatory, Sen, Business, Bayer’s, luciana.magalhaes@wsj.com Locations: Brazil, Associated Press Brazil, Nations, United Nations, Pennsylvania, Minas Gerais, Europe, Latin America, paulo.trevisani@wsj.com

☆ Brazilian Police Search Home of Ex-President Bolsonaro in Vaccine Probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Luciana Magalhaes | Samantha Pearson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Jair Bolsonaro denied wrongdoing, telling reporters in Brasília on Wednesday that he didn’t try to pretend he was vaccinated against Covid-19. Photo: Eraldo Peres/Associated PressSÃO PAULO—Brazil’s federal police raided the home of former President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasília on Wednesday as part of a probe into allegations that he faked Covid-19 vaccination records for himself and family members to travel to the U.S., according to a person close to the investigation. The police said it issued 16 search warrants and 6 arrest warrants in Brasília and Rio de Janeiro as part of an investigation into the alleged “insertion of false Covid-19 vaccination data” into government databases in 2021 and 2022. The data was allegedly used to fake vaccination certificates to deceive authorities in Brazil and the U.S.

☆ Ukraine and Russia turn toward the Americas; Zelensky speaks to Mexican lawmakers
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday appealed to Mexico’s Congress for support in the war against Russia, as both Kyiv and Moscow seek to reinforce ties in the Americas. Zelensky’s appeal comes after many Latin American countries have adopted a policy of non-intervention over the war in Ukraine, rebuffing efforts led by United States President Joe Biden to unite the global community in opposition to Russia’s invasion. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has raised eyebrows among Ukraine supporters for criticizing Western arms shipments into Kyiv. Still, Mexico has voted alongside the United States in UN resolutions calling for Russia to leave Ukraine. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, talks with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira as he leaves Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Monday.

☆ Brazil presents charges against Jan. 8 pro-Bolsonaro riot participants
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

BRASILIA, Brazil — The office of Brazil’s prosecutor-general has presented its first charges against some of the thousands of people who authorities say stormed government buildings in an effort to overturn former President Jair Bolsonaro’s loss in the October election. More than a thousand people were arrested on the day of the Jan. 8 riot, which bore strong similarities to the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Congress by mobs who wanted to overturn former President Donald Trump’s loss in November’s election. “The ultimate objective of the attack ... was the installation of an alternative government regime.”Supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro rifle through papers on a desk after storming the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on Jan. 8. Eraldo Peres / APThe attackers were not charged with terrorism because under Brazilian law such a charge must involve xenophobia or prejudice based on race, ethnicity or religion. The prosecutor-general’s office sent its charges to the Supreme Court after the Senate’s president, Rodrigo Pacheco, last week provided a list of people accused of rampaging through Congress.

☆ Brazilian judge orders arrest of Bolsonaro’s ex-minister after Brasília rampage
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

BRASILIA, Brazil — A Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordered the arrest on Tuesday of the capital’s most recent public security chief after supporters of right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro led a rampage through government buildings. Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro storm the National Congress building in Brasília on Sunday. In the arrest warrant, Moraes cited their failure to ensure proper security forces were in place. A Reuters witness spotted police at the Torres family residence in an upscale Brasília neighborhood, where a resident said they left carrying bags. His son, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, denied on Tuesday that the former president was responsible for the riots on Sunday.

Chaos struck Brazil's capital Sunday when supporters of far right former President Jair Bolsonaro descended on government buildings, breached them, climbed on a rooftop and broke windows. Leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, sworn in Jan. 1, responded by authorizing federal intervention in the Federal District until the end of January. Many among the demonstrators wore the national colors of Brazil, yellow and green, associated in recent years with Bolsonaro supporters. Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walks in Planalto Palace after it was stormed by supporters of Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia on Sunday. Eraldo Peres / APIbaneis Rocha, the governor of Brazil’s capital district, said more than 400 people involved in the demonstrations and breaches have been arrested.

☆ Photos and video of chaos in Brazil show an eerily familiar sight for Americans as supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally, storm the country's Congress 2 years after the US Capitol riot
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brazil's Congress Sunday with complaints of a stolen election. Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, storm the the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, sit in front of police after inside Planalto Palace after storming it, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, storm the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, clash with police as they storm the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023.

Chaos struck Brazil's capital on Sunday, when supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attacked the country's Congress by climbing on top of its roof and breaking the glass in its windows. Supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro rifle through papers on a desk in Planalto Palace, the workplace of Brazil's president, in Brasilia on Sunday. Eraldo Peres / APLula da Silva held a televised address Sunday where he authorized federal intervention within the Federal District until the end of January. Democracy guarantees the right to free expression, but it also requires people to respect institutions," the president tweeted. "And you know that there are several speeches by the former president encouraging this," Lula da Silva said.

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