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☆ Eve agrees on potential sale of up to 150 flying cars
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SAO PAULO, June 20 (Reuters) - Electric aircraft maker Eve (EVEX.N), controlled by Brazil's Embraer (EMBR3.SA), said on Tuesday it has signed letters of intent for potential sales of its "flying car" to Voar Aviation, Nordic Aviation and Wideroe Zero. Under the new agreements, Eve said in a statement, Voar would operate its eVTOLs in Brazil's main metropolitan areas and popular tourist destinations, such as Sao Paulo, Florianopolis and Salvador. Wideroe Zero's parent Wideroe is already an Embraer customer for conventional jets, currently having three E190-E2 aircraft in its fleet. Its low-carbon unit envisions all domestic short-haul flights to be electric as part of Norway's goal of achieving carbon-neutral aviation by 2040. Reporting by Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Kirsten Donovan and Louise HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Eve, Norway's, Gabriel Araujo, Kirsten Donovan, Louise Heavens Organizations: SAO PAULO, Electric, Brazil's Embraer, EMBR3, Voar Aviation, Nordic Aviation, Wideroe, Nordic, Embraer, Thomson Locations: Brazil's, Sao Paulo, Florianopolis, Salvador, Scandinavia

☆ Neo-Nazi groups multiply in a more conservative Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Steven Grattan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/5] Items seized from a neo-Nazi group who call themselves Crew 38 are displayed in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina state, Brazil April 24, 2023. "Santa Catarina is a land of WHITE PEOPLE, FOR WHITE PEOPLE," the anonymous sender wrote, signing off with the Nazi salute "SIEG HEIL." Researchers at Sao Paulo state's Unicamp university have tracked a more than 10-fold rise in the number of neo-Nazi cells in Brazil since 2015. SOUTHERN HATEThe problem of neo-Nazism is particularly acute in Santa Catarina, a state where many have German and Italian ancestry. The state has the largest proportion of white residents in Brazil, with 84% declaring as white in the last census.

Persons: Cristiano Estrela, Andrea Muller, Jair Bolsonaro's, Adolf Hitler, Bolsonaro, Flavio Dino, CONIB, Guilherme Franco de Andrade, Bolsonaro's, Arthur Lopes, Lopes, Luis Eduardo de Quadros, de Almeida, Steven Grattan, Gabriel Stargardter, Deepa Babington Organizations: Nazi, REUTERS, Reuters, Reuters Graphics, Federal Police, Nazism, Santa, Brazil's, Sao Paulo state's Unicamp, Federal University of Mato, Blacks, Haitian, Thomson Locations: Florianopolis, Santa Catarina state, Brazil, Itajai, Santa Catarina, Haiti, Nazi, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sul, U.S, United States, Europe

☆ Cops on Brazil's campaign trail call for backup as violence spikes
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Gabriel Stargardter | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

They asked the top Federal Police officers in each state to reinforce Lula campaign events with bulletproof cars, tactical teams, drones and intelligence reports. Some of them have responded by stockpiling guns and lashing out at leftists during a tense campaign marred by high-profile cases of violence. Ten years of troubles have resulted in stark political polarization - embodied by Lula and Bolsonaro - that has become increasingly menacing on the campaign trail. BOLSONARO STRONGHOLDSThe Federal Police have also sought to open two other criminal probes over threats to Lula, according to the source. Lula has just 27% support in Santa Catarina, against 49% for Bolsonaro, according to the latest survey by pollster Ipec.

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