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☆ Brazil lifts ban on X after Elon Musk complies with court orders
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Federal Supreme Court (STF) in Brazil suspends Elon Musk's social network after it fails to comply with orders from Minister Alexandre de Moraes to block accounts of those being investigated by the Brazilian justice system. Elon Musk's X is getting back up and running in Brazil after a months-long standoff between the company and the country's federal supreme court minister, Alexandre de Moraes. "X is proud to return to Brazil," the company wrote in a post on X from its global government affairs account. Rather than comply, Musk initially closed X's headquarters in Brazil, and said he wouldn't employ a legal representative there for a time. G1 Globo news reported that users were regaining access to X on Tuesday after the court authorization.

Persons: Alexandre de Moraes, Elon Musk's, de Moraes, Brazil's, Musk, Voldemort, Moraes, Brazilenese, X, Tim Higgins Organizations: Federal Supreme Court, Elon, SpaceX, Globo Locations: Brazil, Brazilian

On Wednesday, Brazil arrested two people on terrorism charges as part of an operation to take down a suspected Hezbollah cell planning attacks on Brazilian soil. Later that day, Mossad publicly thanked Brazil's police and said, "Given the backdrop of the war in Gaza," Hezbollah was continuing to attack Israeli, Jewish and Western targets. A spokesperson for the Israeli Prime Minister's Office, which oversees the Mossad, had no immediate comment. Brazil's Foreign Ministry told Israel this week that the diplomatic relationship would become unsustainable if any harm were to befall the trapped Brazilians, the sources said. The Iranian government and Hezbollah, an Iran-backed group in Lebanon, could not immediately be reached for comment.

Persons: Brazil's, Flavio Dino, Israel, Dino, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Eli Cohen, Mauro Vieira, Vieira, Daniel Zonshine, Jair Bolsonaro, Lula, Zonshine, Andrei Rodrigues, Rodrigues, Gabriel Stargardter, Maytaal Angel, Jonathan Saul, Andrew Heavens, Brad Haynes, David Gregorio, Leslie Adler Organizations: RIO DE, Brazilian Federal Police, Prime, Office, Mossad, Foreign Ministry, Reuters, O Globo, Wednesday's Federal Police, Federal Police, Hezbollah, Thomson Locations: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Israel, Gaza, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Iran, Lebanon

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Tensions remained high Friday in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the Copa Libertadores soccer final, following a brawl between fan clubs and a fierce police response on the Copacabana beach the previous day. The incident marred the excitement ahead of the game between Brazil’s Fluminense and Argentina’s Boca Juniors, due on Saturday at Rio de Janeiro’s famed Maracana stadium. A mob swept across Copacabana beach, sending hundreds of others stampeding away from the commotion, some clutching caipirinhas and hastily-gathered clothes. The meeting was called after Thursday's brawl on Copacabana that saw nine arrested across the city's affluent southern zone, police said. “Fluminense fans came to take photos with the Argentines and the atmosphere was relaxed until 19:30 when the police arrived, hitting people with batons, firing shots and using tear gas,” Barbero said.

Persons: ”, Brazil Daniel Scioli, “, Facundo Barbero, ” Barbero Organizations: RIO DE, —, Copa Libertadores, Brazil’s Fluminense, Argentina’s Boca Juniors, Rio de, Conmebol, Brazilian Football Confederation, Argentine Football Association, Fluminense, Boca Juniors, Argentine's Diario, Boca, Argentine, Diario, Globo, Fluminense “ Locations: RIO DE JANEIRO, Rio de Janeiro, Maracana, Copacabana, South America, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Argentine, Rio

☆ Fourteen dead in plane crash in Brazil's Amazonas state
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Steven Grattan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SAO PAULO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Fourteen people on a small jet died when the plane crashed in Brazil's northern Amazonas state on Saturday, the state's governor said. The accident took place in the Barcelos province, some 400 km (248 miles) from the state capital, Manaus. "I deeply regret the death of the 12 passengers and two crew members who were victims of the plane crash in Barcelos on Saturday," said Wilson Lima, Governor of Amazonas state on X, formerly known as Twitter. "Our teams have been working from the outset to provide the necessary support. Reporting by Steven Grattan; Editing by David Gregorio and Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Wilson Lima, Governor Lima, Steven Grattan, David Gregorio, Kim Coghill Organizations: SAO PAULO, Brazilian Air Force, Investigation, Prevention, Embraer, O Globo, Governor, Thomson Locations: Brazil's, Amazonas, Barcelos, Manaus, Governor, Lima

☆ Brazil's Americanas faces more debt, asset sales as it restructures
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sources with knowledge of the situation, however, told Reuters that the company shoulders a higher debt load than previously disclosed. Americanas presented the first draft of a legal recovery plan to a court in Rio de Janeiro state, O Globo newspaper reported. In January, the company entered bankruptcy protection after disclosing accounting "inconsistencies" worth 20 billion reais ($3.78 billion). The company said in early March it had offered a 10 billion reais capital injection to its creditors that will come from top shareholders. Sources close to the matter said the company holds debts of more than 50 billion reais, which exceeds the 42 billion reais previously acknowledged during the bankruptcy proceedings.

☆ Brazil's Bolsonaro to appeal to top court ahead of Sunday's election runoff
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Anthony Boadle | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

This further raised concerns about disruptions before or after Sunday's vote pitting Bolsonaro against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. In its ruling on Wednesday, the TSE asked Brazil's top public prosecutor to investigate the possible intention of the Bolsonaro camp to disrupt the election in its final days. Now he has claimed fraud involving campaign radio spots, adding to expectations that he will contest the result if he loses to Lula. Neither the Defense Ministry nor the Army replied to a request for confirmation that the military commanders met with Bolsonaro on Wednesday night. O Globo newspaper reported two weeks ago that Bolsonaro had ordered the military not to publish that finding.

☆ Jaf ca-n filme într-un oraș din Brazilia. Sute de mii de dolari, aruncați pe străzi (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-02 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

O parte din pradă a fost pierdută pe străzi, unde oamenii au ieșit ca să adune bancnotele împrăștiate, sumele strânse fiind de sute de mii de dolari. După ce ostilitățile au încetat polițiștii au descoperit mai multe bombe plasate pe străzi și neexplodate. Poliția militară braziliană a raportat că a fost incendiat un tunel pe drumul principal care duce spre oraș, probabil pentru a împiedica forțele de securitate să trimită întăriri în oraș. Niciunul dintre tâlhari nu a fost reținut. Mașinile pe care le-au folosit ca să intre și să iasă din oraș au fost găsite ulterior în afara acestuia.

Persons: Anselmo Cruz Organizations: BBC, Banco, Banca, Poliția, Globo News Locations: Criciuma, Braziliei, Banco do Brasil

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