This is Brazil by the Numbers, a weekly digest of the most interesting figures tucked inside the latest news about Brazil. A selection of numbers that help explain what is going on in Brazil. This week: environmental fines out of control, IMF improves growth expectation for Brazil, prison break in Paraguay, the education system at risk, indigenous people demand their rights.
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If last year’s Amazon fires and oil spills on the northeastern coast weren’t enough, Brazil’s environmental protection agency (Ibama) has a new problem to solve. An issue with the updating of the agency’s system, in October 2019, has prevented the proper storage of several infraction notices drawn up by environmental officials across the country. The bug began in the middle of the implantation of a new data process, and there is no deadline for the problem to be solved. According to Ibama officials, there’s a serious risk that these fines will never be...
Who is Magda Chambriard, the next CEO of Petrobras? This week, Jean Paul Prates stepped…
Data from the 2022 Census released today by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics…
Much has changed since President Luis Abinader of the Dominican Republic first came to prominence…
The Federal Prosecution Office said the investigation into a coup attempt led by former far-right…
Following the interest rate easing cycle initiated by the Brazilian Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee…
Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday approved a lackluster bill with regulations for climate change adaptation plans,…