Whatever Bolsonaro ultimately decides, the U.S. pressure campaign has clearly altered the future of Bolsonaro clan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/world/politics/bolsonaro-family-dynasty-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #jairbolsonaro
What a massively sleazy company Uber is -- see this breakdown of how it profits by systematically screwing drivers and riders.
https://len-sherman.medium.com/how-uber-became-a-cash-generating-machine-ef78e7a97230
Take a taxi, if you can still find one.
@dangillmor I have the impression that #Uber works out quite well for customers as well as drivers in #Brazil. The drivers appear pretty happy with their work.
@cstross @GinevraCat I am amused by the latest scheme in Europe - sleeper buses (rather than sleeper trains)
Twiliner - The new way of Travel https://share.google/vXeUwz86QYyjI6sn2
The head of Brazil's football federation on Tuesday said he had nixed the much-derided idea of the national team wearing red — the color associated with the ruling leftist party — in the 2026 World Cup. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/08/20/soccer/brazil-nixes-red-jersey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #soccer #brazil #2026worldcup #nike
Brazil is rejecting Washington’s allegations of unfair trade practices, describing an investigation the U.S. Trade Representative launched into the matter as an illegitimate use of unilateral U.S. trade law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/19/brazil-us-probe-trade-practices/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #brazil #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
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A Ursal.zone é uma instância moderada com foco em militantes progressistas, feministas e antifascistas da América Latina.
Sobre: https://ursal.zone/about
Administrado por: @Ursalzona
#FeaturedServer#AméricaLatina#Português#Brasil#Brazil#Brasileira #LatinAmerica#Mastodon #Fediverse#FreeFediverse
A Ursal.zone é uma instância moderada com foco em militantes progressistas, feministas e antifascistas da América Latina.
Sobre: https://ursal.zone/about
Administrado por: @Ursalzona
#FeaturedServer#AméricaLatina#Português#Brasil#Brazil#Brasileira #LatinAmerica#Mastodon #Fediverse#FreeFediverse
COP30 is set to take place into the heart of Brazil's Amazon rain forest, but the event risks being defined by a looming logistical fiasco. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/14/world/politics/lula-cop30-amazon-logistical-mess/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #environment#cop30 #luizinacioluladasilva
Michael Foster
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"“If Brazil makes strides in its regulation, it could inspire other countries…” said Francisco Cruz, a law professor
#Brazil, led by the Supreme Court and Justice Moraes, has taken some of the most aggressive steps of any country in tackling online #misinformation, saying it undermines the country’s #democracy.
If tech companies succeed in influencing Brazilian regulation, the #tariffs could deliver a major, if quieter, victory for the American leader and his allies."
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke with his Chinese counterpart following talks with the leaders of India and Russia as part of his outreach after the nation became a target of the U.S. trade war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/world/politics/lula-xi-modi-putin-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #luizinacioluladasilva #china #xijinping #india #narendramodi #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #us #donaldtrump #g20 #brics
"“If Brazil makes strides in its regulation, it could inspire other countries…” said Francisco Cruz, a law professor
#Brazil, led by the Supreme Court and Justice Moraes, has taken some of the most aggressive steps of any country in tackling online #misinformation, saying it undermines the country’s #democracy.
If tech companies succeed in influencing Brazilian regulation, the #tariffs could deliver a major, if quieter, victory for the American leader and his allies."
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked trade with his Brazilian counterpart and is expected to head to China for the first time in seven years in August, against the backdrop of worsening ties with the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/asia-pacific/politics/modi-brazil-china-trade-ties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #india #brazil #donaldtrump #china #trade #tariffs
'I won't humiliate myself': Brazil's president sees no point in tariff talks with Trump. 👏
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sees no point for direct talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on tariffs, which he said would likely be a "humiliation," even as goods from his country incur high rates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/world/politics/brazil-president-tariff-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #luizinacioluladasilva #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
Jair Bolsonaro was ordered into house arrest by a justice of Brazil’s top court who said the former president disobeyed a ban from using social media while standing trial for an alleged coup attempt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/world/politics/bolsonaro-house-arrest-brazil-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #jairbolsonaro #southamerica
Thousands of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took to the streets in support of U.S. President Donald Trump's pressure campaign against the trial of his right-wing ally over a coup plot. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/world/politics/bolsonaro-rally-trump-brazil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #jairbolsonaro #us #donaldtrump
U.S. President Donald Trump has slapped dozens of trading partners with steep tariffs ahead of a Friday trade deal deadline, including a 35% duty on many goods from Canada. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/01/economy/trump-tariff-dozens/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #mexico #trade #tariffs #china #southkorea #india #canada #brazil
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s defiant response to Donald Trump’s 50% tariff threat was validated Wednesday — at least in the short term — with markets and businesses breathing a collective sigh of relief at the long list of exemptions to the levies.
Contrast this with the EU folding unconditionally.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/lula-defiance-pays-off-trump-113119274.html
der.hans
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No One Is Defying #Trump Like Brazil’s President
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of #Brazil during an interview with The New York Times on Tuesday at the Alvorada Palace in Brasília.
Faced with threats of 50% #tariffs & demands to end a #criminal case, President Luiz Inácio #Lula da Silva said he wouldn’t take orders from Trump.
#geopolitics #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/world/americas/brazil-president-lula-trump-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare