Category: brazil
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Zelensky wanted war, says Brazil’s former president Lula
In an interview with Time Magazine, the former President of Brazil, Lula da Silva blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Joe Biden for the war with Russia. Lula said: “I don’t know the President of Ukraine. But his behavior is a bit weird. It seems like he’s part of the spectacle. He is […]
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Brazil Bans Telegram Over Disinformation
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Friday banned the fast-growing messaging app Telegram in the country over disinformation concerns. The step is a drastic measure that showed the court plans to fight disinformation ahead of this year’s presidential elections. Alexandre de Moraes, a Supreme Court judge, said Telegram is being blocked because the app had not sufficiently […]
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Brazil shuts down Car Wash anti-corruption squad
Brazil’s Car Wash anti-corruption unit has formally shut down, the end of an era for a team of prosecutors that helped send dozens of Latin American political and business leaders to jail, and several former presidents. The task force, which emerged from a routine money-laundering investigation into a car wash in Brasilia, ceased to exist […]
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Apple loses “iPhone” rights in Brazil
Apple has, in one of the landmark judgements, lost the iPhone trademark in Brazil as per the official declaration made by the Brazilian regulators. The ruling has been done in the favour of Gradiente Eletronica, Brazilian based company, who had registered the name iPhone in year 2000. This means that Apple does not have exclusive […]