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Brazil 2026 election: Lula family under legal scrutiny

303 clusters · 1163 sources · last updated 5 days ago

Latest: Brazilian Chamber Commission requests info on Embassy support for Lulinha

The 2026 Brazilian presidential race has intensified as legal investigations into President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s son, Fábio Luís ‘Lulinha’ da Silva, deepen. Federal Police are investigating suspected influence ped

Anvisa restrictions on polylaminin use in Brazil

3 clusters · 14 sources · last updated 6 days ago

Latest: Hospital Regional de Barbacena conducts second polylaminin application

Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has implemented stricter regulations on the compassionate use of polylaminin, an experimental protein derived from human placenta intended for spinal cord injury rege

Political intimidation of Brazilian academic communities

3 clusters · 7 sources · last updated 11 days ago

Latest: Student groups and activists call for continued mobilization in Brazil

The Federal Public Ministry (MPF) launched an investigation into reports of intimidation and threats directed at students and professors within Brazil’s public educational institutions. These investigations, prompted by

Brazil energy and transport emissions trends

3 clusters · 10 sources · last updated 19 days ago

Latest: Brazil faces hurdles in renewable energy and transport decarbonization

Data from the Centro Brasil no Clima (CBC) indicates that greenhouse gas emissions from Brazil’s transport sector rose by 56% between 2005 and 2024, a rate that exceeded the country’s 48% GDP growth in the same period. R