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The environment and politics collide in Brazil
Brazil’s Science and Technology Minister Luis Fernandes said that the government has unlocked resources from the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development in their entirety. “The first and most important was unlocking of resources from the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FNDCT) in their entirety,” Fernandes added. Bolsonaro also edited a provisory…
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The meeting between Biden and Lula is about Brazil’s democracy and climate change
Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Court on Sunday officially recognised President-elect Luiz Incio Lula da Silva’s victory in the presidential polls and sent the result to the Senate. Bolsonaro, who won nearly 38% of the votes, had challenged the results and called for a recount after the court released the results. Bolsonaro and Lula will be the…
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Will he respect the results if he lost Brazil’s election?
Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that he will accept the results of the country’s presidential elections, adding that “anywhere else in the world, the president who lost would have called me by now and conceded”. This comes after President-elect Jair Bolsonaro and his conservative Liberal Party have claimed that Brazil’s electronic…