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2 months ago | 
brasildefato.com.br | Carolina Bataier |Ana Rocha
A rural worker was found dead on Wednesday (29) in the town of Labrea, Amazonas state, northern Brazil. Nicknamed Jacozinho, José Jacó Cosotle, 55, left his house last Sunday morning (26) to pick up chestnuts, but didn't return home. He was a resident of the Marielle Franco encampment. His body was found next to a motorcycle with a gunshot wound to the chin. The case is under investigation.
On January 14, another worker was killed in the region.
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2 months ago | 
brasildefato.com.br | Serguei Monin |Ana Rocha
The liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Red Army, whose 80th anniversary was marked by ceremonies on Monday, January 27, was one of the key moments in the Soviet offensive to defeat Nazi Germany during the Second World War.
Russian President Vladimir Putin remembered the date.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
brasildefato.com.br | Leonardo Fernandes |Ana Rocha
On Wednesday (22), Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply informed that it had been notified by the General Administration of Customs of China about the detection of pests and coated soybean seeds exported by five Brazilian companies to the Asian country. The Chinese authorities have decided to suspend shipments of Brazilian soy to the country until the situation is clarified.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
brasildefato.com.br | Duda Blumer |Ana Rocha
On Wednesday (15), Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas agreed on a ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip. Despite the advance made, the president of the Palestinian Arab Federation of Brazil (Fepal, in Portuguese), Ualid Rabah, said that “practical measures” need to result from the truce, including recognition of the Palestinian state.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
brasildefato.com.br | Ana Rocha
The end of Meta's fact-checking service – the company that controls Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – will not be shut down outside the United States “by now”, the company stated in response to questions from Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU, in Portuguese) on Tuesday (14).
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
brasildefato.com.br | Ana Rocha
On Sunday (12), the secretary-general of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), Jorge Arreaza, reprehended the request of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe for military intervention in Venezuela. According to Arreaza, if a Venezuelan leader called for intervention in another country, there would be a strong response.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
g1.globo.com | Mabel Pontes |Ana Rocha
Pedalar uma bicicleta pelas ruas da cidade de João Pessoa carregando como bagagem um carrinho repleto de livros foi a forma encontrada por Jairo Henrique de mudar a vida da população paraibana através da literatura. Jairo, que é professor de história e vê a leitura como uma atividade transformadora, desenvolveu o projeto de uma biblioteca itinerante após se deparar com os dados alarmantes divulgados pela pesquisa Retratos da Leitura no Brasil, realizada em 2024.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
brasildefato.com.br | Pedro Stropasolas |Ana Rocha
Women have always been at the forefront of people’s struggles in Niger. The example of Saraounia Mangou is emblematic and became a film. In the 1890s, while most of the chiefs of the West African country were submitting to colonial power, the chief and priestess of the Hausa people led the fight against the French troops of the Voulet-Chanoine colonial mission, also called the Central African-Chad Mission.
More than a century later, history has repeated itself.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
brasildefatorj.com.br | Ana Rocha
On Tuesday (7), Brazilian grassroots movements sent a letter to President Lula restating their support for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's inauguration. In the document, the groups ask the Brazilian government to “recognize the legitimacy” of Maduro’s re-election for a third term.
The text was signed by the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST, in Portuguese), the Popular Brazil Movement, the Brazilian Association of Jurists for Democracy (ABJD, in Portuguese) and 16 other groups.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
brasildefato.com.br | Ana Rocha
On Tuesday (7), Brazilian grassroots movements sent a letter to President Lula restating their support for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's inauguration. In the document, the groups ask the Brazilian government to “recognize the legitimacy” of Maduro’s re-election for a third term.
The text was signed by the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST, in Portuguese), the Popular Brazil Movement, the Brazilian Association of Jurists for Democracy (ABJD, in Portuguese) and 16 other groups.
