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Brazil criminalises anti-LGBT discrimination
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], June 15 (ANI): Brazil's Supreme Court has criminalised discrimination and hateful acts against gays and transgenders.
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Brazil's Prez eases gun control
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], May 8 (ANI): At a time when countries like New Zealand are tightening gun laws, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree easing restrictions on gun control on Tuesday (local time).
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Brazil president drops New York visit amid backlash
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Brasilia (Brazil), May 5 (ANI): Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro cancelled a planned trip to the United States following a storm of protest over his controversial racist and misogynist remarks in New York City.
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Brazil being governed by 'bunch of lunatics', says former President
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], Apr 27 (ANI): Criticising the current leadership in Brazil, the country's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday said that the South American nation is being governed by a "bunch of lunatics" or "crazy people".
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US, Brazil, Colombia are planning military intervention in Venezuela, clai
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Apr 16 (ANI): The United States, Brazil and Colombia are preparing for a military intervention into Venezuela, claimed Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez on Monday.
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Brazilian President arrives on 4-day trip to Israel, visits Western Wall w
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 2 (ANI): Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid a visit to the Western Wall on Monday afternoon.
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'USA intends to designate Brazil as non-NATO ally'
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 20 (ANI): The United States intends to designate Brazil as a "major" non-NATO ally, US President Donald Trump said during the joint press conference held here with his Brazilian counterpart on Tuesday (local time).
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China condoles death of 9 in Brazil dam collapse
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Belo Horizonte [Brazil], Jan 26 (ANI): China on Saturday extended condolences to the families of the deceased and of those who went missing due to the collapse of a dam at an iron ore mine in southern Brazil, which took place yesterday, claiming as many as nine lives.
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Former Italian left-wing militant Cesare Battisti arrested in Bolivia
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
La Paz [Bolivia], Jan 13 (ANI): The police on Saturday arrested former Italian left-wing militant Cesare Battisti, who fled to Bolivia following his extradition to Brazil and Italy.
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Brazil: Jair Bolsonaro takes oath as new President
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], Jan 2 (ANI): Brazil's far-right president-elect and controversial Social Liberal Party candidate Jair Bolsonaro has been sworn in as the 42nd President of the country.
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Bolsonaro plans to relocate Brazilian embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Nov 02 (ANI): Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has declared his intentions to move the country's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem once he assumes office.
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Bolsonaro set to win as polling ends in Brazil
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Oct 29 (ANI): Polling closed in Brazil’s heated Presidential election on Sunday with controversial Social Liberal Party candidate Jair Bolsonaro looking set to be elected as the next President of the South American nation.
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