Tag: Brazil

Brazil promises to present outstanding Olympic Games

There are 11,360 players participating in the ongoing Olympic Games, competing in…

Maya Nawar

An “Olympic truce” in Brazil?

Can Brazil, through this year’s Olympic Games, leave behind its worst political,…

Gaspard Estrada

Egypt receives 16.65% of Brazilian exports, ranks third in Arab world

Brazilian exports to the Arab world amounted to $5.24bn in the first…

Shaimaa Al-Aees

IOC’s Bach criticized, Russia relieved over doping decision

After the decision not to impose a general ban on Russian athletes…

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Russian doping report due, Olmypic ban requests already drafted

A report into allegations of state-sponsored Russian doping at the 2014 Sochi…

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Defending lands, indigenous group fights dams in Brazil’s Amazon

The Munduruku indigenous people are resisting hydroelectric dams on the Tapajós River,…

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Crisis-hit Rio drastically cuts Olympic culture program

Expect flashmobs during the Olympic Games, but possibly not much more. Amidst…

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Brazil’s Doce River still foul eight months after dam collapse

Eight months after a mining dam collapsed in southeastern Brazil, the 1.6…

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Brazilian court rules against WhatsApp for refusing to comply in drug trafficking case

Brazil's top court has frozen millions of dollars in WhatsApp's funds. The…

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New Brazilian government suspends plans to welcome Syrian refugees

Under the new government, Brazil is abandoning plans to accept more Syrian…

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