Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday flouted his government's social distancing guidelines against the spread of the coronavirus by mixing with supporters on the streets of Brasilia and urging them to keep the economy going france24.com/en/20200329-…
Political heat is on for 2020 climate deadline after lukewarm Madrid talk; many of the world's heavyweight economies - from the United States, Australia and Brazil to India, China and Japan - refused to join efforts to present an ambitious united front. mobile-reuters-com.cdn.am…
Renewable Energy Jobs Move South & East, As Industry Shifts To Middle Income Economies - 39% of all renewable energy jobs are in China, but more countries getting involved is growing. Brazil, US & the EU are key jobs markets, but the most notable trend is in Asia. forbes.com/sites/dominicd…
Is it just my country or what?Just wondering if it is just here in Brazil where people dont want to obbey the quarentine because "the economy would break" (im almost sure it wont, just if the period was longer, but what i know about economy?) And it really could happen in this period of 2 weeks?
Moody's Analytics predicts climate change costs up to $69 trillion by 2100: report | The consulting firm predicts rising temperatures and extreme weather events will disrupt productivity and damage infrastructure, hitting the economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa the hardest thehill.com/policy/energy…
Brazil's Ministry of Economy Guedes says high dollar is good: ‘Maid was going to Disney, a hell of a party’ oglobo.globo.com/economia…
Brazil's new president has started taking steps towards damaging the 'lungs of the planet' - Secretary for strategic projects Maynard Santa Rosa referred to the Amazon as a "large, unfarmed estate" and stressed the need to integrate this "desert-like" region into the national economy. businessinsider.com/bolso…
Canada’s Economy To Overtake Brazil, Italy To Reach #8 On Global Rankings: Report huffingtonpost.ca/entry/c…
Ecosia, an eco-friendly search engine, saw a 1150% increase in daily downloads in one day as people become more aware of the fires in the Brazilian Amazon. Ecosia uses 80% of its profits to plant millions of trees in Brazil and other emerging economies, and has planted 65 million trees to date. businessinsider.com/amazo…
Why Brazil's business elites are warming to a far-right flamethrower for president: Brazil’s business class is quietly rooting for far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro to win the nation’s highest office this month, fearful of a return to leftist rule in Latin America’s largest economy. reuters.com/article/us-br…
Renewable Energy Jobs Move South & East, As Industry Shifts To Middle Income Economies - 39% of all renewable energy jobs are in China, but more countries getting involved is growing. Brazil, US & the EU are key jobs markets, but the most notable trend is in Asia. forbes.com/sites/dominicd…
TIL that the New York City metropolitan area has an economy of over 1.6 trillion dollars, and if it was a country it would have a GDP larger than Russia's and only slightly smaller than Brazil's. fred.stlouisfed.org/serie…
[r/Futurology] Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has chosen a new foreign minister who believes climate change is part of a plot by “cultural Marxists” to stifle western economies and promote the growth of China. reddit.com/r/Futurology/c…
[r/esist] As Trump talks about how “vital” Russia is to the G7, here’s a reminder that Russia’s economy is smaller than China, India, and Brazil’s (also not part of the G7). By some metrics, the Russian economy is also smaller than Korea, Spain, Mexico, and Australia’s. reddit.com/r/esist/commen…
Why Brazil's business elites are warming to a far-right flamethrower for president: Brazil’s business class is quietly rooting for far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro to win the nation’s highest office this month, fearful of a return to leftist rule in Latin America’s largest economy. reuters.com/article/us-br…
Brazil's Economy Demonstrates Signs of Recovery Following Three-Year Recession www1.folha.uol.com.br/int…
Bolsonaro's popularity jumps as Brazil economy improves, crime drops reuters.com/article/us-br…
A Million Cries to Kick Out Brazil's President: Protesters demanded that Dilma Rousseff step down amid allegations of massive corruption and a sputtering economy. theatlantic.com/internati…
Brazil's president said a couple days ago that no businesses or schools should be shut down and the economy should be top priority. (Originally from Polandball)
Brazil's Economy Minister equates unions to Nazism, Fascism riotimesonline.com/brazil…
