Jinjiang Group, a contractor for Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD, said on Thursday Brazilian authorities’ portrayal of their employees as “enslaved” was inconsistent with the facts and that there were translation misunderstandings. Brazilian labor authorities had on Wednesday said they found 163 Chinese nationals working in “slavery-like conditions” at a construction site for a BYD-owned … Read more
Café Brazil, which served a blend of South American and Mediterranean cuisine in Denver’s Berkeley neighborhood for more than three decades, is closing. Chef Tony Zarlenga and his wife, Marla, bought Café Brazil in the 1990s and moved it from its original location to a large building at 4408 Lowell Blvd. where they expanded it. … Read more
Salt cod has long been a national staple in Portugal, where it is said there are as many recipes for the fish as there are days in the year. And at Christmas, the dried and salted fish is central to family meals in Portugal, the world’s biggest consumer of bacalhau as it is called. The … Read more
Patriota, Lula’s man in London, stuck to diplomatic language and did not name Trump when discussing the relationship. Instead, he stressed that Brazil and Britain wanted to set “examples of active and responsible behavior” on climate, “independently of what other players may decide to do or not.” Niblett said: “If the U.K. is seen as … Read more
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, during a news conference at the Mercosur Leaders Summit in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The European Union’s blockbuster trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc is widely regarded as highly controversial, with EU member states split over … Read more
Helena Monteiro da Costa’s father was brought from Angola to Brazil as a slave in the 19th century. Next year the 99-year-old hopes she can take part in a first-of-its-kind cruise making the reverse journey back to her father’s homeland. “My father was enslaved and he obeyed … everything they (the enslavers) told him to … Read more
The message behind the introduction of the rebalancing mechanism is that “environmental protection has a cost for society, but business is not required to pay for it,” the NGO said in its analysis. It warned that it risks undermining through a backdoor a flagship element of the European Green Deal and set a dangerous precedent. … Read more
An attempted mass shooting by 19-year-old student Lyedja Santos was thwarted when her gun jammed. Santos was able to shoot a fellow student in the head at E. Berilo Wanderley School in Brazil, before the jam brought her intended spree to an end. Miraculously, the student survived the headshot and is now in a stable … Read more
A coffee cup with a printed message from Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s X account is pictured at Franco’s Pupusa restaurant in San Salvador on July 17, 2024. Marvin Recinos | Afp | Getty Images A record-breaking rally for coffee prices shows no sign of slowing down, analysts say, with some warning it could take years … Read more
Aerial view of brine ponds and processing areas of the lithium mine of the Chilean company SQM (Sociedad Quimica Minera) in the Atacama Desert, Calama, Chile, on September 12, 2022. Martin Bernetti | Afp | Getty Images The strategic importance of lithium is likely to have played a major role in the European Union’s blockbuster … Read more
