1991 में Stuttgart institution द्वारा खरीदा गया Spinosaurid fossil एक लंबे restitution campaign का विषय रहा है।
यह एक 113-million-year-old bone of contention है।
Stuttgart के museum of natural history द्वारा 1991 में एक fossilised dinosaur skull खरीदने के बाद, शोधकर्ताओं ने पाया कि यह अब तक की ज्ञात सबसे पूर्ण Spinosaurid skull थी, जो विशाल मांसाहारी dinosaurs के एक पहले से अज्ञात genus से संबंधित थी। Continue reading...
President Lula द्वारा विधेयक पर लगाए गए veto को Brazil की congress और senate ने पलट दिया है, जिसका अर्थ है कि अब इसे supreme court की पुष्टि का इंतज़ार है। Brazil की मुख्य रूप से रूढ़िवादी congress ने धुर दक्षिणपंथी पूर्व president Jair Bolsonaro की जेल की सजा को कम करने वाले एक विधेयक को मंजूरी दे दी है, जिन्हें पिछले साल तख्तापलट की कोशिश का दोषी ठहराया गया था। यह विधेयक शुरुआत में December में congress द्वारा पारित किया गया था, लेकिन president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ने January में एक प्रतीकात्मक कदम के तहत इस पर veto लगा दिया था, जो कि Bolsonaro समर्थकों द्वारा राजधानी Brasília में की गई तोड़फोड़ के तीन साल पूरे होने के उपलक्ष्य में था। Continue reading...
• ब्राज़ीलियाई राष्ट्रपति ने सोमवार को अमेज़न में अवैध लॉगिंग और भूमि अतिक्रमण को लक्षित करते हुए एक व्यापक प्रवर्तन पहल की घोषणा की, जिसके तहत संरक्षित क्षेत्रों में 5,000 अतिरिक्त संघीय एजेंट तैनात किए जाएंगे।
• सरकार ने सैटेलाइट निगरानी और संगठित तस्करी नेटवर्क के खिलाफ आपराधिक prosecutions के माध्यम से अगले दो वर्षों में वनों की कटाई की दर को 80 प्रतिशत तक कम करने की प्रतिबद्धता जताई है।
• पर्यावरण समूहों और U.S. State Department ने इस वादे को जलवायु प्रतिबद्धताओं की दिशा में एक सार्थक कदम बताते हुए इसकी प्रशंसा की, हालांकि संदेहवादियों ने दूरदराज के क्षेत्रों में प्रवर्तन चुनौतियों का उल्लेख किया।
• Brazil has suspended a $4 billion Chinese investment in Amazon infrastructure projects following international pressure over deforestation and environmental protection commitments.
• President Lula cited insufficient environmental safeguards and lack of transparency in project oversight as the primary reasons for the suspension announced Friday.
• Environmental groups and US officials praised the decision, though economic analysts warn the suspension could strain Brazil-China relations and impact Latin American development patterns.
• Governments of Spain, Brazil, and Mexico issued a joint statement on Saturday expressing deep concern over the grave humanitarian crisis in Cuba and calling for immediate measures to alleviate suffering faced by the Cuban people.
• The statement follows US President Trump's recent indication of shifting focus from the Iran war to Cuba, with a senior US delegation sent last week to Havana to negotiate a deal addressing the island's crisis.
• This diplomatic push highlights growing international attention to Cuba's deteriorating conditions, potentially signaling a US pivot that could reshape regional geopolitics and aid flows.
Seville could see 34C this week and parts of Brazil could hit high 30s, while storms forecast in southern AfricaOver the course of this week, temperatures in Spain are expected to soar well above the seasonal average. Daytime temperatures could reach about 30C in Madrid on Tuesday, 10C above the norm, while Seville may see 34C, about 9C above its late April average. An area of low pressure situated out in the Atlantic will allow for a south-westerly flow, introducing warm air from north Africa. In addition to this heat, a notable dust plume is expected to travel northwards from the Sahara, covering the skies above Iberia and south-western France, which may lead to some particularly orange or red skies at sunrise and sunset.In Brazil, high temperatures are forecast for the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul and Santa Catarina over the next few days, eventually spreading into Minas Gerais. Here, daytime maximum temperatures are expected to reach the high 30s Celsius later in the week, about 5-10C above the seasonal average. Continue reading...
• Brazil's environmental ministry unveiled a $2 billion five-year initiative on April 18 to combat illegal logging and deforestation in the Amazon, deploying 5,000 additional environmental enforcement officers.
• Satellite data from March 2026 showed a 22% increase in forest loss compared to the same month last year, driven by cattle ranching expansion and illegal mining operations, according to the Amazon Surveillance System.
• The plan includes indigenous land rights recognition and community-based conservation incentives, representing a significant shift from previous policies that had weakened protections.
Alexandre Ramagem fled country after he was sentenced to 16 years for his role in plotting military coup in BrazilWhen Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for an attempted coup, six other members of his cabinet were also found guilty and all began serving their sentences – except for one.Days before the verdict, Bolsonaro’s former spy chief, Alexandre Ramagem, fled by car to Guyana and boarded a flight to the United States, where he has remained ever since. Continue reading...
Octogenarian incumbent contrasts his health with challenger Flávio Bolsonaro, who fainted during a TV debate The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is seeking to lunge and leg press his way to a historic fourth term, as the octogenarian politician uses a flurry of workout videos to convince voters he is fighting fit ahead of October’s crunch election.Lula looks set to face off against a senator almost half his age in what will be the leftist’s seventh presidential campaign since he first sought Brazil’s top job in 1989, when he was 44. Continue reading...
• Brazil convened an emergency South American Union (UNASUR) meeting on April 8 to address Venezuela's constitutional crisis, where President Nicolás Maduro's government faces international pressure over disputed 2024 election results and restrictions on opposition candidates.
• Regional leaders including representatives from Colombia, Argentina, and Uruguay discussed potential mediation mechanisms and demands for transparent verification of voting tallies, with Brazil proposing a UN-observed electoral audit.
• The summit reflects broader Latin American concern over Venezuela's humanitarian deterioration and mass emigration, with over 7 million Venezuelans displaced across the region since 2015.
• Presidents of Brazil and Argentina held high-level talks on April 6 to establish a new bilateral trade framework reducing tariffs and increasing agricultural and technology sector cooperation, aiming to strengthen Mercosur.
• The leaders agreed to coordinate regional responses to global economic pressures and announced plans for joint infrastructure investments; discussions included currency stabilization mechanisms to address exchange rate volatility.
• Both nations emphasized commitment to democratic governance and rule of law amid regional concerns about institutional challenges; the initiative signals Latin American countries seeking greater economic autonomy.
• Brazil and Paraguay finalized a bilateral agreement on Thursday to jointly develop and operate expanded hydroelectric capacity along the Paraná River, addressing critical energy shortages affecting both nations and the broader South American grid.
• The $8.7 billion infrastructure project aims to increase regional electricity output by 28% within five years and includes provisions for technology transfer and workforce development across both countries.
• The agreement emerged from emergency regional meetings convened by the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) following cascading power grid failures that left 85 million people without electricity across South America in early March.
The former president was in prison for a coup attempt after losing the country’s last electionBrazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been granted permission to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at home instead of in prison because of his failing health.The decision by supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes followed Bolsonaro’s hospitalization since 13 March for pneumonia, one of several health problems the former leader has faced since he was stabbed by a man in 2018 before he was elected president. Continue reading...
In incident filmed by security cameras in Rio de Janeiro, group of attackers beat animal with sticks and iron barsPolice in Rio de Janeiro have arrested eight people for brutally beating a capybara – the world’s largest rodent.Resembling a giant guinea pig, the light brown capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is often seen roaming the Brazilian city, particularly near streams and lagoons. Continue reading...
Britons learn about the country’s involvement ‘almost as a self-congratulatory narrative’, says historian Joseph Mulhern In 1845 British citizens and companies were already legally prohibited from owning or buying enslaved people overseas, yet that year 385 captives were “transferred” to a British mining company in Brazil named St John d’El Rey.Despite a global campaign waged by the UK against slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, the move was not technically illegal because the enslaved people were not sold but “rented” – a practice permitted overseas under the 1843 Slave Trade Act. Continue reading...
