SAO PAULO — Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday signed a bill restricting the use of smartphones at school, following a global trend for such limitations. A survey released in October by Brazilian pollster Datafolha said that almost two-thirds of respondents supported banning the use of smartphones by children and teenagers at schools. “There's still a lot …
The re-election of Donald Trump on November 5th has rather overshadowed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s big bash. On November 11th Mr Xi expressed his wish for China’s friendship with Brazil to “flow unceasingly like the Yangtze River and the Amazon River." Shortly before the election in the United States, Lula threw veiled support behind Kamala Harris, Mr Trump’s rival. …
Google Doodle Today: Google Doodle on July 11 is celebrating birthday of Brazilian physicist and teacher César Lattes, who discovered the ‘pion’ or ‘pi meson’. Speaking on César Lattes’ discovery, Google Doodle states, “Happy birthday César Lattes, thank you for paving the way for experimental physics in Latin America and around the world!” The story dates back to when a …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A federal judge in Argentina has called on Interpol to detain four Lebanese citizens, so they can be questioned for their suspected role in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center that killed 85 people. Most of the Lebanese citizens now being sought by Rafecas have ties to the porous tri-border region that connects …
