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Brazil charges 31 people in major carbon credit fraud investigation https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/brazil-charges-31-people-in-major-carbon-credit-fraud-investigation/

Brazil charges 31 people in major carbon credit fraud investigation
Brazil’s Federal Police have indicted 31 suspects for fraud and land-grabbing in a massive criminal carbon credit scheme in the Brazilian Amazon, according to Brazilian national media outlet Folha de S.Paulo. It is the largest known criminal operation involving carbon credit fraud to date in the nation. The police probe, called Operation Greenwashing, was launched […]

Brazil fast-tracks paving controversial highway in Amazon with new licensing rule
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/brazil-fast-tracks-paving-controversial-highway-in-amazon-with-new-licensing-rul…

Brazil fast-tracks paving controversial highway in Amazon with new licensing rule
Brazil’s Senate approved an environmental licensing bill that could expedite major infrastructure projects, including paving a highway that cuts through one of the most intact parts of the Amazon Rainforest in northwestern Brazil. The BR-319 highway runs through 885 kilometers (550 miles) of rainforest, connecting Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, with Rondônia state farther […]

FPF releases Issue Brief on Brazil’s Digital ECA: new paradigm of safety & privacy for minors online
https://fpf.org/blog/fpf-releases-issue-brief-on-brazils-digital-eca-new-paradigm-of-safety-privacy-for-minors-online…

💢 The Banco Master case: The $2 billion fraud probe that is shaking Brazil
https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-21/the-banco-master-case-the-2-billion-fraud-probe-that-is-shaking-brazil.html

The Banco Master case: The $2 billion fraud probe that is shaking Brazil
The scandal calls into question the role of the Central Bank and two Supreme Court justices

Cowboys to play 2026 regular-season game in Brazil https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/cowboys-to-play-2026-regular-season-game-in-brazil

"Other scrap yard owners across Southern California have also been burglarized in similar fashion"
Burglars break into recycling center business in downtown LA – NBC Los Angeles
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/burglars-break-into-recycling-center-business-in-downtown-la/3811819/

After a couple of weeks off, I’m back to having fun coding with Claude. I spend most of my time watching, so I’m running two ( totally separate project) coding sessions at the same time in different Codespaces windows. The public one is https://GitHub.com/brazil-bench where I’m setting up a github issues based…

Brazil Benchmark Organization
Benchmark agents by asking them to build an MCP server for Brazilian football. Use this project to develop purpose driven automation patterns. - Brazil Benchmark Organization

TikTok: Erstes Rechenzentrum in Lateinamerika
In Brasilien entsteht das erste Rechenzentrum von TikTok in Lateinamerika. Es wird ausschließlich mit erneuerbarer Energie betrieben. Aber es gibt Misstöne.
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Who could Cowboys play in NFL's first Rio De Janeiro, Brazil game? https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/02/05/cowboys-rio-brazil-potential-opponents-2026/88538170007/

Freitag: Innovationszentrum aus VW-Werk, US-Visaprüfungen auf Internet-Zensur
VW-Dresden wird Tech-Campus USA gegen Online-Moderatoren Toyotas E-Sportwagen Alzheimer-Medikament umstritten TikTok-RZ in Brasilien Ärger mit Inkasso