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Brazil
Brazil chamber approves 6x1 work schedule
Brazil approves end to 6×1 work schedule and reduction of the work week to 40 hours

The text provides for a gradual transition, guarantees salary maintenance, and establishes two days off.

CUT Brasilia
Brazilian workers mobilize in capital to demand an end to six-day work week

The mass mobilization comes a day after President Lula da Silva presented a new law to the National Congress to end the 6×1 work week, a new effort in the years-long struggle for the same.

Polls show a second round tie between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro

The poll by Datafolha indicates that the sitting president would receive 45%, while the son of Jair Bolsonaro 46%.

8th National Health Conference in Brazil: two opposing projects, 40 years later

On the anniversary of the event that set the stage for the SUS, the debate continues: the right to health vs. commodification of healthcare.

SUS: de-privatization is possible – and necessary

Researcher Leonardo Mattos describes how the private sector is infiltrating the public healthcare system in Brazil, fragmenting care provision.

COP30 agribusiness
Corporate capture undermines progress at COP30

COP30 was met with considerable criticism, including for its failure to meaningfully address the dangers the climate crisis poses to health.

Black Women March Brasilia
Over 300,000 marched in the Black Women’s March in Brasília for reparations and an end to racism

Over 300,000 women marched in Brasília on November 25 and launched a manifesto denouncing colonialism and demanding reparatory policies

Bolsonaro arrested and in preventative detention months after conviction for coup attempt

According to Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ decision, Bolsonaro attempted to break his ankle monitor in the early hours of Saturday

MST Global Climate March
70,000 people march in Belém for climate justice

The march was part of a historic gathering that gives a voice to the people who were not heard in the official COP30 spaces

boat parade with 200 vessels navigating the waters of the Guajará Bay
30,000 people from 62 countries participating in COP30 People’s Summit in Belém

At the opening of the event, 1,300 landless peasants marched towards a boat parade with 200 vessels navigating the waters of the Guajará Bay.

MST COP30 protest
COP 30’s Agrizone showcases the very companies responsible for the environmental crisis

Embrapa’s event at the Climate Conference is sponsored by giants such as Bayer, Nestlé, and Syngenta, accused of practices that exacerbate socio-environmental damage

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COP30 takes place in Brazil, seeking to prevent “climate collapse”

The meeting has been filled with warnings and urgent calls to action from more than 50 heads of state.