Small- and large-scale fishers report an increase in the volume and variety of fish species in the Patos Lagoon and the coast of Rio Grande do Sul state. Such abundance came after a bill banning motorized trawling on the state’s coast was passed and signed into law in 2018. Drafted by fishers and scientists and passed unanimously in the state parliament, the law goes against the interests of President Bolsonaro’s allies.
(Bloomberg) Brazil’s senate approved an evangelical pastor nominated by President Jair Bolsonaro to fill in a vacant position in the country’s top court, bringing a more conservative voice into the 11-member institution.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (Opinion) Today, March 7, Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) will hear cases involving the controversial question of whether states and municipalities can, constitutionally, issue a blanket ban on all religious services in their efforts to restrict contagion by Covid-19.
On Saturday, April 3, STF Justice Kassio Nunes Marques issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting governments from issuing or enforcing such a ban. On Monday, April 5, STF Justice Gilmar Mendes rejected an almost identical petition seeking to abrogate São Paulo’s statewide ban.
A unanimous STF decision in December 2020 held that states . . .
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