RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's Senate on Tuesday approved a bill maintaining tax incentives for the meetings and cultural events sector until the end of 2026, which now needs President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's approval to become law. Th.
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian senators investigating the handling of the country s COVID-19 outbreak have dropped a recommendation from their draft report that President Jair Bolsonaro be charged with genocide and homicide, instead accusing him of crimes against humanity. Senators leading the congressional probe met late on Tuesday to discuss a report prepared by opposition Senator Renan Calheiros, and agreeing to remove the homicide and genocide accusations due to what one senator called technical reasons. The draft report still needs to be voted on by the Senate commission and could be vetoed and altered. The decisions were technical, not political, opposition Senator Humberto Costa told Reuters. We can t run the risk of the report being thrown out by a judge because the characterization of the crimes was not precise. In practice, the senators decision changes little for Bolsonaro, who has dismissed the probe as politically motivated. It is highly unlikely tha
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian senators investigating the handling of the country's COVID-19 outbreak have dropped a recommendation from their draft report that President Jair Bolsonaro be charged with genocide and homicide, instead accusing him of "crimes against humanity."
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