In solidarity with American Democrats who are pushing for the same, lawmaker Orlando Silva of the Communist Party of Brazil, submitted a bill this week that has been dubbed an “anti-fake news” censorship bill. Just like American Democrats are trying to do, Silva and his communist sympathizers in Brazil want to make it illegal to spread “misinformation” and “disinformation.” His bill, entitled... 

The Brazilian government has announced plans for $7 billion in spending cuts and $8 billion in additional taxes aimed at plugging the hole in the country’s 2016 budget. The austerity package is designed to balance the harsh economic downturn of the seventh-largest economy, whose sovereign credit rating was cut to ‘junk’ status last week. The measures are going to freeze public sector salaries,... 

The Brazilian health minister warns of the C-section “epidemic.” The Brazilian health minister has warned of the soaring number of cesarean sections carried out in the country’s health clinics as compared with natural birth, saying the “epidemic” must be stopped. “The epidemic of cesarean births in the country is unacceptable and it must be treated as a public health problem,”... 

US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden If Brazil were to offer political asylum to Edward Snowden, he would gladly accept. The whistleblower told Brazilian TV that he is certain that if he returned to the US he would be tried unfairly for revealing the NSA’s global spy program. In an interview with Fantastico, a weekly program broadcast by Brazilian Globo News, Snowden opened up about his life in... 

Brazilian campaigners have gathered outside the Foreign Ministry building in the capital Brasilia to demand the government grant asylum to US surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden. On Thursday, the campaigners walked to the Foreign Ministry building while chanting slogans and carrying symbolic boxes of data. They handed in a one million names-strong petition, asking asylum for Snowden. Reports... 

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has postponed a state visit to Washington in response to the US spying on her communications with top aides. Rousseff is demanding a full public apology from President Obama. Barack Obama spoke with Rousseff on Monday in an attempt to persuade her into following through with the trip, the Brazilian president’s office said, according to AP. Brazil’s TV Globo... 

Glenn Greenwald (left) and his partner David Miranda (right) The partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald was held at Heathrow airport under the UK Terrorism Act for the maximum time allowed before pressing charges. Amnesty International dubbed the move an unwarranted revenge after Greenwald revealed NSA spy programs. David Miranda was passing through London en route from Berlin to Rio de Janeiro, where...