🇧🇷🚩👁🌐❌ — Lula's government (PT) is preparing to regulate social media

A proposal for the regulation of social networks is being developed in the Federal Government. The project, when it is ready, will be presented to President Lula (PT) and, with the approval of the leftist, it goes to federal deputy Orlando Silva (PCdoB-SP), who deals with the issue in the Congress.

“I have the impression that with Deputy Orlando and his colleagues, and later in the Senate, we will find good solutions,” said Justice Minister Flávio Dino, at an event promoted by the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV).

Dino also stated that ministers of the Supreme Court (STF) must also present proposals on the subject, which was confirmed by Alexandre de Moraes, a magistrate of the court.

In the Supreme Court, minister Gilmar Mendes is the one who heads the idea of regulation. The minister, also present at the FGV event, defended the proposal.

— FGV is always involved in these problems lol

🇧🇷🚩💰 — Lula will tax online games and betting after traveling to China, Haddad announced; the amount of taxes has not been defined and the measure could drive several companies out of the country.

“We should publish the Provisional Measure after the trip to China. It will be by [MP] because there is a need for noventena, the sector does not pay any tribute, it will probably be a contribution. As there is no historical series and knowledge about the history of the sector, we have to accumulate information that comes from the sector itself, but cannot be exclusive to them for us to close the Explanatory Statement of the MP and calculate the impact on public accounts,” Haddad said in a conversation with journalists.

Haddad said in March that the increased exemption from Personal Income Tax (IRPF) should be offset by the taxation of online gambling.

🇧🇷💥💸 — Brazilian investment market (Ibovespa) follows global declines and drops -1,50% to 101.407 points. This is the worst scenario of the last few months.

In a month, the index fell by -7.48% and is one of the worst accumulated in the shortest time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

This is caused by both the external scenario and the incompetence of the internal scenario.

🇧🇷💥 — Americanas case: former president of the company will testify at Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM)

As he has greater knowledge of the company's operation, the former president of Americanas Miguel Gutierrez will testify to investigate some issues that occurred, which caused the entire scenario of financial crisis in the company.

🇧🇷🛬📅 — Former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) said he can return to Brazil on March 29, but that he will only confirm his return a week earlier. The statement was made during an event with businessmen in the city of Orlando, in the United States

“I always set a date to come back, the date now set is the 29th of this month. When there is a week left, we study the situation, how is Brazil, How are the contacts here,” he said.

At the same event, Bolsonaro said that his wife Michelle Bolsonaro was even launched to the presidency in 2026, but that “she was disgusted” with the possibility and that “she is not a candidate for the executive”. However, he said it was possible she would run for some “elective office”.

Also at the meeting, the former president commented on the actions implemented during his government, such as the reduction in the number of ministries, the autonomy of the Central Bank and the visa exemption for United States citizens to visit Brazil, officially revoked this week.

🇧🇷📱🇺🇸 — In a meeting with his own party, Bolsonaro calls for unity among participants and does not want the mistake of the past to be repeated; former president also said he intends to advance in state disputes for the 2024 elections

"We will advance through the municipalities [in 2024] without starting an internal fight between us. I want to remind you of one thing: I am the oldest here, it took me 28 years to run for president of the Republic and it worked out. We have a lot of favorable things to highlight, even with pandemic, war [in Ukraine] and water crisis," he said.

Bolsonaro also commented on the importance of unity among all of the party to coordinate the party in Brasilia, Brazil. "I believe that we can make a thousand prefectures for the country, but that it is with enough union".

🇻🇪🤝🇨🇳🇮🇷 — Venezuela's regime works to raise the level of its relations of cooperation and friendship with China and Iran; diplomatic representatives of both countries met with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil.

The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said the minister's meeting with the Chinese Ambassador, Li Baorong, was aimed at “raising the level of its relations of cooperation and friendship” with the Asian country.

During the meeting, Yván assured that China, in addition to being “a friendly nation”, is a “strategic trading partner”, which is why he expressed the desire of the regime led by Nicolás Maduro to “continue to progress in their bilateral cooperation relations”.

🇧🇷🚩 — Lula's Minister of Justice, Flávio Dino, visited the Maré complex, one of the trafficking bases in Rio de Janeiro (RJ); the event was mediated by Redes da Maré, which is funded by Open Society

One of the highlights of the conversation was the favela's ability to produce and think about public policy and data.

Flávio Dino also presented The Restitution of the National Public Security Program with citizenship (PRONASCI), based on five axes of action: the fight against violence against women and femicide, with the resumption of the seven women's houses and the launch of 40 more houses throughout the country and anti-racist justice.

In addition, Dino stressed the importance of creating a specific policy for prisoners and help for their releases from jail, as well as punitive measures for police abuses.

The Complexo da Maré is a set of 17 communities that is always disputed by traffickers of the Comando Vermelho (CV) and Terceiro Comando Puro (TCP), two of the largest factions in Rio de Janeiro.

🇵🇪💸💥— Peru records first contraction in economic activity in nearly two years in January

"National production in January 2023 was affected by social conflicts, which led to stoppages, roadblocks, forced closure of markets, impeding the free movement of people and goods,” the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (Inei) said in a report.

Compared to the previous month, Peru's economic activity fell by 1.36% in January.

🇧🇷🤝⚖️🚩💥 — Five cases that used evidence from Operation Lava Jato were suspended by STF Minister Ricardo Lewandowski. It is that these tests had already been annulled by the court, because they were based on Odebrecht's leniency agreements, which had part of the validity annulled by the Supreme Court.

A leniency agreement is intended to get companies to cooperate with investigations. After the decision that considered former judge Sergio Moro partial, these elements were considered useless for the investigation which led to the annulment of several Lava Jato processes.

The suspended criminal actions involve former Senator Edison Lobão, former president of Eletronuclear Othon Pinheiro da Silva, lawyer Rodrigo Tacla Duran, among others.

Operation Lava Jato turns 7 years old this year. Now, the operation finds itself dying because of bureaucracies and friendships with allies in Justice on the part of the accused.

🇦🇷💥🇪🇨 — CRISIS IN LATAM: Ecuador's president Guillermo Lasso declared the Argentine Ambassador to Quito, Gabriel Fuks, “persona non grata,” giving the diplomat three days to leave the country.

The decision was made after María de los Ángeles Duarte, a former Ecuadorian minister convicted of corruption, fled to Venezuela after managing to leave the Argentine Embassy in Quito, where she stayed for more than two years with her underage son.

"Regretting the incomprehensible decision of the Ecuadorian government to request the withdrawal of Ambassador Fuks from Ecuador, we have decided to adopt the same situation with the ambassador of Ecuador to Argentina,” the Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Following this statement, the Ecuadorian government expressed outrage at the Argentine Chancellor and announced his expulsion, causing astonishment in the Chancellor.

🇧🇷💥 ⚒🚩 — Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) of the Landless Movement (MST) reaches the limit of signatures to be activated; application headed by deputies Lieutenant Colonel Zucco, Kim Kataguiri and Ricardo Salles achieved the endorsement of 171 deputies of Congress

The three unified their respective requests for CPI after a meeting of the Parliamentary Front of Agriculture (FPA), which supports the request.

It remains only for the mayor, Arthur Lira (PP), to read the request for the CPI to be created. Advisors close to Lira confirm that Lula and allies will try to prevent CPI from opening.

The MST invaded three productive farms of Suzano Papel e Celulose, in the municipalities of Teixeira de Freitas, Mucuri and Caravelas, in southern Bahia, at the turn of the month.

In addition, the movement recently invaded another land in Bahia and continues to plan to advance the invasions throughout the year, being entirely financed by politicians.

🇦🇷💥💸 — Argentina's Central Bank raises interest rate to 78% per year, surpassing any expectations assessed by economists.