The Brazilian government is sending military personnel to the border town of Pacaraima, because there were confrontations between Brazilian residents and migrants from Venezuela on Saturday. The army reported that about 1200 Venezuelans fled to their own country after the riots, according to the Agencia Brasil news agency.
Shell has acquired the rights for the exploration of another four offshore fields in Brazil. With this, the oil and gas company extends its presence to eighteen deep water fields in Brazil.
The former boss of the Brazilian state oil company Petrobras and ex-topman of Banco do Brasil, Aldemir Bendine, has been arrested in a corruption investigation. Brazilian media reported that it was arrested by the federal police in Sorocaba in the state of São Paulo. Bendine is suspected of having taken over from one of the largest construction companies in the world, the Brazilian company Odebrecht.
In the protest-stricken Venezuela, the tear gas raises. The authorities have ordered a new quantity from a Brazilian manufacturer, but for the time being, the country does not enter.
The Public Prosecutor of Brazil wants former president Luiz Inácio da Silva behind the bars. The former head of state and six other suspects have to be sentenced to imprisonment for corruption and laundering, according to the recommendations of the investigators to the judges in charge, according to the state press agency Agência Brasil.
The impending dismissal of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is a coup for the benefit of the economic elite. Rousseff that the Senate, which decided on the deposition Monday held.
The two containers full of stolen equipment from the German broadcasters ARD and ZDF to broadcast his visit during the Olympics. A police helicopter has the booty, worth about 400,000 euros, were found. The damage is minor, according to the TV stations.
