Former president has denied breaking the law while attorney general alleges plot included a plan to poison Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been charged with allegedly masterminding and leading a far-right conspiracy to cling to power through a military coup. The South American country’s attorney general, Paulo Gonet, levelled the charges against the radical rightwing populist and several key allies on Tuesday night. He accused Bolsonaro and six key associates of leading a criminal organization with an “authoritarian power project”. The alleged plot, he wrote, included a plan to poison Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and shoot dead Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, a foe of the former president. Bolsonaro, who experts say could face between 38 and 43 years in jail if convicted, stands accused of crimes including being involved in an attempted coup d’état and an armed criminal association and the violent abolition of the rule of law. He has repeatedly denied breaking any laws and on Tuesday told reporters he was “not at all worried about these accusations”. Read moreThe charges come three months after a bombshell 884-page federal police report accused Bolsonaro, who governed Brazil from 2019 until 2022 of playing a lead role in planning and organising a conspiracy designed to stop the leftwing victor of Brazil’s 2022 presidential election Bolsonaro lost that vote to Lula but refused to accept defeat and on 8 January 2023 his hardcore supporters ran riot in the capital Brasília, trashing the presidential palace congress and the supreme court in a bid to overturn the internationally accepted result ​The attorney general’s office accused another 33 people of being part of the alleged plot including Bolsonaro’s former spy chief the far-right congressman Alexandre Ramagem; his former defense ministers Gen Walter Braga Netto and Gen Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira; his former minister of justice and public security Anderson Torres; his former minister of institutional security Gen Augusto Heleno and the former navy commander Adm Almir Garnier Santos Netto has denied involvement in a coup plot The other men are yet to publicly comment on the allegations the attorney general’s 272-page report claimed Bolsonaro had been aware of an alleged plot - which it said had “received the sinister name of ‘Green and Yellow Dagger’” - to sow political chaos by assassinating top authorities including Lula and the supreme court judge Alexandre de Moraes “The plan was thought up and brought to the attention of the president of the republic [Bolsonaro] “[The plot] cogitated using weapons against the minister Alexandre de Moraes and killing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with poison.” News that Bolsonaro had been officially charged was welcomed by opposition politicians and progressive Brazilians who despise the former president for his anti-scientific handling of the Covid pandemic Indigenous communities and the environment and his relentless attacks on Brazil’s democratic system “a crucial step in the defense of democracy and the rule of law” claiming there was “absolutely NO PROOF against Bolsonaro” The case will now be considered by the supreme court whose judges will decide the fate of Bolsonaro and his alleged accomplices That is expected to happen in the first half of this year one of the leading experts on the dictatorship that seized power after Brazil’s 1964 military coup said it was particularly noteworthy that those charged included three high-ranking military figures: Gen Braga Netto “The most significant aspect is not Bolsonaro’s indictment – he is an avowed admirer of the military dictatorship and of torture – but rather the indictment of the generals,” said Fico a history professor at Rio’s federal university “The indictment of generals through a judicial process led by the federal police with the endorsement of the country’s attorney general and [that is] set to be judged by the supreme court numerous military coup plotters were never properly punished and ended up being granted amnesty,” added Fico referring to those who were never prosecuted for crimes committed during the dictatorship We use cookies to improve your experience on our site. Learn more. Read today's Portuguese stories delivered to your email The PepsiCo snack factory in Carregado celebrates three decades of history in Portugal According to SAPO news, at its inception the factory had four production lines, today it has a production capacity of 44 million kilos of potato and corn snacks per year. The company currently employs 400 people nationwide. Inaugurated in May 1993, this space has 736 hectares for the 100% sustainable cultivation of potatoes in Portugal and maintains partnerships with several Portuguese agricultural companies. In 2022, PepsiCo increased the purchase of potatoes from sustainable agricultural crops by 6.9% compared to the same period of the previous year. According to the banner, in 2021 the production space had already achieved the water reduction objectives that PepsiCo set for 2030, being the only manufacturing unit in southern Europe with this level of consumption. "It is a great success in PepsiCo's European and global operation and much of this success is due to the teams that work every day to respond to the needs of consumers, always bearing in mind the pillars of sustainability, responsibility, and of course, choices and actions that impact the planet and people in a positive way", says, Nelson Sousa, Plant manager of PepsiCo in Portugal. We appreciate that not everyone can afford to pay for our services but if you are able to, we ask you to support The Portugal News by making a contribution – no matter how small. You can change how much you give or cancel your contributions at any time. I always say we can't ignore our planet and this is a great thing for our environment and sustainability. Send us your comments or opinion on this article. Reaching over 400,000 people a week with news about Portugal, written in English, Dutch, German, French, Swedish, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Turkish and Chinese. Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology 31-Jan-2023 Last updated on 31-Jan-2023 at 16:42 GMT This April, a new biodigester will come online to transform organic waste into biogas at PepsiCo’s snack production plant in Carregado, Portugal. The biodigester will use the sludge produced at the facility’s treatment plant and potato peelings, as well as other food waste that is unfit for consumption. This waste is pre-treated and converted into a ‘clean organic compound’ that is then transformed into biogas through a biological process. Anaerobic digestion takes waste organic material and breaks it down into gaseous products or ‘biogas’ through the action of a group of specific organic bacteria in the absence of oxygen. The biogas will be a direct substitute for natural gas and will be pre-treated in a purification plant that converts the biogas into biomethane. The project, which saw a total investment of €7.5m from PepsiCo, will result in an estimated 30% reduction in carbon emissions at the facility, the company estimates. "The new biodigester will have the capacity to convert 21,900 tons of organic waste per year into 4,818,000 Nm3 of biomethane per year, which equals a 30% reduction in carbon emissions during the production process,” explained Nelson Sousa, Plant Manager for PepsiCo in Portugal. The biogas will be used in place of natural gas as fuel in the various stages of production, as well as for sanitizing the production lines and heating the sanitary waters in the shower rooms and cafeteria. “The plant has considered a conservative scenario, in which 30% of plant gas needs will be covered by the biogas produced by the new biodigester. It may be higher (up to 40%) depending on waste availability,” Sousa told FoodNavigator. Investing in efficient, sustainable energy The new initiative builds on existing sustainability investments made at the Carregado facility. In 2012, the Carregado plant introduced a biogas production system that has yielded a 50% reduction in electricity consumption at its wastewater treatment plant. It also reuses heat from the ovens used in the production of Doritos by recovering ‘wasted’ energy from the chimney and the production of steam, facilitating a reduction in gas consumption at the plant of around 5%. The strategy being PepsiCo’s Pep+ strategy, an ‘end to end transformation’ that aims to put sustainability at the heart of PepsiCo’s business. “Any initiative focused on energy efficiency and CO2 reductions it is a priority for PepsiCo as part of our Pep+ agenda so we are confident this project will positively contribute to achieving our targets,” the operations expert explained. Through Pep+, PepsiCo has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 40% by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2040.  Specifically, PepsiCo plans to reduce GHG emissions in its direct operations by 75% and in its indirect operations by 40% by 2030. Together, this action is expected to contribute to a reduction of more than 26 million tons of GHG emissions globally, the equivalent of removing more than five million cars from the road for a year. “PepsiCo's pep+ strategy provides a clear roadmap on how our business can sustainably grow and bring value to the planet and people. We are proud to start the year with announcing this new biodigester, a first for PepsiCo in Southern Europe. Now, we will accelerate collaboration with our partners to ensure we have the right infrastructure and eco-systems to deliver positive change across the value chain,” PepsiCo Europe’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Katharina Stenholm, said. “We hope this project will be a case study showing PepsiCo's sustainability best practices at a European level, and also be an example of circularity and reconversion at a local level, since the project hopes to use waste from outside our plant in the future,” Sousa added. How will food prices and supply chain disruption shape innovation in 2023?18-Jan-2023By Katy AskewFood price inflation in Europe is a serious worry for many consumers staring down the barrel of higher prices at the checkout. What impact is this going to have on F&B innovation and consumer demand in 2023? Recent success for Welsh food and drink as it targets international marketsPaid for and content provided by Welsh Government Mastering mouthfeel: The importance of mouthfeel in making brands thrivePaid for and in partnership with Tate & Lyle Rethinking eggs for a resilient food future a ‘matter of necessity’Paid for and content provided by CSM Group (CSM Ingredients & HIFOOD) This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page ELIGE TU PAÍS / ESCOLHA O SEU PAÍS / CHOOSE YOUR COUNTRY / WYBIERZ SWÓJ KRAJ / 选择您的国家 The Government of Portugal has authorized the opening of a public tender for the concession part of the National Railway Plan and the National Investment Program 2030 aims to promote decarbonization and improve the capacity of national railway channels The concession contract has a duration of 30 years 12-A/2024 of January 11th authorised the expenditure on the first section of the high-speed railway line between the cities of Oporto and Lisbon As a result, Contract Notice no. 504/2024 was published in the Official Gazette on January 15th, determining the opening of the International Public Tender for the Concession of the first section of the High-Speed Railway Line (LAV), referring to the 71km between Oporto (Campanhã) and Oiã. The respective tender documents have been published on the electronic public procurement platform anoGov an essential project for the implementation of the National Railway Plan and the 2030 National Investment Programme approved by Council of Ministers Resolution 192/2023 of 26 December will be carried out through public-private partnerships (PPP) according to the following phases: the LAV project aims to promote the decarbonisation of the transport sector the performance and capacity of the national railways and to increase territorial cohesion What is the scope of the awarding procedure The scope of the awarding procedure (Procedure) is the award of the Concession Contract regarding the conception maintenance and provision (excluding operation) by the Concessionaire of the Railway Infrastructures of the 1st Section: Oporto (Campanhã)-Oiã (Concession Contract) What is the duration of the Concession Contract The duration of the Concession Contract is 30 years The Procedure takes the form of an International Public Tender in accordance with the provisions of the Portuguese Public Contracts Code The values to be included by the bidders in their proposals must not result in a net present value To this value a maximum amount of EUR 480,000,000.00 corresponding to public funds to be made available by the Grantor during the Development Period of the Concession Contract will be added following the application to the 2023 Call of the Connecting Europe Facility for Transport 2 Programme The Contracting Authority is Infraestruturas de Portugal The award will be made according to the criterion of the most economically advantageous tender in accordance with the tender evaluation model in Annex 11 to the Tender Regulation considering the factors and sub-factors and their respective weighting coefficients set out briefly below: The overall score of each tender (Vp) which will enable them to be ranked according to the award criterion will result from the sum of the partial scores obtained in each factor multiplied by the values of the respective weighting coefficients according to the following mathematical equation: 𝑉𝑝 = 0,7 × 𝑉𝑎 + 0,3 × 𝑉𝑏 What is the deadline for tender submissions Tenders may be submitted via the electronic platform up to 17:00 on the 153rd day following the date on which the contract notice was sent for publication The deadline for submitting tenders will therefore be 17:00 on June 13th Requests for clarification and lists of errors and omissions on the tender documents must be submitted in writing and directly on the electronic platform by the end of the first third of the deadline set for the submission of tenders.        Tenderers are obliged to keep their tenders for a period of 360 days from the end of the deadline for submitting them Lino Torgal Contact Lisbon Paulo Mendonça Duarte Contact Find more professionals Contact [email protected] The Minister of Infrastructure and Housing has revealed his intention to change the model of the tender that will be launched for the high-speed rail link between Lisbon and Madrid.  According to Jornal de Negócios the change involves including not only the design and construction but also responsibility for the management and operation of the line the Executive mandated IP to bring forward all necessary studies to ensure the completion of the connection between Lisbon and Madrid in 2034 with the aim of achieving a travel time of three hours between the two capitals is already under construction and should be completed this year We appreciate that not everyone can afford to pay for our services but if you are able to we ask you to support The Portugal News by making a contribution – no matter how small You can change how much you give or cancel your contributions at any time Send us your comments or opinion on this article Reaching over 400,000 people a week with news about Portugal France’s new leader promises to rebuild nation’s self-confidence and relaunch European Union as he takes power promised to rebuild his nation’s self-confidence and relaunch the flagging European Union as he took power on Sunday in a series of ceremonies that deliberately emphasised France’s military power “The world and Europe needs a strong France with a sense of its own destiny,” the independent centrist said in his first speech as president at the Élysée Palace because it’s the instrument of our power and sovereignty,” he added saying he would “rejuvenate and relaunch” the EU Macron, who won a clear victory over the far-right Front National leader said his election showed France had turned away from “close-minded nostalgia for an illusory past” and instead chosen “hope” He promised to “reinvent” the fractured and divided French nation and restore “self-confidence” in a country that in recent years had become morose and fallen into “doubt and fear” Macron is expected to move quickly on fronts foreign and domestic meeting in Berlin with Chancellor Angela Merkel and unveiling his choice of prime minister Among the names being bandied around is Edouard Philippe who is a member of the mainstream-right Republicans party and currently has thousands of troops involved in military operations abroad He broke with tradition by boarding an open-topped camouflage military jeep – instead of a civilian limousine – for the traditional drive up the Champs-Élysées in Paris where he lit the flame in tribute to France’s war dead at the tomb for the unknown soldier He then added his own extra appointment to proceedings by making a personal visit to a military hospital where he went to the bedside of soldiers wounded on operations in Mali and Afghanistan His team said he wanted to show “deep empathy for the defenders of freedom in our country” Macron’s vehicle slowed on the Champs-Élysées as it passed the point where a police officer was shot dead last month in an attack by a terrorist With more than 1,500 security forces out in force and the state of emergency security procedures in place Macron shook hands with crowds waving French and European flags who had gathered near the Arc de Triomphe under the careful eye of his security guards Macron had arrived at the 365-room presidential palace in the morning A 60-metre red carpet had been rolled out and every centimetre of gravel raked by groundsmen who had been working since dawn Socialist president François Hollande greeted him with a show of paternal arm-patting But if it was Hollande who launched Macron’s political career by appointing him first as his deputy chief of staff and then as his economy minister Macron was keen to politely but firmly set himself apart from his one-time mentor who leaves office as France’s least popular president Hollande had said beforehand “I’m not handing power to a political opponent” and after the traditional closed doors briefing between the outgoing and incoming president Hollande even mouthed “Good luck” at Macron as the new president saw him to his car Macron waves from a military vehicle who quit Hollande’s government last year complaining there was not enough pro-business reform and launched his own “neither left nor right” political movement used the inauguration day to clearly set himself apart from his predecessor’s presidential style Where Hollande had been criticised for portrayed himself as an ordinary bloke and “President Normal” Macron has indicated he wants to restore a form of lofty distance viewing the head of state’s role as a haughty embodiment of the nation The Macrons immediately moved into the private apartment at the Élysée Palace Only three years ago, Macron was unknown to the public. He won the presidency without a political party and never having run for elected office before. But although he had campaigned as an outsider who would revolutionise the political system his years at the Élysée as Hollande’s deputy chief of staff meant he appeared instantly at home there Both on the red carpet in the Elysée courtyard and on the Champs-Élysées Macron carefully carried out what is swiftly becoming his trademark: a long solitary walk to convey the authority of power he immediately ran up the Élysée Palace staircase to his gilded new office two steps at time After the solemn pomp of his first speech under the gold chandeliers of the Élysée’s salle des fêtes Macron’s choice of music played by the orchestra Macron’s team were quick to point out his inauguration suit had cost €450 Brigitte – who the new president has promised will have a new official “first lady” role to be defined after a consultation – wore an outfit loaned to her by the French fashion house Louis Vuitton who gathered with his close family members But those in his fledgling centrist political movement know that his victory is not complete until the parliamentary election next month Macron needs his new movement to win a majority of parliament seats if he is to enact his pro-business manifesto programme including loosening France’s strict regulations on labour law Macron has long said that he would have no “state of grace” after taking office. He is taking over a country exhausted by decades of mass unemployment, impatient with a stagnant economy, still living under a state of emergency facing a constant terrorist threat and where the first round presidential poll showed almost half of French voters chose eurosceptic candidates or those opposed to free-market Macron – who likes to constantly use the words hope optimism and future – stressed that his work would begin immediately He said he would not go back on his promises to “free up” labour law and support French business — despite warnings from unions and the left against his plans to implement labour law changes by decree One of his aides described the mood: “Very happy There are smartwatches that can do fitness and then there are fitness smartwatches geared toward that one super buff friend who reminds you every few months about the upcoming triathlon Garmin’s made a name for itself making the latter it’s launching its Fenix 6 series of smartwatches https://gizmodo.com/am-i-wrong-for-wanting-a-better-screen-on-a-1-500-smar-1835592576 The Pro Solar also sports a 1.4-inch display a roughly 36 percent increase from the fenix 5X On top of the usual preloaded GPS and music storage Garmin’s also adding Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation tracking which it uses to estimate body energy levels in combination with heart rate It’s basically an on-wrist guide for runners looking to improve their split times or run at a consistent speed Garmin is also updating its heart rate sensors to support all-day stress tracking And in the event you feel like buying some water after all that working out it supports contactless payments via Garmin Pay the 6X Pro Solar is rather chunky in person that makes sense as its meant to be a rugged outdoor companion and is jam-packed full of fitness features which is why the other smartwatches in the fenix 6 series are a tad smaller That’s 0.1 inches smaller than the Pro Solar makes for a sizeable difference on something like a wrist It’s intended for people with smaller wrists Otherwise there’s no real difference in features between the 6 series and the 6X Pro Solar except for slightly shorter battery life and lower price point Prices start at $600 for the fenix 6 and fenix 6S which is a step up in battery life but minus the solar charging the Pro Solar will retail for a whopping $1,000 ' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.