
News summary: inflation, fiscal adjustment, 5x2 scale, Nvidia, fires in Pará, Pope in Peru and Academia Brasileira de Letras
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Agribusiness defaults rose and Banco do Brasil's profits plummeted.
Inflation has slowed down, but remains above the target ceiling with an increase in food prices.
The Senate plenary voted on the government's fiscal adjustment measures.
Minister Flávio Dino maintained the start of the 5x2 scale on December 16, but relaxed the rules for workers' days off.
Extramarital scandals ousted Jensen Huang from the presidency of Nvidia.
New bomb threats mobilized Italy and France.
Pará declared an emergency due to forest fires.
In Lima, thousands of young people held a vigil with the Pope at the Peruvian National Stadium.
Doctor and writer Drauzio Varella was elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

US envoys met with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky after a new round of peace negotiations without decisive progress. The only concrete advance was a major prisoner exchange. Putin maintained unacceptable conditions for Kiev, such as guarantees against NATO expansion and rejection of foreign troops in Ukraine.

Private Thomas Iglesias berated US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and his entourage for laughing during a visit to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day. The video went viral, the Pentagon praised the attitude and Iglesias received the Commendation Medal for Joint Service on Thursday (12).

A wave of email bomb threats hits France and Italy, causing evacuations and transportation disruptions. Investigators trace origins to Taiwan, the Philippines and Pakistan, while authorities suspect hybrid warfare tactics.

A large fire hit a tire shop at km 6 of BR-135, at the entrance to Vila Maranhão, in São Luís, on Thursday afternoon (12). The Maranhão Military Fire Department mobilized four combat vehicles and one support vehicle to prevent the flames from spreading to homes and other establishments in the region.

Heavy rains hit Mauá and Santo André on Thursday afternoon (12), with an accumulation of 63.24 mm in Mauá and 53.14 mm in another bulletin, exceeding twice the forecast. There was flooding on several avenues, road closures, interruption of trains on Line 10-Turquoise and an stranded driver needed to be rescued on Avenida dos Estados, in Santo André. There were no victims.

Donald Trump stated that he is considering using force against Cuba during an interview with Salem News Channel, classifying the island as a failed nation and citing Marco Rubio and support from Cuban-American voters in Florida.