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Good morning! Delivery app drivers around Brazil are switching off their engines today and tomorrow, in a national stoppage in favor of improved working conditions. Among the main demands include a BRL 10 (USD 1.73) minimum fee per delivery, and an increase to the price per kilometer charged by major apps. 

Jan. 8 sentences: Does the dose make the poison?

Two days after deciding that former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven of his top allies would stand trial for allegedly orchestrating a coup attempt in 2022, Brazil’s Supreme Court and the Prosecutor General’s Office made a notable concession.

Driving the news. They authorized the transfer of Débora Rodrigues dos Santos — a 39-year-old hairdresser arrested during the Jan. 8, 2023, attack on government buildings — from prison to house arrest.

Who is she? Santos drew widespread attention for scrawling graffiti on the statue of Lady Justice outside the Supreme Court, using lipstick. The image quickly became emblematic of the insurrection, in which thousands of pro-Bolsonaro demonstrators stormed and vandalized the presidential palace, Congress and the Supreme Court in an effort to provoke military intervention and overturn the results of the 2022 election.

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