Iolanda Fonseca
Iolanda Fonseca is a polyglot linguist of Portuguese nationality with a degree in Economics and a post-graduate degree in Languages and Literature.
Agriculture: Brazil Authorizes Grape and Garlic Imports From Egypt
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Minister of Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, announced yesterday after Brazil had achieved the opening of the Egyptian market for...
Researchers Demonstrate Lithium Benefits for Elderly People with Alzheimer’s
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - New findings from experiments on human brain cells and mice show that the drug slows down cell aging, one of...
Obesity Surgery Cases in Brazil Increased Almost 85 Percent in Seven Years
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The number of obese individuals in Brazil grew 67.8 percent between 2006 and 2018, according to data from the...
Jurists Defend Protection of Transsexual Juveniles in Socio-educational Facilities
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Socio-educational measures are enforced by the courts for educational purposes and are intended for adolescents between the ages of...
Fires Affect Over 6,000 Hectares in Chapada dos Guimarães
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Fires affect 6,180 hectares of the Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (MT), according to an estimate released yesterday, September...
Brazilian Families’ Indebtedness and Consumer Default Remain High in August
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The study was released on Friday, September 13th, by the National Confederation of Commerce of Goods, Services, and Tourism...
Brazilian Senator is Threatened After Taking Over Committee on Fake News
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Senator Angelo Coronel (PSD-BA) began to receive death threats after he took over the presidency of the Parliamentary Committee...
Journalist Association Criticizes Greenwald for Calling Newspaper Reporters Corrupt
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a note released on Friday, September 13th, the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalists (ABRAJI) also expressed its solidarity...
Brazilian Economy Minister: “I Never Said the Economy Would Grow This Year”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In an interview with foreign correspondents in Rio, he criticized the demands on Jair Bolsonaro's government for an immediate...
Fire Strikes Hospital in Rio de Janeiro and Kills at Least Eleven
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A large fire struck last night, September 12th, the Badim Hospital, of Rede d'Or, located at Rua São Francisco...
General Motors Dismisses 185 Engineers in the State of São Paulo
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The automotive multinational General Motors (GM) has dismissed 185 engineers at its units in the State of São Paulo,...
Moro to Start FBI-inspired National Academy to Train Civil and State Police Officers
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The National Secretariat of Public Safety (SENASP), of the Ministry of Justice, plans to train civil and state police...
Greenwald Says Allegations Against David Miranda Are “Illegal and False Leak”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Journalist Glenn Greenwald recorded a video in response to the Financial Activities Control Council (COAF) accusations of atypical transaction...
Court Allows Lula to Testify at National Human Rights Council Inquiry
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Judge Carolina Lebbos, Sérgio Moro's successor in the 12th Federal District Court of Curitiba, on Tuesday, September 10th, approved...