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.
Survey: Government Disapproval Grows, While Bolsonaro’s Conduct Retains Support
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the month when the coronavirus health crisis got out of control, raising Brazil to second place in the...
Brazil Outstrips the United States in Number of Daily Deaths by Covid-19
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil passed the United States in terms of daily deaths from the novel coronavirus. The Brazilian Ministry of Health...
LATAM Files for Bankruptcy Protection in United States; Brazil Operations Not Included
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - LATAM, the largest airline company in Latin America, filed for bankruptcy protection in the US on Tuesday, due to...
Bolsonaro Claims He Owes Bad Image Abroad to Global Left-Wing Media
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a conversation with supporters outside the Alvorada Palace, Bolsonaro was approached by a sympathizer who asked the SECOM...
Brazilian Laboratory Tests Antibodies Against Coronavirus and Issues Certificate
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Alliar laboratory network has begun providing serology tests that detect antibodies against the novel coronavirus. The test identifies...
Brazil’s Health Surveillance Secretary to Step Down Today
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Wanderson de Oliveira, the Ministry of Health’s National Surveillance Secretary, announced he will step down on Monday, May 25th....
Bolsonaro Challenges STF Ruling, Overflies Pro-Government Rally, Doffs Mask to Join Crowd
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Sunday morning, May 24th, President Jair Bolsonaro took part in yet another rally to support the government in...
Government Bans Foreigners From Entering Brazil for 30 Days to Contain Coronavirus
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The federal government, on Friday, May 20th, published an extra edition of the Federal Gazette restricting the entry of...
Evangelicals Call on Government to Remove Bolsonaro From Office
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The statements of President Jair Messias Bolsonaro and his decisions to tackle Covid-19 are the key points of dissatisfaction...
“Bewildered,” Supreme Court Justice Wants Brazil’s Minister of Education Out
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Marco Aurélio Mello told Estadão newspaper on Saturday, May 23rd, that he was "bewildered"...
Chief of Institutional Security Threatens STF After Ruling to Seize Bolsonaro Cell Phone
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Augusto Heleno, Chief Minister of the GSI (Institutional Security Office), has directly threatened the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and...
Two Large Scale Studies Find No Benefit from Chloroquine in Treating Covid-19; Risk of Cardiac Arrhythmia
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A scientific study published in the renowned 'The Lancet' magazine with 96,000 patients shows that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have...
Dollar Drops for Third Straight Day, Closing Week Down 4.5 Percent
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The US currency closed down for the third consecutive day and ended the week depreciating by 4.54 percent. On...
Zuckerberg Cites Removal of Bolsonaro Post as Example of Facebook Acting Against False Information
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Thursday, May 21st, Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook was removing false information on the coronavirus and cited the...