Vaccinations Begin in Latin America, Where Covid Hit Hardest
Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica started administering Latin America’s first Covid-19 vaccines Thursday, December 24th, as the region hardest hit...
December 24, 2020Section
Security
News on Security from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Brazil Health Ministry Expects 150 Million Vaccine Doses by June
Brazil’s Health Ministry expects the country to have 150 million doses of vaccines against COVID-19 available in the first half...
December 22, 2020
Federal Police Find, Seize 43,000+ Illegal Logs in Pará State
The Federal Police located over 43,000 logs along the Mamuru and Arapiuns Rivers, where Pará and Amazonas are divided.
December 22, 2020
ILO Reports Latin American Labor Market Retreated a Decade Because of Covid-19
Latin America's labor markets have regressed by at least ten years due to the Covid-19 crisis, which has closed at...
December 18, 2020
New Generation of Brazilians Becomes Part of Venezuela’s Emigration Saga
On October 12th, Children's Day, Operation Reception, led by the Army and UNHCR, the UN refugee arm, decided to hold...
December 17, 2020
UN Ranks Brazil 8th Worst in Income Inequality, above Only African Countries
The world report on quality of life indexes released yesterday places Brazil in the 8th worst position in income inequality,...
December 16, 2020
Brazil’s Updated Climate Plan Seen Lacking Credibility as Forests Shrink
Continuing large-scale deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon region suggests a new government aim to become “carbon neutral” by 2060 lacks credibility,...
December 10, 2020
NGO Study: Brazil’s Police Lethality Much Higher Among Blacks
A study released on Wednesday, December 9th, by the Safety Observatory Network proves that police lethality is much higher among...
December 10, 2020
Analysis: Child Murders in Rio de Janeiro Expose Sluggish Justice in Police Violence Cases
Twelve children were shot dead in 2020 in Rio de Janeiro State alone. This figure was reached last Friday, December...
December 10, 2020