Amazon Leaders Deliver Petition Against Illegal Mining to Brazil’s Congress
Indigenous leaders delivered a petition of more than 400,000 signatures to the Brazilian Congress on Thursday, December 3rd, demanding the...
December 3, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Gringo View: Deciding What Not To Write About
(Opinion) There comes a point when figuring out what not to write about is almost easier than finding subjects which...
December 3, 2020
Exclusive: Children in Brazil Found Working for Food Delivery Apps
(Thomson Reuters Foundation) Cases of children working for major food delivery apps in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic have been...
December 3, 2020
Mexico Has Cut Off Natural Gas Supply to Braskem/Idesa Factory
Mexico has cut off natural gas supply to Braskem’s Mexican operations, the company and government said on Wednesday, intensifying a...
December 2, 2020
Brazil Health Regulator Analyzing Emergency Use of Covid-19 Vaccines – source
The news was first reported by the O Globo newspaper.
December 2, 2020
Brazil´s Wealthy Must Pay More Taxes for Inequality to Drop, Says USP Study
The proposals of the Jair Bolsonaro government's economic team to create a new social program in 2021 are " virtually...
December 2, 2020
Justice Toffoli Suspends Bolsonaro Decree Encouraging Separation of Disabled Students
Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Dias Toffoli on Tuesday, December 1st, ordered the suspension of a decree by President Jair...
December 2, 2020
Brazil’s Covid Vaccination Priorities: Elderly, Healthcare Professionals, Indigenous People
The Ministry of Health on Tuesday, December 1st, released the first points of the "preliminary" strategy for vaccinating the population...
December 2, 2020
Brazil´s Covid Black Friday Sales Grow by 30%
Black Friday week sales this year were 30% higher than in 2019. According to a Nielsen survey, e-commerce invoiced R$6...
December 1, 2020