Bolsonaro Appoints Another Military Officer to Brazil´s Health Agency Board
On Thursday, November 12th, President Jair Bolsonaro appointed Jorge Luiz Kormann, a reserve lieutenant-colonel, to fill a position on the...
November 13, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Covid-19: Brazil Counts 164,000 Deaths and 5.78 Million Cumulative Cases (November 12th)
Fatalities as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic have reached 164,281. In the past 24 hours, 908 deaths have...
November 13, 2020
Brazil´s Largest Fintech Nubank to Fund Education of Black People After Backlash
Founders of São Paulo-based Nubank, Brazil´s biggest fintech, said on Thursday, November 12th, in a letter that the company will...
November 12, 2020
Indigenous Leaders Count on Biden to Help Save Amazon Forest from ‘Brink of Collapse’
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For decades, indigenous leader Nemonte Nenquimo has been battling to keep her Amazon rainforest home...
November 12, 2020
São Paulo Private Hospitals Record Increased Covid Hospitalizations, Warn of Second Wave
Between October and November, private hospitals in the city of São Paulo recorded an increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations.
November 12, 2020
Rio de Janeiro School Supports Gender-Neutral Vocabulary, Sparking Controversy
The parents of students at the Franco-Brasileiro High School, located in Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro's South Zone, agreed yesterday to...
November 12, 2020
Fiocruz: Brazilian Covid-19 Vaccine Could Advance to Clinical Trials in 2021
While preparing to produce the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical Company and Oxford University, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)...
November 12, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Exceeds 5.75 Million Cases (November 11th)
With deficient data, the Ministry of Health released the Covid-19 figures in the country in the past 24 hours, with...
November 12, 2020
CoronaVac Vaccine Volunteer’s Cause of Death Was Suicide, Say Brazilian Police
The cause of death of the CoronaVac vaccine volunteer was suicide, according to the police report obtained on Tuesday, November...
November 11, 2020