Brazil to Pay R$1,200 to Low-Income Residents Affected by Amapá Blackout
Brazil will have to pay t$1,200 us$220) to each low-income resident of the northern state of Amapá recently affected by...
November 13, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Latin American e-Commerce Giant MercadoLibre Not Currently an Acquisition Target: CEO
Buenos Aires-based MercadoLibre, Latin America's largest ecommerce company which has experienced dramatic growth due to COVID-19 lockdowns, is not being...
November 13, 2020
Despite Rampant Transphobia, Brazil Sets Record for Transgender Candidates in 2020 Elections
Mostly white and male. This is the historical portrait of Brazilian politics. But in the 2020 municipal elections, a number...
November 13, 2020
Brazil Economy Minister: If Covid Second Wave Hits, Government Will Pay Emergency Aid
Minister of Economy Paulo Guedes stressed yesterday, November 12th, that should there be a second wave of infections by the...
November 13, 2020
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, 2020
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