Gringo View: Ending US Hypocrisy
(Opinion) A Trump victory in the US presidential elections Tuesday, November 10th, is too awful for this gringo to contemplate....
November 1, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Water Supply to Brazil’s Northeastern Cities May Be Interrupted for Lack of Funds
Due to lack of funds, families that rely on tank trucks in the Northeast are expected to stop receiving drinking...
November 1, 2020
Rio Metro Authorized by Federal Government to Raise R$1.2 Billion from Investors
The Rio de Janeiro Subway Concession was authorized by the Ministry of Regional Development (MDR) to raise funds in the...
November 1, 2020
Brazilian State Governors Arrange Meeting with W.H.O. to Address Covid-19 Vaccine
Piauí state Governor Wellington Dias is organizing a meeting with Jarbas Barbosa, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)...
November 1, 2020
Brazil Records 407 More Covid-19 Deaths, Nears 160,000 Total (October 31st)
The Ministry of Health confirmed another 407 deaths from complications caused by the novel coronavirus. The country totals 159,884 deaths...
November 1, 2020
One Year on, Family of Murdered Amazon Land Defender Say Nothing has Changed
Illegal loggers are operating unchecked in Brazil’s Amazon as coronavirus rages despite government vows to act after an indigenous land...
November 1, 2020
Racist, Xenophobic, anti-Brazilian Insults Scrawled Across Lisbon University Wall
The walls of the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP) and a secondary school in Lisbon were graffitied with racist and xenophobic...
October 31, 2020
Unemployment in Brazil Hit 14.4 Percent in Quarter Ended in August
The unemployment rate hit 14.4 percent in the quarter ended in August, up 1.6 percentage points over the quarter ended...
October 31, 2020
Brazilian V.P. Contradicts Bolsonaro; Says Government Will Purchase Sinovac Covid-19 Vaccine
Vice-President Hamilton Mourão said that the federal government will buy the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese company Sinovac in partnership...
October 31, 2020