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, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
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
Brazil Totals 159,400 Covid-19 Deaths Since Start of Pandemic (October 30th)
The Ministry of Health's balance released on Friday, Otober 30th, shows that that there are now a total of 159,477...
October 31, 2020
Analysis: Growing Online Anti-Vaccine Movement Is Threat to Brazil’s Public Health
Over the past few years, Brazil has perceived a drop in vaccine coverage of the basic immunization calendar.
October 30, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Says Fresh Covid Lockdown Measures are ‘Crazy’
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a longtime critic of stay-at-home measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic, said on Thursday, October 29th,...
October 30, 2020
Brazil Opens Net 313,564 Formal Jobs in September, Third Straight Month of Growth
Special Secretary of Social Security and Labor Bruno Bianco said on Thursday that there is a marked upswing in the...
October 30, 2020
Analysis: Pandemic Highlights Lack of Decent Social Housing in Latin America
After months in confinement, Latin America is slowly beginning to take to the streets. However, staying home has been difficult...
October 30, 2020