Human Rights Organizations in USA Denounce Forced Hysterectomies in Detention Center
In the US state of Georgia, a growing number of women are reporting to attorneys and human rights organizations that...
September 27, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Brazil Totals 141,406 Deaths from Novel Coronavirus (September 26th)
Brazil totals 141,406 people killed by the novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. The lethality rate, according to...
September 27, 2020
Shooting Leaves One Dead, Five Wounded in Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro State
A shooting in Prainha, in Arraial do Cabo, in the Rio de Janeiro Lake District, left one man dead and...
September 27, 2020
Analysis: Recent Shooting Highlights Violent Climate in Brazilian Politics
At around 3 PM on Thursday, September 24th, Cassio Remis, an attorney and PSDB candidate for city council in Patrocínio...
September 27, 2020
Election Campaigns Start in Brazil with More Funds for Black Candidates
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – As the 2020 municipal electoral campaign gets underway in Brazil this Sunday, a statutory rule recently...
September 27, 2020
Analysis: How Brazil Became a Huge Farm with Cities in Its Center
When Cornelius Vanderbilt died in 1877, the world was able to have a notion of his fortune, valued at US$100...
September 26, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Counts 140,000 Deaths, 4.68 Million Cumulative Cases (September 25th)
The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic rose to 4,689,613.
September 26, 2020
Three Startups Selected to Help Brazil’s Government in Covid-19 Crisis
BrazilLAB announced on Friday, September 25th, the winning companies of its first stage of the Covid-19 task force. In July,...
September 26, 2020
São Paulo To Experience Heat Wave: Month Ends Hot, May Set New Heat Record
On Thursday, September 24th, the dry and hot gained ground over the country's center-south, including the state of São Paulo.
September 25, 2020