Brazil’s National Health System Celebrates 30 Years of Achievements and Challenges
Recognized as one of the largest public health systems in the world, the Unified Health System (SUS) turned 30 on...
September 20, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Pompeo, During Visit to Colombia, Accuses Venezuela of Providing Refuge to Terrorists
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, reiterated on Saturday from Colombia that the ELN guerrillas and the FARC dissidents that...
September 20, 2020
Poll: Seventy Percent of Brazilians Believe Lula Should Not Run for President in 2022
While the PT (Workers' Party) dreams of a Fernando Haddad-Lula coalition, a national survey from Paraná Research shows that the...
September 19, 2020
Air Pollution Exceeds Acceptable Limit, Threatens Life in Brazil’s Midwest
Pollution in the Brazilian Midwest has reached alarming levels. UOL's "OtaLab" last Thursday, September 17th, reported on the situation that...
September 19, 2020
Resumption of Tourism Shows Positive Results in Rio de Janeiro
Tourism was one of the most impacted sectors by the coronavirus pandemic. There was a reduction in air traffic and...
September 19, 2020
Brazil Totals 4.4 Million Covid-19 Cases and 135,000 Deaths (September 18th)
Brazil passed the 135,000 Covid-19 deaths on Friday, September 18th. The number was released in the Ministry of Health's update....
September 19, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil’s Private Hospital Bed Occupancy Rate Fell to 57 Percent in August
The monthly bed occupancy rate for Covid-19 in 52 private health plan carriers' hospitals dropped to 57 percent in August...
September 19, 2020
Bolsonaro Says ‘Staying Home’ Is Only ‘Idle Talk’ for ‘The Weak’
President Jair Bolsonaro called social isolation "small talk" and said the "stay at home" campaign is "for the weak". The...
September 19, 2020
Brazil Slashes Tariffs to Zero on Imports of Covid-19 Vaccines and Related Products
Brazil slashed temporarily the import tax on COVID-19 vaccines and other products related to the fight of the new coronavirus....
September 19, 2020