Oxford Vaccine Trials Resumed After Analyzing Test Subject’s Health Issue
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Saturday, September 12th, Oxford University announced the resumption of clinical trials of its experimental...
September 13, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Superior Court Orders Release of Black College Student Who Claims He Was Framed
Almost two months ago, young Gabriel Apolinário, 18, was forced to change his address. After being arrested by state police...
September 13, 2020
Supreme Court to Decide Whether States Can Force Parents to Vaccinate Their Children
The Supreme Court will decide if parents may refrain from vaccinating their underage children on the basis of philosophical, religious,...
September 13, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Totals 4.31 Million Cases and 131,200 Deaths (September 12th)
The balance released yesterday, September 12th, by the Ministry of Health reports 814 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours,...
September 13, 2020
Rio Prosecutor Claims It Has Evidence Universal Church Was Used to Launder Corrupt Funds
The Rio de Janeiro State Prosecutor's Office (MP-RJ) says it found evidence of "atypical billionaire transactions" from the Universal Church...
September 13, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Counts 130,000 Deaths and 4.28 Million Cumulative Cases (September 11th)
The Ministry of Health's daily balance on Friday, September 11th, reported a total of 130,396 deaths by Covid-19 since the...
September 12, 2020
Brazil Adds R$125 Million Investment to Fight Covid-19 in Indigenous Areas
The Ministry of Health (MS) yesterday, September 11th, announced an additional injection of R$125 million to tackle Covid-19 in the...
September 12, 2020
FUNAI Coordinator Killed by Arrow in Isolated Indigenous Territory He Was Studying
Together with his friend Roberto de Barros Ossak, who is a Pastoral da Terra (organization for social justice and human...
September 11, 2020
Brazilian Prosecutors Investigating Petrobras Forex Transactions between 2008 and 2011
Brazil’s federal police were serving 25 search warrants as part of an investigation regarding foreign-exchange transactions done by oil company...
September 11, 2020