Society

Brazil’s Superior Labor Court Decrees End of Postal Workers’ Strike

The Superior Labor Court (TST) has decreed the end of the strike by postal workers and the return to work...

September 22, 2020

Brazil Totals 4.55 Million Cases and 137,200 Covid-19 Deaths (September 21st)

In the past 24 hours, Brazil recorded 377 deaths by Covid-19, totaling 137,272 fatalities since the start of the pandemic.

September 22, 2020

Survey: One-third of Brazilians Completed Their First Digital Deal During Pandemic

When her bar had to close its doors because of the pandemic, Andréia Farias wondered what she was going to...

September 22, 2020

With 300,000 Cases Last Week, Covid-19 Second Wave Could Lead Europe to Lockdown

The rate of transmission of the novel coronavirus in Europe is at "alarming" levels, according to the World Health Organization...

September 22, 2020

Governor Doria Says All São Paulo Residents Can Be Vaccinated for Covid-19 by February 2021

São Paulo's governor João Doria announced on Monday, September 21st, that the whole population of the state would be administered...

September 22, 2020

Progressive Evangelicals Decry Homophobia Among Pastors, Begin Political Involvement

Last week, the clan of one of the most traditional evangelical temples in the country, founded in Belo Horizonte, was...

September 22, 2020

Angolan Prosecutors Order All Temples of Brazil’s Universal Church to Be Closed

The Angolan Justice has ordered the closure and seizure of all temples of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of...

September 21, 2020

Twenty-one Percent of Poorest Families in Brazil Have No Income in Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has reduced the income of Brazilian families even further. In addition, many of them were unable to...

September 21, 2020

São Paulo to Receive Coronavac’s First Five Million Doses in October

The Butantan Institute will receive the first five million doses of the Coronavac vaccine against Covid-19, from the Chinese Sinovac,...

September 21, 2020