Reported Murders, Suicides of Trans People Soar in Brazil
The number of transgender people killed in Brazil this year has risen by 70 percent over last year, according to...
September 8, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Pandemic Increased Prices of Medicines for Hospitals in Brazil by Up to 92.6 Percent
The Covid-19 pandemic led to an increase of up to 92.6 percent in the price of pharmaceuticals purchased by hospitals...
September 8, 2020
Maker of Chinese Vaccine Being Tested at Butantan Institute Says It Is Safe for Elderly
The Chinese Sinovac Biotech reported on Monday, September 7th, that the vaccine it is developing against Covid-19, in partnership with...
September 8, 2020
Covid-19: India Passes Brazil, Becomes Country with Second Highest Number of Cases
In a moment of global pandemic acceleration, India passed Brazil and on Monday, September 7th, and became the second country...
September 8, 2020
Poll: 72 Percent of Brazilians Think Schools Should Only Reopen after Coronavirus Vaccine
For 72 percent of Brazilians in classes A, B, and C, students should only return to in-person classes after a...
September 8, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Counts 126,900 Deaths and 4.14 Million Cases (September 7th)
There is a total of 4,147,794 cumulative cases of Covid-19 in Brazil. In the past 24 hours, another 10,273 people...
September 8, 2020
Opinion: Bolsonaro, Trump and the Centrão – a Curmudgeonly Conspiracy Theory
(Opinion) In a recent column, we posited that the resurgent “Centrão” bloc in Brazil’s Congress has supplanted the “300 Picaretas”...
September 8, 2020
Survey Shows 79 Percent of Rio Residents Favor Governor Witzel’s Impeachment
The image of governor Wilson Witzel is definitively worn out among the population of the city of Rio.
September 7, 2020
Rio de Janeiro Covid-19 Deaths Trend Downward for Fourth Consecutive Day
Data released on Sunday, September 6th by the State Health Secretariat show that the state of Rio de Janeiro has...
September 7, 2020