Rio Drug Wars Escalate, Young Mother Shot Dead Protecting Son
A "war" between drug traffickers over control of the São Carlos favela complex in Central Rio has been raging for...
August 28, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Rio de Janeiro Governor Suspended Over Alleged COVID-19-Related Graft
A raft of investigations have been opened in Brazil and other Latin American countries, including Peru, Ecuador and Mexico, into...
August 28, 2020
Paraná State Says Russian Vaccine Trials in Brazil Could Begin in 45 Days
On Thursday, the government of Paraná met with the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) to define the potential production of...
August 28, 2020
Woman Could Be First HIV Patient Cured Without Use of Medication
A woman could be the first person in the world to be cured of HIV (the virus that causes AIDS)...
August 28, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Counts 118,649 Deaths and 3.76 Million Cases (August 27th)
Brazil has reached 118,649 deaths due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to the Ministry of Health's daily update released...
August 28, 2020
Homicide of Blacks Grows 11.5 Percent in 11 Years; That of Others Drops 13 Percent
In 2018, 75.7 percent of homicide victims in Brazil were black. In the historical context, between 2008 and 2018, the...
August 28, 2020
“I’d Rather Lose a Year than a Child”: The Debate on Returning to School in São Paulo
"If my son loses a year in school, it won't make a difference to him in the future. But if...
August 28, 2020
Gringo View: Is Now a Good Time to Write Your Own Obituary?
How many of us, stranded and isolated for the past months by the pandemic and unable to have normal contact...
August 27, 2020
Covid-19 Reinfection, the Great Pandemic Puzzle
The emergence of the first cases in which an individual was again infected with the coronavirus after overcoming the disease...
August 27, 2020