Three Bays Within State of Rio Are at Risk of Environmental Disaster from Oil Spill
In February 2020, the Baía Viva Movement presented at the ALERJ (Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro) a Bill to...
August 8, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Covid-19: Latin America, World’s Most Affected Region, Passes 213,000 Fatalities
Latin America and the Caribbean became the region with the highest number of deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, totaling 213,120,...
August 8, 2020
Brazilian Magazine: Queiroz Wrote Michelle Bolsonaro 21 Checks Totalling R$72,000
The former adviser to Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, Fabrício Queiroz, deposited at least 21 checks for First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro, a...
August 8, 2020
After R$100 Million Donation, Brazil Will Have Domestic Covid-19 Vaccine Factory
A consortium of Brazilian companies and foundations will donate R$100 million to equip and finance a national Covid-19 vaccine factory....
August 8, 2020
Paraguayan Prosecutors Request Suspension of Lawsuit Against Ronaldinho Gaucho
Paraguay's Prosecutor's Office (MP) has lodged a request for a stay of proceedings against Ronaldinho Gaúcho and his brother, Assis....
August 8, 2020
Covid-19 Milestones: Brazil Nears 100,000 Deaths, 3 Million Cases (August 7th)
Brazil is nearing the 100,000 reported deaths from the novel coronavirus. In the past 24 hours, 1,079 deaths have been...
August 8, 2020
Analysis: Biodiversity Depletion Favors Emergence of New Pandemics
In 1965, the year the current World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom was born, the world's population was 3.32...
August 7, 2020
Ceará State Researchers Mobilize to Ship Tilapia Skin to Lebanon to Treat Burn Victims of Explosion
Researchers of the Tilapia Skin Project, of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), are conducting a campaign to sensitize the...
August 7, 2020
Brazil’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 13.3 Percent in Q2, Says IBGE
The unemployment rate rose to 13.3 percent in the quarter between April and June, up 1.1 percentage points (p.p.) over...
August 7, 2020