Brazil Defense Minister Suspends Raid on Illegal Miners in Amazon Indigenous Land
Brazil’s Defense Ministry on Thursday suspended operations by environmental agents against illegal miners on an indigenous reservation in the Amazon,...
August 7, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Covid-19: Brazil Counts Over 98 Thousand Deaths and 2.9 Million Cases (August 6th)
The Ministry of Health's daily balance released yesterday, August 6th, totaled 98,493 deaths since the start of the pandemic. Since...
August 7, 2020
Regina Duarte, ex-Culture Secretary, Tells Friends She Would Like to Return to TV Globo
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After swapping a successful 50-year career as an actress with a great salary at Globo...
August 7, 2020Amazon Devastation Hampers Rainfall, Helps Pantanal Record Burning
The Amazon is not the only Brazilian biome under threat. While the world's largest rainforest registered a record number of...
August 7, 2020
Brazil’s Economy Minister Confirms Emergency Aid Should Be Extended to Year’s End
During his opening speech, Economy minister Paulo Guedes said that Renda Brasil (Brazil Income), a basic income program that should...
August 6, 2020
Brazil’s Supreme Court Rules Government Must Protect Tribes from Covid-19
Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that President Jair Bolsonaro’s government must adopt measures to stop the spread of novel...
August 6, 2020
Public Defender’s Office: Flagrant Detention Underscores Structural Racism in Rio
An unprecedented survey by the Rio de Janeiro Public Defender's Office shows that eight out of ten prisoners in the...
August 6, 2020
Contamination of Backer Beers Was Not Isolated Incident, Report Says
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply's final report (MAPA) on the inspection after analyzing and detecting the presence of...
August 6, 2020
Five Additional Centers in Brazil Begin Testing Chinese Vaccine
Five additional research centers in the country will this week begin testing the CoronaVac Chinese vaccine, developed by Sinovac Pharmaceutical,...
August 6, 2020