Rio de Janeiro is Second-Worst State in Fighting Covid-19, per CLP Ranking
The Federal District (DF) took the lead in the ranking of states with the worst performance in the fight against...
August 2, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Brazil’s Basic Income Scheme ‘Renda Brasil’ Will Cost R$52 Billion a Year
The R$600 emergency aid for low-income casual workers, the celebrated program that helped stem the Brazilian economy's tumble at the...
August 2, 2020
Brazil Counts 2.7 Million Cases and 93,600 Deaths by Covid-19 (August 1st)
Since the start of the pandemic, Brazil has registered 2.7 million people infected by Covid-19, according to a balance released...
August 2, 2020
São Paulo Opens Four More Urban Parks on Monday
The parks will operate exclusively from Monday to Friday, from 10 AM to 4 PM. The wearing of masks is...
August 2, 2020
Fires in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest Jump 28 Percent in July
The number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest jumped 28% in July from a year ago, official data showed on...
August 1, 2020
Brazil Reopens International Air Travel to Foreign Tourists
Brazil has reopened international air travel to foreign tourists, which had been banned since March, even as its coronavirus outbreak...
August 1, 2020
Latin America to Experience ‘Most Brutal Recession in History’, Alerts ECLAC
The economic reactivation of Latin America will have to wait. A new report from the Economic Commission for Latin America...
August 1, 2020
Fiocruz Alerts to Potential Second Covid-19 Wave in Rio, Ceará, and Maranhão States
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) is alerting to a potential second wave of Covid-19 in the states of Rio de...
August 1, 2020
Government Admits Lack of Barriers Against Covid-19 in Eight Indigenous Territories
The federal government conceded to the Supreme Court (STF) that eight indigenous lands do not have any kind of health...
August 1, 2020