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, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
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
Brazil Counts 12.2 Million Unemployed, According to IBGE
The rate of unemployed in Brazil stands at 13.1 percent of the population, a total of 12.2 million jobless individuals.
August 1, 2020
Gringo View: A Light In The Isolation Tunnel
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) There is very little positive to gather from these months of isolation. In fact,...
August 1, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Records 1,212 Deaths, 52,383 Cases in Past 24 Hours (July 31st)
Brazil has reached 92,475 deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic. There are still 3,529 deaths in research. The data are from...
August 1, 2020