Deceased ex-Minister’s Cell Phone Content Said to Be “Destructive” for Bolsonaro
Amid the Queiroz scandal, the Planalto could be shaken by yet another bomb in the coming days. That's because, according...
June 22, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Fugitive Convicted of Extortion in Brazil Detained in Spain
A 67-year-old man who had fled Brazil and was wanted by Interpol for extortion committed in 2006 was arrested by...
June 22, 2020
After Researchers Take Shortcuts: Why Recent Medical Scandals Might Boost Research
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The retraction of two medical studies in high-profile journals is a major scandal. It points...
June 21, 2020
Pandemic Has Caused as Many Brazilian Deaths as Its 19th-Century Paraguay War
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After on Friday passing the one million Covid-19 infections mark, Brazil is today nearing another...
June 21, 2020
Brazil Counts 49,976 Deaths and 1.06 Million Covid-19 Cases (June 20th)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil recorded 1,022 new Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, according to a Ministry of Health...
June 21, 2020
Ceará Becomes First State to Allow Blood Donations from Homosexual Men
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - When he tried to donate blood, administrator Rodrigo Benício Costa saw the initiative become an...
June 21, 2020
Rio de Janeiro 7th in Covid-19 World Mortality Ranking
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With a Covid-19 lethality rate of 9.63 percent and a mortality rate of 48.7 per...
June 20, 2020
W.H.O. Cautions: Coronavirus Pandemic Accelerating, America Is Now Epicenter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The novel coronavirus pandemic is far from subsiding. Driven by the spread of the pathogen...
June 20, 2020
Brazil Exceeds One Million Covid-19 Cases, per Media Consortium (June 19th)
On Friday afternoon, June 19th, Brazil reached the mark of 1,009,699 confirmed Covid-19 cases, the disease caused by the novel...
June 20, 2020