2022 accounts for 27% of all rain-related deaths in the last ten years
The number of deaths caused by excessive rainfall in Brazil in 2022 is the highest in the last ten years...
June 2, 2022Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Uruguay: concern and political debate over increase in murders
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After a weekend with eight homicides, Uruguay has reached 171 murders so far this year.
June 1, 2022
Brazil: More than 40 cities in Pernambuco state are in an emergency
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - More than 40 cities in Pernambuco have declared or are declaring a state of emergency...
June 1, 2022
Brazilian cities face shortage of medicines due to lack of raw materials
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil is going through a phase of medicine shortage in several regions.
June 1, 2022
Uruguay recorded eight homicides over the weekend
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This weekend there were eight homicides in Uruguay, totaling 41 murders during May.
May 31, 2022
Brazil: Unemployment rate drops to lowest level since 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The unemployment rate fell to 10.5% in the quarter ended in April (February, March, and...
May 31, 2022
Brazil has more than 27,000 disaster risk areas
Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo. The locations differ, but the tragedy provoked by the rains is...
May 31, 2022
Chile’s unemployment rate falls to 7.7% in February-April quarter
quarter, unemployment in Chile dropped to 7.7%, a decrease of 2.5 percentage points (pp) compared to the same period last...
May 31, 2022
Security crisis in Ecuador: When reality trumps management
The scourge of organized crime, drug trafficking, common crime, and an unprecedented prison crisis place Ecuador as the country
May 30, 2022