Brazil’s hospitals at risk as weather changes bring more floods
Last December, when physician Victor Heitor Gomes became health director for Rafard, a municipality 150 km northwest of São Paulo,...
March 9, 2021Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
“Sell the house”: Latin Americans beg and borrow to pay COVID-19 debts
Sandra Contreras, camped outside Lima’s Villa el Salvador hospital, is running out of funds to pay for her mother’s COVID-19...
March 8, 2021
Analysis: Vaccination without lockdown could turn Brazil into a super-powerful strain “factory”
British researchers point out that large-scale contact between vaccinees and the Manaus variant may produce mutations capable of completely evading...
March 5, 2021
Ten million e-mail passwords leaked in Brazil
More than 10 million Brazilians' e-mail passwords have been disclosed on the internet in a 3.2 billion global leak that...
March 5, 2021
Brazil registers highest number of internet phishing victims – survey
In 2020, Brazil was the most affected country by attempts to steal personal or financial data from individuals over the...
March 5, 2021
Brazilian residents face the second-most restrictions on entry abroad during the pandemic
The United Kingdom, Brazil, and South Africa are the countries with the most restrictions on entering other countries because of...
March 5, 2021
Brazil records 1,786 deaths in 24 hours; total reaches 261,000 (March 4th)
The country registered 1.786 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours - a slight drop from the preceding two record-hitting...
March 5, 2021
Latin America increasingly falling behind worldwide transition to clean energy
As oil majors and developed nations push for a faster transition to clean energy, much of Latin America is struggling...
March 5, 2021
Rock in Rio threatened by performers cancelling international show commitments
Rock in Rio has raised the hopes of many music lovers by announcing that the festival is confirmed for September...
March 4, 2021