Bolsonaro Preparing Decrees to Ease Access to Firearms
Speaking with supporters who were waiting for him outside the Alvorada Palace, Bolsonaro said there was record growth in arms...
January 12, 2021Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Brazil Government Limits Syringe Production Against Covid, Industry Says
In the large plant in northern Manaus, machines operate 24 hours a day at full capacity.
January 12, 2021
U.S. University Offers Scholarships to Brazilians for Two-Week Courses in 2022
The LAIOB Experience, part of the LAIOB Group (Latin America Institute of Business), is open for applications for its short...
January 12, 2021
Hippo Invasion: Colombia Running out of Time to Tackle Pablo Escobar’s Wildest Legacy
It was hard enough to find the hippo, a massive, ornery male with a reputation for harassing local ranchers. For...
January 12, 2021
Bolsonaro Says He Can’t Change Country ‘Alone’, Promotes Expenses Beyond Spending Cap
Six days after saying that Brazil is "broke", President Jair Bolsonaro again mentioned the state of public accounts as a...
January 12, 2021
Sinovac’s Vaccine Efficacy Less Than 60% in Brazil Trial -Report
The coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech showed a general efficacy of less than 60% in its late-stage trial...
January 11, 2021
Venezuelan NGO Denounces Regime’s Strategy to Destroy Media, Discredit Journalists
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For 15 days, between the end of December and the start of the new year,...
January 11, 2021
Covid-19 Hospitalizations in Manaus in Nine Days Exceed All of December
Between January 1st and 9th this year, 1,524 new Covid-19 hospitalizations were registered in the capital of Amazonas. The state...
January 11, 2021
Covid-19 Vaccination Could Be Periodic, Says Director of Brazil´s Butantan Institute
The Butatan Institute director Doctor Dimas Covas said that vaccination against the novel coronavirus could become periodic. The assessment does...
January 11, 2021