CoronaVac: São Paulo Confirms two Dose Immunization Starting January 25th
In a meeting with Mayors who took over the management of São Paulo's cities on January 1st, Health Secretary Jean...
January 6, 2021Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Brazil Government Suspends Purchase of Syringes Because of High Prices
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Wednesday morning, January 6th, President Jair Bolsonaro tweeted news that the Ministry of Health...
January 6, 2021
Latin America Reacts to Covid-19 Surge with New Restrictions As Brazil Remains Inert
January brought a case surge in Latin America. After a drop in the curve in October and November, in December...
January 6, 2021
Manaus Mayor Concedes Collapse, Says City Has Only 2-3 Months’ Supply of Graves
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Recently sworn in, Mayor David Almeida yesterday accepted that Manaus, capital city of Brazil´s Amazonas...
January 6, 2021
Bolsonaro Calls Brazil “Broke”, Says He Can’t Do Anything; Economists Differ
In his first working day in 2021, President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday, January 5th, that Brazil is "broke". To...
January 6, 2021
With End of Emergency Brazil Should Reduce Employment Costs Over R$60 Billion
The Emergency Benefit for Preservation of Employment and Income (BEM), which enabled the reduction of working hours and wages in...
January 6, 2021
Opinion: Thinking the Unthinkable – Is “Loser” Trump Truly Deranged?
The most concise definition of Trump Derangement Syndrome, abbreviated TDS, is a "hatred of President Trump so intense that it...
January 6, 2021
JBS among Meat Firms Linked by Activists to Slavery-tainted Ranches in Brazil
Brazilian meatpackers must clean up their supply chains, labor experts said on Tuesday, after an investigation showed six firms bought...
January 5, 2021
After Eyeopening Prison Experience, Brazilian Football Star Ronaldinho Reinvents Himself
The 40-year-old modern day footballing great was arrested in Paraguay last year with his elder brother for using a fake...
January 5, 2021