Brazilian Judges, Prosecutors, and Legislators Spared from Administrative Reform Bill
The government's administrative reform proposal will create five new types of ties for public servants, only one of which will...
September 4, 2020Topic
Brazil football
Rio Governor Witzel Denies Improbity, Submits Brief Against Impeachment to ALERJ
Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel, removed from office by a Superior Court of Justice (STJ) ruling last Friday, August...
September 4, 2020
Covid-19: Over 80 Percent of Patients Have Recovered in Brazil
On Thursday, September 3rd, Brazil reached the rate of over 80 percent of people recovered from Covid-19, according to a...
September 4, 2020
TAP Airline Restarts Direct Flights from Brasília to Portugal Five Months After Suspension
After a five-month interruption of its flights at the Brasília International Airport, TAP airline restarted its scheduled operations between Brazil...
September 4, 2020
Blind Association Criticizes New R$200 Banknote Size Equal to R$20 Bill
The R$200 (US$40) banknote, launched on Wednesday, September 2nd, by the Central Bank, was criticized by associations of the visually...
September 4, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Reaches Cumulative Four Million Cases
Brazil has reached just over four million cumulative cases of Covid-19, according to the Ministry of Health's balance released yesterday,...
September 4, 2020
Colombia: Jurisdictional Squabbles Highlight Trial of ex-President Uribe
The charges against ex-president and ex-senator Álvaro Uribe Vélez may soon be brought before the nation's Prosecutor General (Procuraduría) and...
September 3, 2020
Opinion: Message From a Portuguese Mother With a Broken Heart
I was two years old when the Carnation Revolution took place on April 25th, 1974, which overthrew the authoritarian 'Estado...
September 3, 2020
Brazilian USP and UNICAMP Climb in Ranking of the Best Universities in the World
Brazil has 13 universities among the 1,000 best institutions in the world, according to the new edition of the British...
September 3, 2020