Brazil’s health regulator relaxes rules for oxygen cylinders to counter shortages
Facing the risk of collapse in the health system, the National Health Regulation Agency (Anvisa) relaxed the rules about oxygen...
March 20, 2021Topic
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Brazil’s December retail sales sink historic 6.1% as pandemic, food inflation bite
Brazilian retail sales slumped 6.1% in December, official figures showed on Wednesday, the biggest fall for that particular month and...
February 10, 2021
Brazil´s Centrão Voting Bloc Presses Bolsonaro for Banco do Brasil and Mint Appointments
With the election of Arthur Lira (PP-AL) to head the Chamber and Rodrigo Pacheco (DEM-MG) to run the Senate, parties...
February 8, 2021
São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Exceed 100,000 Vaccinated Against Covid-19 (January 25th)
With virtually all states executing their vaccination plan, Brazil reached 700,000 people immunized on Monday, January 25th. A total of...
January 26, 2021
Analysis: Vowing Budget Control, Brazil Faces Pressure to Keep Spending
Brazil’s government entered 2021 determined to slash last year’s record budget deficit, but a devastating second wave of COVID-19 and...
January 22, 2021
Itaú Made R$1 Million Duplicate Transfers Using PIX, Sues Banks to Recover Funds
A dispute among Brazil's largest banks could be the PIX's first judicial "trial by fire", the Central Bank's (BC) new...
January 21, 2021
Border Guards Detain Nationals Entering Portugal from Brazil with Forged Negative Covid Tests
SEF borders agency inspectors have detained six nationals attempting to enter Portugal on a flight from Brazil carrying forged negative...
January 10, 2021