Brazil

Third Brazil Cabinet Minister with COVID-19 Touts Unproven Drug Cocktail

(Reuters) Lorenzoni, a close ally of President Jair Bolsonaro, credited relatively mild symptoms to an anti-malarial drug touted by the...

July 20, 2020

Mayoralty Election in Greater São Paulo Will Test Past Opponents

The municipal elections in the São Paulo metropolitan region should be marked by the PSDB's test of resistance to former...

July 20, 2020

Covid-19: Oxford Vaccine Could Be Ready in September

Developed by Oxford University in partnership with pharmaceutical Astrazeneca, the vaccine against Covid-19 could finalize its human trials in September,...

July 20, 2020

Brazil Records Its Most Deadly Sunday for Covid-19 on July 19th

Brazil has recorded the deadliest Sunday for Covid-19 in 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health. There...

July 20, 2020

Small Towns in São Paulo State Still Register No Covid-19 Cases

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Almost 150 days after the first case of Covid-19 was registered in Brazil, five small towns...

July 20, 2020

How Uruguay Managed to Sustain Education with Schools Closed

The spread of the pandemic led to the closure of schools in most parts of the world. Over 90 percent...

July 20, 2020

Brazilian Congress ‘Forgets’ Political Reform During Pandemic

In February 2019, at the start of the current legislature, Deputy Darci de Matos used the Chamber plenary to advocate...

July 20, 2020

Argentina Reduces Domestic Security Role of Military, Focusing on External Defense

The Argentine government has reversed military reforms from ex-President Mauricio Macri's administration. On June 26th, President Alberto Fernández, his head...

July 20, 2020

The Endless Confinement of Merchant Seamen Due to Coronavirus

Tejasvi Duseja can no longer bear it: the last time this Indian sailor set foot on land was five months...

July 20, 2020