Brazil

Brazil Records Two Million Covid Cases, Highest Death Toll in Month: 1,322 (July 16th)

Over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health has added 45,403 additional records of coronavirus infection in Brazil. As...

July 17, 2020

Former São Paulo Governor Alckmin Charged with Corruption and Money Laundering

The ex-governor of São Paulo, Geraldo Alckmin, was indicted on Thursday, July 16th, by the Federal Police in an investigation...

July 17, 2020

Over 70 Percent of Brazilian Workers Fear Job Loss

Seven in ten formal and casual workers (71 percent) are ''somewhat afraid'' of losing the occupation from where they make...

July 17, 2020

Health Secretary Says Brazil Is ‘Model’ in Fighting Covid-19

Nearing two million cases and with over 75,000 deaths from Covid-19, Brazil's Ministry of Health maintains that the country is...

July 17, 2020

Escaping Bolsonaro’s Brazil to Portugal

"Rio is beautiful, Brazil is beautiful, but the violence is totally out of control," laments Janette Ferreira Santos, a 43-year-old...

July 16, 2020

Analysis: How Evangelical Churches in Brazil Are Using the Coronavirus Crisis

The evangelical world must be at the heart of the public debate as well as the coronavirus epidemic in Brazil....

July 16, 2020

Lacking ICU Beds and Tests, Minas Gerais Pays Price for Underestimating Pandemic

The trip to the Caribbean occurred smoothly. Although Brazil had started issuing shy warnings about the coronavirus pandemic in early...

July 16, 2020

Almost 70 Percent of São Paulo Inmates’ Relatives Have No News During Pandemic

The majority of relatives of people imprisoned in the state of São Paulo have had no news during the novel...

July 16, 2020

Amnesty International Accuses JBS of Buying Cattle Raised in Protected Amazon Areas

A report released by Amnesty International on Wednesday, July 15th, states that the company JBS, the world's largest beef processor,...

July 16, 2020