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Bolsonarist Militants Removed 2,100 YouTube Videos Following Supreme Court Raid

A survey conducted by the data analysis company Novelo Data found that 2,100 videos published by Bolsonarist channels on YouTube...

June 23, 2020

Brazilian Senate to Vote on Privatization of Water Supply during Pandemic

During the Coronavirus pandemic, which has been raging for close to 100 days, Curitiba experienced several periods of water shortage....

June 23, 2020

Brazil’s Inland Cities Account for Nearly 60 Percent of Covid Cases

Initially concentrated in the capitals, the Covid-19 pandemic has advanced more powerfully in recent weeks towards the interior, which now...

June 23, 2020

Coronavirus: Vaccine Could Be Ready in October, Says British Researcher

The Jenner Institute, linked to Oxford University, may provide a vaccine against the novel coronavirus as early as October.

June 23, 2020

Opinion: Poverty Does Not Excuse Omission

The spread of Covid-19 has exposed the challenges in tailoring the lessons that worked in Europe or Asia to poorer...

June 23, 2020

Unprecedented Situation Could Lead Brazil to Negative Interest Rate

Brazilian interest rates reached almost 50 percent when Gustavo Franco was in charge of the Central Bank in late 1998,...

June 23, 2020

Bolsonaro Considers Actions Against Covid-19 ‘Excess’, Calls for Reopening of Trade

On Monday, June 22nd, President Jair Bolsonaro once again advocated the reopening of trade and said that "there may have...

June 23, 2020

São Paulo Police Choke Black Man Until He Faints, Recalling George Floyd in USA

State Police officers choked a young black man until he passed out during an approach at the Ariston Garden in...

June 23, 2020

University Study: Extending Full Emergency Aid Could Mitigate Brazil’s GDP Slump

For weeks, the government of Jair Bolsonaro has been discussing the future of the R$600 (US$120) emergency aid provided to...

June 23, 2020