Santa Catarina Passes Bahia, Becomes Brazilian State with Third-Most Covid-19 Cases
With approximately half a million people infected with the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, Santa Catarina has passed...
January 4, 2021Topic
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Court Orders Closing of Non-essential Activities for 15 Days in Brazil´s Amazonas State
The Amazonas Court of Justice has ordered the state government to suspend non-essential activities for 15 days.
January 4, 2021
Poll: 73% of Brazilians Want Elections to Continue Using Electronic Voting Machines
The survey interviewed 2,016 adult Brazilians in all regions and states of the country, by phone calls to cell phones,...
January 4, 2021
Colombia’s Bogotá Puts Three Neighborhoods in Quarantine Once More
Colombia’s capital Bogota will implement strict two-week quarantines in three neighborhoods beginning Tuesday to try and control a second wave...
January 4, 2021
Five Latin American Countries With new Travel Restrictions
New travel restrictions, including tougher entry requirements, have come into effect all across Latin America this week, that will greatly...
January 3, 2021
Brazil Wildfires Surge 12.7% to 222,798 in 2020
The number of wildfires in Brazil increased 12.7 percent last year to a decade-high, according to official figures likely to...
January 3, 2021
Brazil to Import two Million AstraZeneca Vaccine Doses, not yet Approved for Use
Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa said late on Saturday, January 2nd, it had approved the import of 2 million doses of...
January 3, 2021
Muslims Keep Arabic Language Alive in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (ANBA) Out of all Arabs and Arab descendants in Brazil, those who profess the Muslim...
January 3, 2021
Cuba Starts Year with Reduction of International Flights due to COVID-19
Cuba is beginning this year with the entry into force of a restriction on the number of flights it receives...
January 3, 2021