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Inter-American Human Rights Commission: “Coronavirus May Be Pretext to Further Limit Rights of Most Vulnerable”

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS) passed a resolution on April 10th...

April 20, 2020

FIFA Honors Front Line Professionals Fighting Against Covid-19

The International Football Federation (FIFA) has brought together leading names in world soccer in a video to honor health professionals...

April 20, 2020

Brazil Counts 38 Million Casual Workers Waiting for Support Payments

Daiane dos Santos owns a hair salon in one of the largest favelas in São Paulo, now closed for a...

April 20, 2020

Brazil Counts 38,600 Coronavirus Cases and 2,400 Recorded Deaths (April 19th)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Ministry of Health released new figures on the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in the...

April 20, 2020

Isolated, Elderly in Institutions Turn to Technology to Fight Loneliness

For seven years, six months and a few days, according to her accounts, Maria de Lourdes Silva Araújo has been...

April 20, 2020

Coronavirus May Already Have Killed Between 3,800 and 15,600 in Brazil, Says Study

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The study group, which includes researchers from Brazilian and foreign universities, has estimated that in...

April 19, 2020

iFood, 99Food and Rappi: More Deliverers (and More Tips) During Pandemic

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - More deliverers, more orders and more tips. With quarantine and social isolation measures in place,...

April 19, 2020

Periphery Leads Coronavirus Death Toll in São Paulo; Adult Women Most Infected

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One month after the first death reported due to coronavirus, São Paulo shows a map...

April 19, 2020

Coronavirus Pandemic: Ecuador Reports Over 1,900 Deaths in Guayaquil

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Over 1,900 deaths were reported in two weeks by a special Ecuador government task force....

April 19, 2020