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Barra da Tijuca Records More Coronavirus Cases Than 57 Municipalities in Rio State

According to data from the Municipal Health Secretariat, the district of Barra da Tijuca, in the city's West Zone, is...

April 13, 2020

Covid-19: Country Needs to Be Informed without Panic, Says Bolsonaro

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday, April 12th, that the country needs to be made aware...

April 13, 2020

Government Proposes R$40 Billion Aid to States and Municipalities to Fight Covid-19

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The government is forwarding to the party leaders of the Chamber and Senate, a proposal...

April 13, 2020

Polar Scientists and Astronauts Can Teach Us How to Deal with Isolation

One of the strangest phone calls ever is the one connecting scientists at Concordia station, in the middle of Antarctica,...

April 12, 2020

Deputies Propose to “Self-Sacrifice” During the Crisis

Faced with the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic and its public health, social, political and economic impacts, there has...

April 12, 2020

CIA Intervened Against Independence Process in British Guiana

Newly released documents of the US secret service CIA disclose the extensive scope of an influential operation in British Guiana...

April 12, 2020

Brazilian Consumers Are Renegotiating Properties Bought on Instalment Plans

The drop in income of a large part of Brazilians, due to the coronavirus crisis, has rekindled fears within the...

April 12, 2020

Coronavirus and Violence: Plight of Indigenous People in Colombia

Although the country's urban centers have so far been most affected, fears of an uncontrolled spread of the virus are...

April 12, 2020

Sweden, Citing Side Effects, Suspends Chloroquine Use in Coronavirus Patients

Leading hospitals in Sweden have discontinued the use of chloroquine in patients infected with the coronavirus as a result of...

April 12, 2020