São Paulo News

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

Covid-19 Pulls 1.4 Million Out of Work in Brazil Due to Illness

When Alcides da Silva, 52, began to feel pain and high temperature, he was desperate. Three neighbors in Guaianazes, a...

June 23, 2020

Brazil Records 51,407 Deaths from Coronavirus, 748 in 24 Hours (June 22nd)

Brazil recorded 748 new deaths from the novel coronavirus in 24 hours, according to a survey conducted by a media...

June 23, 2020