Brazil sees 5% rise in murders in 2020, with greatest increase in Northeast region states
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil posted a 5% increase in murders in 2020 compared to 2019, after two consecutive…
April 10, 2026Topic
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Brazil: African smoke over the Amazon
Up to two-thirds of the soot over the central Amazon rainforest originates in Africa. This is the finding of a…
May 10, 2023
“Is someone pushing for a coup d’état?” asks Bolsonaro
A letter signed by academics, business people, and artists, presented yesterday at the University of São Paulo (USP), warns somewhat…
August 13, 2022
Brazil has 49 universities ranked among the 100 best in Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – That Brazil has excellent higher education institutions, all Brazilians already know; what few are aware…
February 9, 2022
Half of Covid-19 deaths in Brazil are due to inequality – Imperial College London
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The severity of Covid-19 infection, caused by new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (e.g., Gamma),…
October 22, 2021
Analysis: Why is Brazil investigating Bolsonaro’s handling of Covid-19?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Delayed vaccines, oxygen shortages, ineffective treatments against Covid-19. In Brazil, a committee is investigating the…
May 10, 2021
Grains, livestock and sugarcane boost Brazil’s agribusiness producer price index in March
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to Cepea researchers (Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics, University of São Paulo),…
April 22, 2021
Brazil’s hospitals at risk as weather changes bring more floods
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (Thomson Reuters Foundation) Last December, when physician Victor Heitor Gomes became health director for Rafard,…
March 9, 2021
After confirming new strains, São Paulo inland city Araraquara decrees lockdown
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Araraquara, located 277 km from São Paulo, has decreed a 15-day lockdown with even more restrictive…
February 16, 2021