Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro congratulates Joe Biden on his inauguration
AFP - Brazil - 21/01/2021
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro congratulated Joe Biden on his inauguration as US president on Wednesday after spending weeks ignoring his election victory.
The right-wing leader of South America’s largest economy — dubbed the “Trump of the…
Mozambique: Vale to sell its coal mining operations in country
Lusa - Mozambique - 21/01/2021
Vale, one of the main mining companies operating in Mozambique, will sell its coal operations in the country, the company announced on Thursday.
Vale has signed a principle of understanding with partner Mitsui, “allowing both parties to structure Mitsui’s exit…
Brazilian prosecutor investigates alleged Neymar New Year's Eve party
Lusa - Brazil - 31/12/2020
The Brazilian Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the opening of an investigation into the alleged New Year’s Eve party organized by footballer Neymar in Rio de Janeiro, when the pandemic has already killed almost 194,000 people in the country.
The Rio de…
With The Pandemic, almost Half of The Workers Stopped
Folha de S. Paulo - Brazil - 30/12/2020
For the first time, the number of inactive Brazilians has exceeded 40%
For the first time, the number of inactive Brazilians, meaning, those without a job and not currently looking for one, has exceeded the 40% mark. The highest index was spotted in the quarters that…
Brazil bans flights from the UK after discovery of new coronavirus mutation
Folha de S.Paulo - Brazil - 24/12/2020
Ordinance also requires testing for unaccompanied children over 2 and under 12 on international flights.
After the decision of more than 40 countries, the Brazilian government decided this Wednesday (23) to temporarily prohibit international flights that originate or pass…
Brazilian study reinforces that SARS-CoV-2 reinfection is possible and can be serious
Istoé - Brazil - 24/12/2020
Asymptomatic and even mild cases of Covid-19 do not offer immunization against the disease, according to a new study by Fiocruz released on Wednesday.
Published in the Social Science Research Network, the work reinforces the idea that reinfection by SARS-Cov-2 is possible…
Bolsonaro says the best vaccine against Covid-19 is the virus itself
Lusa - Brazil - 24/12/2020
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, one of the world’s most skeptical leaders in relation to the pandemic, said today that the “best vaccine” against covid-19 is the virus itself, which has already killed almost 190,000 people in the country.
“I had the best…
New strain of SARS-CoV-2 discovered in Rio de Janeiro
Istoé - Brazil - 23/12/2020
Brazilian researchers have discovered a new strain of the new coronavirus in circulation in Rio.
There is still no evidence that it can be more transmissible or lethal, but scientists advocate expanding the genetic monitoring of the virus to identify an evolution of the…
Street vendors sell fake vaccine against Covid for 50 reais in Rio de Janeiro
Folha de S. Paulo - Brasil - 22/12/2020
Cultural producer Jones MFjay says that in Madureira, a neighborhood in the northern part of Rio, which is eternized by Arlindo Cruz’s samba, there has always been a fable: every day two people go out on the street, a rascal and a mane. When they meet, the rascal comes…
"I'm not going to get a vaccine, period," says Bolsonaro
Band - Brazil - 16/12/2020
President Jair Bolsonaro said in an interview with Urgent Brazil that he will give the green light to the purchase and application of all vaccines against the new coronavirus that are authorized by Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency), but that he will not…
