Brazil

Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:49 UTC
Former Brazil President Lula Da Silva acquitted in yet another corruption case

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was acquitted due to lack of evidence Monday in one of the corruption cases for which he was being tried, it was announced.
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Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Bolsonaro lashes out at Brazil media giant Globo for its “journalists who do not help at all” regarding covid-19

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Monday lashed out at national media giant Globo for its stance on covid-19, which differs completely from what the Government calls “an early treatment,” a cocktail made up of controversial drugs such as chloroquine.
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Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:14 UTC
Copa America: Chile players skip health bubble in major scandal

A Brazilian stylist broke through the Chilean squad's health bubble and players uploaded to social media photographs of them having their hair cut in Cuiabá in what has been so far the biggest scandal at the Copa America football tournament where over 60 cases of covid-19 have so far been detected.
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Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Brazilian opposition rallies nationwide seeking Bolsonaro's resignation and more vaccines

Scores of Brazilians took to the streets at different cities nationwide Sunday to express themselves against President Jair Bolsonaro handling the coronavirus pandemic and asking for his resignation.
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Monday, June 21st 2021 - 08:53 UTC
Anvisa green-lights sale of 480 tons of medical oxygen to Paraguay

Paraguay's Foreign Ministry Sunday confirmed Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) had agreed to allow the sale of 480 tons of oxygen for medical purposes.
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Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 14:09 UTC
Brazil: Henrique Cardoso turns 90 and thinks tomorrow “could be better than today”

Former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (FHC) defended the alliance of political forces to oppose authoritarianism in a newspaper interview marking his 90th birthday, Friday, June 18.
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Friday, June 18th 2021 - 09:52 UTC
Brazilians flock into Portugal for the fourth straight year

The arrival of Brazilian migrants into Portugal has reached new levels for the fourth consecutive year even despite the coronavirus pandemic restrictions.
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Friday, June 18th 2021 - 09:35 UTC
Interest rates in Brazil need to stay high to contain 2022 inflation, former minister says

Former Brazilian Finance Minister Maílson da Nóbrega (Jan. 6 1988 - March 18, 1990) under President José Sarney has pointed out that the country needs to keep interest rates at a high level at least until the Selic rate reaches 6.5% per year.
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Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:22 UTC
Brazil: 19 variants of coronavirus spot in Sao Paulo state, but Delta not one of them

Brazil's Butantan Institute has identified 19 variants of the SARS-CoV-2 that were circulating in the state of Sao Paulo, with the Gamma strain -formerly known as P.1 or Manaus- spotted to have a prevalence of 89.9%.
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Wednesday, June 16th 2021 - 09:13 UTC
52 cases of covid-19 detected so far at Copa America football tournament in Brazil

Brazil's Health Ministry Tuesday reported a total of 52 cases of covid-19 had been detected through testing among delegations taking part in the Copa America football event.
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