Brazil

• Tuesday, June 29th 2021 - 23:34 UTC

  Brazil commits armed forces to protecting Amazonia yet again

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro ordered the armed forces to be involved for the third time in the protection of the Amazon basin from deforestation and other man-caused calamities.

• Tuesday, June 29th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Coronavirus Delta variant claims first two fatalities in Brazil

  

  The Government of Brazil Monday announced the occurrence of the first two deaths due to the coronavirus Delta variant.

• Tuesday, June 29th 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  Energy minister calls for “conscious” use of electricity throughout Brazil

  

  Brazil's Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque Monday launched an appeal for “conscious” use of water and energy in a televised message during which he admitted the seriousness of the current drought and its impact on the production and distribution of electricity.

• Saturday, June 26th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Bolsonaro critical of Chinese-developed Sinovac vaccine

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has once again raised doubts about the efficacy of covid-19 vaccines and defended early treatment against the disease with controversial medicines such as chloroquine.

• Saturday, June 26th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Brazil eases entry restrictions on entry to Venezuelan migrants through Roraima land crossing

  

  Brazil's Federal Government has allowed international land border crossings to and from Venezuela for residents of adjacent cities who shall be required to produce a borderline resident ID card, according to a new measure published on the Official Gazette Friday.

• Thursday, June 24th 2021 - 09:27 UTC

  New coronavirus variant discovered by Brazilian scientists in Rio de Janeiro

  

  Brazilian scientists Wednesday claimed to have found a new variant of the SARS-Cov-2 virus in Rio de Janeiro, which they named P5 but is yet to be recognized worldwide.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Brazilian Government announces increased funding for agribusiness

  

  The Government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday launched what was called “The Harvest Plan 2021/2022” for which funding worth R$ 251.2 billion (US $ 50.6 billion) for national agribusiness was allocated.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.