Tag: Rio de Janeiro

• Wednesday, January 6th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Brazil's deadly police kills a Black man; daughter accuses government of “killing poor people”

  

  Crowds gathered on Tuesday in a Rio de Janeiro cemetery to bury Marcelo Guimarães, the latest victim to be killed by police in Brazil, home to some of the world's deadliest security forces.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 21:57 UTC

  US latest attack submarine visits Brazil for the incorporation of three Scorpone class submersibles

  

  The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Vermont (SSN 792) is operating in the US 4th Fleet area of operations and conducted a brief stop for logistics in Rio de Janeiro December 10-15.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 18:10 UTC

  Mass inoculation against Covid-19 in Brazil “only possible” in March with the AstraZenca vaccine

  

  In Brazil, a mass inoculation campaign against Covid 19 will only be possible from March and will rely on the Astra Zeneca vaccine, a senior health official at the country’s leading public biomedical institute told Reuters.

• Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  Brazil reported 6,728,452 Covid-19 positive cases and 178,995 deaths

  

  Brazil reported 53,453 additional confirmed cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the highest daily rate since mid-August, and 836 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:17 UTC

  Brazilian leading influencer and critic of Bolsonaro indicted by Rio's state police

  

  Brazilian digital influencer Felipe Neto has been indicted by Rio de Janeiro’s state police for alleged corruption of minors, prompting concern the critic of President Jair Bolsonaro may be the target of retribution for political reasons.

• Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro's eldest son formally charged in alleged scheme to siphon public funds

  

  State prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro said late they have formally charged against Flavio Bolsonaro, President Jair Bolsonaro's eldest son, over his alleged participation in a scheme to siphon off public funds.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Relentless Covid-19: Rio de Janeiro's carnival festivities indefinitely postponed

  

  Rio de Janeiro's world-famous carnival parades became the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday as officials announced they were indefinitely postponing the February 2021 edition, with Brazil still reeling from COVID-19.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Rio de Janeiro iconic Copacabana Palace reopens after the pandemic lockdown

  

  The Copacabana Palace, an iconic luxury hotel on the Rio de Janeiro waterfront, reopened on Thursday after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to close for the first time in its 97-year history.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  Coronavirus spread in Brazil seems to be slowing as transmission rate follows below key level

  

  The spread of coronavirus in Brazil could be about to slow, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, amid reports the transmission rate has fallen below the key level and early signs of a gradual decline in the weekly totals of cases and fatalities.

• Tuesday, August 11th 2020 - 08:19 UTC

  Sunbathers in Rio beaches will have to reserve spaces through a mobile app

  

  Sunbathers wanting to visit Rio de Janeiro's famous beaches, despite Brazil's raging COVID-19 epidemic, could soon be able to reserve socially-distant sand space through a mobile app, the city's mayor said on Monday.