Tag: Sao Pablo

• Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 16:06 UTC

  No COVID-19 deaths in São Paulo, Brazil, in one full day

  

  The Brazilian State of São Paulo Monday recorded its first day without deaths due to COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  Brazil will host G20 summit in 2024

  

  Brazil for the first time will host the annual meeting of the heads and prime ministers of the Group of Twenty, the group of the 20 largest economies on the planet, in 2024. The announcement was made during the release of the final document of the group’s meeting, which ended on Sunday in Rome.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Most of Brazil's politicians against Bolsonaro's impeachment request against STF Judge De Moraes

  

  Ten Brazilian political parties agreed to question President Jair Bolsonaro's request for the impeachment of Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

• Friday, July 16th 2021 - 14:32 UTC

  Brazil: Governor of São Paulo tests positive for COVID-19 for the second time

  

  João Doria, Governor of the Brazilian State of São Paulo, has tested yet again positive for Sars-CoV-2, despite having received both doses of the Coronavac immunizer, it was announced.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  China enters auto manufacturing industry in Brazil, acquiring Mercedes-Benz plant

  

  The Chinese auto industry is penetrating Brazil. Automaker Great Wall Motors (GWM) reported that it has purchased the Mercedes-Benz car factory in Iracemápolis, Sao Paulo state, according to a report in the financial sector from the newspaper “O Globo” last Sunday.

• 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%.

• Tuesday, January 12th 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  Ford after a century in Brazil, closes its three factories with a loss of 5,000 jobs

  

  Carmaker Ford said on Monday losses exacerbated by the coronavirus epidemic and fiscal uncertainties would see it close its three factories in Brazil, where it has operated for a century, terminating some 5,000 jobs.

• Thursday, December 24th 2020 - 08:33 UTC

  Sao Paulo state doubles lockdown measures over Xmas and New Year

  

  Brazil's southeast state of Sao Paulo, the epicenter of the country's COVID-19 outbreak, said this week it will double down on lockdown measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus over the Christmas and New Year holidays.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Sao Paulo delays release of efficacy data for the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine

  

  Brazil's Sao Paulo state delayed on Monday the release of efficacy data for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac, tightening the timeframe for the regulator approval before a planned roll out on Jan. 25.

• Friday, December 11th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Brazil's richest man and world banker Joseph Safra dies in Sao Paulo, aged 82

  

  Joseph Safra, one of the world’s richest bankers who built an empire spanning continents with over US$ 85 billion in banking assets, has died. He was 82. Safra died of natural causes on Wednesday in Sao Paulo, Banco Safra said in a statement.