Tag: Sao Paulo

• Wednesday, September 29th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  São Paulo medical care provider said to be behind “disguised euthanasia” in COVID-19 cases

  

  Brazilian Senator Otto Alencar spoke of cases of “disguised euthanasia” in the medical insurance company Prevent Senior, which is also suspected of having prescribed hydroxychloroquine to COVID-19 patients.

• Friday, September 17th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  São Paulo Mayor wants Guarani to become city's 2nd language

  

  São Paulo Mayor Ricardo Nunes Thursday sent a by to the local City Council whereby Guarani would be declared the second official language of South America's largest city.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Pelé discharged from ICU but stays hospitalized

  

  Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known worldwide as Pelé, has been discharged from São Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital's Intensive Care Unit Tuesday but will remain in the institution to continue with his recovery from a colon tumour surgery.

• Tuesday, September 14th 2021 - 09:33 UTC

  Relief in Brazilian markets, on the truce between Bolsonaro and the Justices

  

  Brazil's Sao Paulo stock exchange recovered on Monday, helped by the positive climate in global markets plus the relative truce following the political-institutional clash of last week between president Jair Bolsonaro and the Supreme Federal Tribunal, even when questions persist among financial operators.

• Monday, September 13th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Demonstrations in Sao Paulo call for dismissal of Brazil's president

  

  Protesters marched Sunday along Sao Paulos Avenida Paulista demanding the removal from the office of President Jair Bolsonaro, whom they perceive to be a threat to the rule of law.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Opposition also stage demonstrations against Bolsonaro in Brazil: law scholars say President should be impeached

  

  Brazilian opposition supporters convened Tuesday to stage their rallies across at least some 160 cities nationwide and express their dislike for President's Jair Bolsonaro's Independence Day celebrations in Brasilia and Sao Paulo.

• Saturday, September 4th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Bolsonaro insists September 7 demonstrations will be an ultimatum to the Supreme Court

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Friday insisted he would give his life for his country and that next Tuesday's Independence Day's protests will be an “ultimatum” to the Supreme Federal Court (STF).

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 08:44 UTC

  São Paulo city to vaccinate teenagers aged 12 to 17, while all restrictions lifted statewide

  

  São Paulo, South America's largest city, is to begin vaccinating teenagers aged 12 to 17 after 100% of its adult population has been given at least one dose of a COVID-19 immunizer, it was announced Wednesday.

• Saturday, July 17th 2021 - 08:54 UTC

  Brazilian Vice President breaks two-day silence and roots for Bolsonaro's prompt recovery

  

  Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourão Friday celebrated the prompt recovery of President Jair Bolsonaro, who is still hospitalized in São Paulo for an intestinal obstruction.

• Friday, July 16th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro averts chances of emergency surgery

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said from his hospital bed in São Paulo that the chances that he might require to undergo surgery were “very remote.”