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Brazil’s Supreme Court Rules Government Must Protect Tribes from Covid-19
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) ruled on Wednesday, August 5th, that President Jair Bolsonaro’s government must adopt measures to...
Brazilian Oil Exports This July More Than Doubled Those of July 2019
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian oil exports more than doubled in July to 8.19 million tons, compared to 3.76 million tons shipped in...
Latin America’s Covid-19 Death Toll Surges Past 200,000
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) The death toll in Latin America from the novel coronavirus passed 200,000 on Saturday, August 1st, a Reuters...
Mexican President Sees Remittances up Nearly Seven Percent in June, July
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) Mexico continued to enjoy robust growth in remittances in June and July in spite of the economic slump...
Fires in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest Jump 28 Percent in July
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) The number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest jumped 28% in July from a year ago, official data...
Mexico’s Covid-19 Death Toll Becomes Third Highest Worldwide
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) Mexico’s confirmed coronavirus deaths rose to 46,688 on Friday, health ministry data showed, placing the country’s death toll...
Right-wing Former Brazilian Minister Elected to Board of World Bank
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) Abraham Weintraub, a right-wing former Brazilian education minister, has been elected as an executive director of the World...
Latin American Coronavirus Cases Now Surpass Those of US and Canada Together
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Cases of coronavirus in Latin America have exceeded the total combined infections in the United States and Canada for...
Mexico City Outlaws “Gay Conversion” Therapy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) On Friday, July 24th, Mexico City’s regional assembly approved a bill to criminalize gay conversion therapy, in a...
Second Wave: Record Numbers of New Covid-19 Cases in Every Global Region
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) Almost 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections over the past week, around double the...
Third Brazil Cabinet Minister with COVID-19 Touts Unproven Drug Cocktail
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) Brazil’s Citizenship Minister Onyx Lorenzoni said on Monday, July 20th, that he had tested positive for the new...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he may have had coronavirus despite negative test
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) Brazil's Bolsonaro says he may have had coronavirus despite negative testBrazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that...
Covid-19: Latin America Faces a Debt Crisis and Another “Lost Decade” (Analysis)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Bloomberg) “I regret all the dead,” said Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, who once dismissed Covid-19 as “the sniffles.” But...
Brazil ‘Driving in the Dark’ on COVID-19 as Contradictory Data Deepens Confusion
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) Brazil drew further criticism for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Monday after it published contradictory figures...