Northeastern Brazil’s predominantly left-wing Governors have issued a strongly worded letter in what they describe as “deep indignation” at the stance of Jair Bolsonaro’s Federal Government in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. In 2018, Fernando Haddad beat Bolsonaro 2/1 in the Northeast, now its Governors are attacking the covid-19 crisis without him. Letter from the […]
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz is one of the World’s most respected tropical disease and public health research institutions. Founded in Rio de Janeiro by epidemiologist Oswaldo Cruz in 1900 to fight a series of pandemics that were sweeping through Rio de Janeiro’s favelas and boarding houses, during it’s 120 year history it has made important scientific […]
Federal Government propaganda which asks Brazilians to get out of isolation and back to work, is “criminal”, says Congressman. By Igor Carvalho, Brasil de Fato Federal deputy Alexandre Padilha (PT-SP) has filed a lawsuit in the Federal Audit Court against the federal government, on account of the advertising campaign “Brazil cannot stop”, which will cost […]
“No room for sentiment” said Wall Street insiders in 2018, as their man Jair Bolsonaro ascended to the Brazilian Presidency. In the face of Coronavirus, Brazil’s people are now living with the deadly consequences of that collusion. In a televised speech during the evening of March 24 2020, as the sound of Panelaço protests reverberated around […]
By Lucia Helena Issa Olavo de Carvalho, the self-styled philosopher, said yesterday in a video that the coronavirus (which has already infected more than 300 thousand people and killed more than 15 thousand people around the world in a few months) ”does not exist” and that it has “not killed anyone, anywhere in the world”. […]
By Leonardo Attuch Since Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta has just announced that Brazil will reach its peak of coronavirus cases in April and this will cause the health system to collapse, it is reasonable to assume that economic activity will remain at a standstill for 30-60 days or more. Most small and mid-sized entrepreneurs […]
“A Pandemic is beaten with information and cooperation, not with ignorance and xenophobia.” By Dilma Rousseff The country most severely affected by the coronavirus, China, managed to overcome the acute phase of the epidemic after the enormous sacrifice of its people, with thousands of lost lives and a great effort by its scientists and researchers. […]
“The doors are now open”: indigenous people denounce missionaries targeting uncontacted tribes. By Survival International. March 11, 2020 The NTM in Brazil unveil their new helicopter for reaching uncontacted tribes in the Javari Valley © NTM Missionaries targeting uncontacted tribes in Brazil have announced that they will shortly start using a helicopter to convert previously unreachable tribes. Key […]
By João Frey/Congresso em foco Brazil’s federal government published an ordinance late Thursday morning (19th March) preventing the entry of foreigners from eight Latin American countries. The rule, which is valid for 15 days, prohibits the entry of people from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru and Suriname. The restriction does not apply […]
“We are watching Bolsonaro’s presidential mandate evaporate in real time.” – Brasil Wire 18/3/2020 The infamous Panelaço, the form of protest where people bang pots and pans from their windows, with their screams and demands echoing from building to building, has returned to Brazil. Watchers of history know that this doesn’t usually end well for […]