Brazil
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 09:51:00 GMTRio de Janeiro records yet another monkeypox fatality
State Health authorities in Rio de Janeiro Monday confirmed the second local death of a monkeypox patient. It was a 31-year-old man who had been hospitalized for over a month.
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 09:28:00 GMTBrazilian-developed COVID-19 vax to begin human testing
A drug against Covid-19 developed at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) will begin testing with a group of 432 volunteers, it was announced Monday.
Mon, 03 Oct 2022 18:55:00 GMTBolsonaro's PL candidates record shocking victories nationwide
In addition to questioning what most pollsters had forecast for the presidential elections, Jair Bolsonaro's political alliance achieved encouraging results Sunday as the Liberal Party snatched 99 seats in Congress (23 more tha...
Mon, 03 Oct 2022 10:59:00 GMTBrazil: Bolsonaro makes it to the runoff against Lula despite some polls
Former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of the leftwing Workers' Party (PT) edged the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro of the rightwing Liberal Party (PL) in Sunday's elections by 48.42% against 43.21% of the votes, which shows a d...
Sat, 01 Oct 2022 10:17:00 GMTNeymar backs Bolsonaro over Lula
Brazilian football star Neymar has supported incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro for Sunday's elections, which earned him heavy criticism from his country's media, where opposition candidate Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva looks pois...
Sat, 01 Oct 2022 10:08:00 GMTRio de Janeiro says meningitis cases on the rise
Health authorities in the Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro have announced the number of cases of meningitis recorded so far in 2022 already exceeds those detected all throughout 2021.
Fri, 30 Sep 2022 23:48:00 GMTLula and Bolsonaro trade accusations in last TV debate
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (PT) and the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro (PL) Thursday engaged in bitter arguments during the last TV debate ahead of Sunday's elections.
Fri, 30 Sep 2022 19:05:00 GMTUnemployment keeps falling in Brazil as elections loom over
Unemployment in South America's largest country has dropped to 8.9% in the quarter ending in August, following a 0.9 decrease that month, according to a study published Friday by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statist...
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 10:20:00 GMTLula praises vice president candidate Alckmin, “the best thing we have done”
Brazilian former president Lula da Silva, and a serious candidate to repeat for the third time in October elections, said that the political alliance with his presidential ticket running mate Geraldo Alckmin has been “the bes...
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 10:04:00 GMTBrazil: drop in price of jet fuel announced
Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras Wednesday announced a 0.84% reduction in the sales prices for distributors of jet fuel starting Saturday. It is the third consecutive drop following a 10.4% one earlier this month after ...