Brazil does not plan to join the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at the moment, but is determined to interact with it in the format of cooperation, Brazilian Minister of Mines and Energy Bento Costa Lima Albuquerque said on Wednesday. “At the moment there are no plans to join OPEC. But we continue […]
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India women football team to play Brazil, Chile, Venezuela in Manaus
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has arranged for the participation of the Indian Senior Women’s National Team in an international tournament in Manaus, where they are going to play three matches against Brazil, Chile and Venezuela. The Indian women will begin their campaign against Brazil on November 25 followed by matches against Chile on November 28, and Venezuela on December […]
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Brazil’s President to attend G20 Summit in Italy
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will take part in the upcoming G20 summit in Italy, his office announced. “President Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed his participation in the G20 summit,” the presidential administration said in a statement late on Friday. Brazilian Foreign Minister Carlos Alberto Franca and Economy Minister Paulo Guedes will also join the country’s delegation at the event, the office […]
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Brazil eke out win against Colombia in Copa America
Brazil continued their winning romp through the Copa America Wednesday, eking out a controversial 2-1 victory against Colombia after struggling most of the match to answer a magnificent bicycle-kick goal by Luis Diaz. The 11th-hour win gave the “Selecao” a perfect nine points from three matches in the South American […]
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Brazil working to contain Indian coronavirus variant in northern state
Brazil’s health minister said yesterday the government is doing everything possible to prevent the spread of the concerning coronavirus variant first identified in India in the northern state of Maranhao, which has detected the country’s first cases. One crew member of a cargo ship, anchored at the port of Sao […]
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Brazil now has more young than old Covid patients in ICUs
The number of Covid-19 patients under 40 in intensive care in Brazil surpassed older groups last month, a researcher said yesterday, amid a deadly surge driven partly by a new coronavirus variant. The number of people aged 39 or younger in intensive care units with Covid-19 in March rose sharply […]
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Brazil records 91,097 new Covid-19 cases
Brazil recorded 91,097 new COVID-19 infections and 3,769 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking its nationwide tallies to 12,839,844 and 325,284, respectively, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. In March, 66,868 people died of COVID-19 in Latin America’s largest and most populous country. According to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, the collapse of the hospital […]
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro overhauls cabinet amid Covid surge
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro overhauled his government yesterday, changing six cabinet members including the foreign, defence and justice ministers, as the far-right leader faced mounting pressure over a deadly surge of Covid-19. Bolsonaro, who comes up for re-election in October 2022, has drawn backlash with his handling of the pandemic […]
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Brazil posts record 3,650 new Covid-19 deaths, unveils two homegrown vaccines
Brazil posted a record 3,650 new Covid-19 deaths yesterday, and the country also unveiled its first two domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine candidates for human trials, which although months away from use, should eventually help tame the pandemic. More than 300,000 have died from Covid-19 in Latin America’s biggest country. It […]
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Confusion as Brazil faces Covid-19 surge with two health ministers
As Brazil struggles with surging Covid-19 cases, President Jair Bolsonaro’s government can’t figure out who the health minister is: the one sacked last week or the still-unofficial replacement. The country has recorded the second-most coronavirus deaths, after the United States, and the situation is worsening. Brazil’s average daily death toll […]
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Brazil ranks 2nd in terms of Covid-19 cases, death toll surpasses 275,000
Brazil comes now second in terms of the number of the confirmed coronavirus cases while the death toll from COVID-19 in the country has surpassed 275,000 people, the national Ministry of Health said. Over the past 24 hours, the Latin American country has registered 85,663 new COVID-19 cases, with the total number has […]
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Brazil signs Covid-19 vaccine deal with Bharat Biotech
On the same day, Brazil reached the grim milestone of 250,000 deaths by COVID-19, the country’s health ministry signed a deal with Indian pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech for the purchase of 20 million doses of the Covaxin Vaccines, which is yet to be approved by local regulators. The administration of President Jair […]
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Brazil’s capital goes into lockdown to quell Covid-19 surge
The governor of Brazil’s capital city, Brasilia, decreed a 24-hour lockdown for all but essential services yesterday to curb a worsening Covid-19 outbreak that has filled its intensive care wards to the brim. The drastic step came as right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly downplayed the gravity of the […]
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Brazil confirms UK variant in two coronavirus patients
Brazil has confirmed cases of the UK variant of the novel coronavirus in two states and in the federal district of Brasília, according to a statement from the health ministry yesterday. The government said it has not yet confirmed cases of the South African variant. Two of the confirmed cases […]
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Brazil’s mining giant agrees to pay USD 7 billion for dam disaster
Brazil’s southeast state of Minas Gerais and mining giant Vale on Thursday signed an agreement that commits the company to pay nearly USD 7 billion in recompense for a dam disaster in 2019 that killed hundreds and polluted a vast region. The government of Minas Gerais described the deal as the largest reparations ever in Latin […]