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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A Sao Paulo court has identified the creators of texts on the Internet that celebrated the death of Arthur, the grandson of ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who died in March last year at age seven. Alessandra Strutzel, who called herself a blogger and wrote "at least one piece […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Meeting the STF Chief Justice Dias Toffoli's ruling, the deputies of the Rio de Janeiro Legislative Assembly (ALERJ) decided on Tuesday, August 4th, on a new constitution of the special committee set up to analyze the impeachment proceedings against the governor of Rio, Wilson Witzel. The new definition, which now […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted 11.2 percent in Q2 compared to Q1 2020, according to the first preview of the June Economic Activity Indicator (IAE), released on Tuesday, August 4th, by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV). The collapse in April was the main reason for the quarter's negative performance, […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The American company Novavax announced on Tuesday, August 4th, that two studies of its vaccine against the novel coronavirus showed promising preliminary results. One of them, part of phase 1 of the human trials, showed that 56 volunteers who were administered two doses of the vaccine produced a high level […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Although far from the port, the Brazilian embassy in Beirut was damaged by the explosions in the Lebanese capital and at least one residence of diplomats is uninhabitable after the incident. However, no official has been injured and, at least for the time being, there are no reports of Brazilians […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Volnei Morastoni, the Mayor of Itajai in the state of Santa Catarina, announced yesterday that he intends to add another

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After President Jair Bolsonaro said over the weekend that he would not be able to permanently provide emergency aid because it would "blow up the economy," the discussion on the introduction of the Renda Brasil (Brazil Income) program has gained momentum within the government. The program involves a redesigning of […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina and most of its top creditors are moving closer to an agreement to restructure US$65 billion (R$325 billion) of bonds, according to government sources in the Buenos Aires media. Likewise, the prospects of an agreement triggered a bonds rally, and the Merval stock index gained 6,6% in one day, […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's chief of staff, Army General Walter Souza Braga Netto, has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said on Monday (Aug 3), becoming the seventh Brazilian minister to have contracted the disease. Braga Netto is doing well and has no symptoms, the office said in a statement. […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Since the start of the pandemic, 2,801,921 Brazilians have been infected with the virus. The total number of deaths now stands at 95,819. There are 3,600 deaths under investigation. In the past 24 hours, 51,603 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 1,154 deaths related to the novel coronavirus pandemic have […]

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