Mar 25 Bolsonaro under fire as Brazil hits 300,000 COVID-19 deaths By Mauricio Savarese, Débora Álvares, Associated Press Foes and allies of President Jair Bolsonaro are pleading for him to change course to stem a recent surge of the virus, but he continues to refuse restrictions on activity and promotes unproven cures for the disease. Continue reading
Mar 11 Brazil hospitals buckle in absence of national virus plan By David Biller, Débora Álvares, Associated Press Brazil's hospitals are faltering as a highly contagious coronavirus variant tears through the country. Continue reading
Feb 08 Brazil’s wealthy cause a stir trying to score quick vaccines By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Amid the government’s stumbling vaccine rollout, many moneyed Brazilians want to find a swift path to vaccination, sparking backlash from some public health experts and igniting debate on social media, editorial pages and talk shows. Continue reading
Jan 27 Brazil to end military-led program against Amazon logging deforestation By Diane Jeantet, Associated Press Conclusion of the program means environmental agencies will once again be responsible for monitoring the country's rainforest. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 4:20 News Wrap: Putin condemns protests supporting jailed opposition leader In our news wrap Monday, Russia's President Vladmir Putin condemned mass protest in support of jailed opposition leader Alexi Navalny, President Biden suggests that the nation could soon vaccinate 1.5 million people a day against COVID-19, Dominion Voting Systems is… Continue watching
Jan 19 City of Manaus in Brazil’s Amazon begins COVID-19 immunization By Marcelo Silva de Sousa, Associated Press The Amazonian city of Manaus in Brazil began administering vaccines against the coronavirus, providing a ray of hope for the rainforest’s biggest city whose health system is collapsing. Continue reading
Jan 15 Amazon rainforest city scrambles to provide oxygen to COVID-19 patients By Mauricio Savarese, David Biller, Associated Press Some hope for Manaus, an isolated city of 2 million people, landed in a Brazilian air force plane on Friday with 6,000 liters of oxygen that are being distributed to hospitals. Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch 4:40 News Wrap: AG Barr says no evidence of large-scale election fraud In our new wrap Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr has dealt a fresh blow to President Trump's claims of widespread election fraud, and a key scientific committee told the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the first COVID-19… Continue watching
Nov 20 Brazil has surge of virus cases, downplayed by politicians By David Biller, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Infections are increasing from Brazil's biggest cities to the Amazon and there's been rampant speculation the nation could be on track to follow the path of U.S. and Europe, where new cases are spiraling. Continue reading
Nov 16 Brazil voters ignore Bolsonaro’s city election endorsements By Marcelo Silva de Sousa, Associated Press Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has suffered a setback as most of the dozens of candidates he backed for municipal elections failed to secure victories or spots in runoffs. Continue reading