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
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
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
Oct 21 Brazil's Bolsonaro rejects Chinese COVID-19 vaccine By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro overruled his own health minister on Wednesday, rejecting the announced purchase of 46 million doses of CoronaVac, a potential vaccine against COVID-19 being tested in Sao Paulo state. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: Bolsonaro claims Brazil is victim of environmental smear campaign By David Biller, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro defended his administration’s record protecting the Amazon rainforest, telling the United Nations’ virtual meeting of global leaders on Tuesday that his country has been wrongly portrayed as an environmental villain. Continue reading
Aug 18 Amazon continues to burn in 2020 despite promises to save it By Mauricio Savarese, David Biller, Associated Press This year’s burning season could determine whether Bolsonaro, an avid supporter of bringing more farming and ranching to the Amazon, is willing and able to halt the fires. Continue reading
Aug 05 Top court rules Brazil must protect Indigenous peoples in pandemic By Débora Álvares, Associated Press The top court's justices voted unanimously that the government must install health checkpoints for isolated Indigenous villages plus draft and implement a plan to remove outsiders now within protected areas illegally. Continue reading
Jul 25 Brazil's Bolsonaro says he tested negative for coronavirus By Associated Press Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday that he has tested negative for the new coronavirus, based on a fourth test since he said July 7 that he had the virus. Continue reading
Jul 16 Brazil nears 2 million coronavirus cases, with 75,000 dead By Mauricio Savarese, David Biller, Associated Press A thousand deaths a day. Since late May, three months after Brazil’s first reported case of the coronavirus, it has recorded more than 1,000 daily deaths on average in a gruesome plateau that has yet to tilt downward. Continue reading