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BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil faces a tense period in the coming weeks in its battle against the coronavirus, with supplies of medical and protective equipment running low and fresh shipments from China not expected to arrive in the country … Continue reading China answers Brazil plea for medical equipment to fight coronavirus
BRASILIA (Reuters) – At a tense cabinet meeting on Saturday in the Brazilian president’s official residence, Jair Bolsonaro found himself isolated. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro reacts while meets supporters as he leaves Alvorada Palace, as the spread of coronavirus disease … Continue reading Brazil’s Bolsonaro isolated, weakened by coronavirus denial
FILE PHOTO: A Bank of America logo is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Bank of America on Thursday cut its 2020 forecast for … Continue reading Bank of America cuts Brazil 2020 GDP forecast to -3.5% from -0.5%: report
BRASILIA (Reuters) – An indigenous woman in a village deep in the Amazon rainforest has contracted the novel coronavirus, the first case reported among Brazil’s more than 300 tribes, the Health Ministry’s indigenous health service Sesai said on Wednesday. The … Continue reading Brazil confirms first indigenous coronavirus case in the Amazon
A field hospital is set up by Rio de Janeiro state government, amid a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, next to the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Lorries and … Continue reading Maracana stadium transformed as work begins on Rio field hospital
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – When the Chilean government announced a total quarantine last week for the wealthy eastern areas of capital Santiago where cases of coronavirus were most prevalent, Maria De Leon, a 31-year-old nanny, was presented with an unenviable choice. … Continue reading Decision time: quarantine spells dilemma for domestic workers in Latin America
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that there can be no more quarantine measures imposed on the country than those already in place to combat coronavirus because jobs are being destroyed and the poor … Continue reading Brazil’s Bolsonaro urges no more coronavirus quarantine, says jobs being lost
TOKYO/PARIS (Reuters) – A businessman who received millions of dollars for his work on Tokyo’s successful campaign to host the 2020 Olympics, which was postponed last week due to the coronavirus, said he played a key role in securing the … Continue reading Exclusive: Japan businessman paid $8.2 million by Tokyo Olympics bid lobbied figure at center of French corruption probe
FILE PHOTO: Neusa Marin, wife of former head of Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) Jose Maria Marin, departs after a sentencing hearing in a FIFA corruption trial at United States Federal Court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., August … Continue reading Jailed CBF president given early release by NY judge
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro stepped up his stand-off with state governments on Monday by suggesting that democracy could be at risk if the coronavirus crisis leads to social chaos. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro meets supporters as he … Continue reading Brazil’s Bolsonaro flags democracy threat from coronavirus
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Jair Bolsonaro visited a market area just outside the Brazilian capital on Sunday to press home his case for keeping Latin America’s largest economy ticking instead of locking down activities to combat the spread of the … Continue reading Bolsonaro visits market to press need to keep Brazil going during pandemic
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Jair Bolsonaro visited a market area just outside the Brazilian capital on Sunday to press home his case for keeping Latin America’s largest economy ticking instead of locking down activities to combat the spread of the … Continue reading Bolsonaro visits market to press need to keep Brazil going during pandemic
