THE BOSS OF THE BOSSA NOVA: Singer Astrud Gilberto was the first Brazilian singer to win a Grammy If its name does not mean anything to you, the air of its flagship tube undoubtedly resonates in your memory. Astrud Gilberto is a Brazilian singer who performs the famous song Girl from Ipanema. This bossa nova figure has died […]
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SETBACK: This text establishes that the natives are only entitled to the lands they occupied at the time of the promulgation of the 1988 Constitution. This is a political setback for the Brazilian president. MPs voted on Tuesday a bill limiting the demarcation of indigenous lands. This text, approved by 283 votes against 155, establishes that the natives are […]
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EPIDEMIC: Brazil to order 100 million doses of CoronaVac from the Butantan Institute, more than double the 46 million initially planned The vaccine against the coronavirus CoronaVac, developed by the Chinese laboratory Sinovac, has “reached the threshold of effectiveness” required by the WHO, revealed the Butantan Institute, responsible for its production and distribution in Brazil, this Wednesday, without however make […]
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SIDE EFFECTS: Despite the president’s reluctance, the Brazilian Supreme Court has made vaccination against coronavirus Covid-19 compulsory, but not “forced” If the United Kingdom and the United States have already started using the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus, in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro, he did not hesitate to say that people vaccinated with this product would turn into “women. with […]
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New reports, new measures and highlights: an update on the latest developments in the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic in France and the world this Thursday. The Coronavirus Covid-19 epidemic killed 15 new people in 24 hours in hospitals in France, the Directorate General of Health (DGS) announced on Wednesday, which warns of an increase in positive […]
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Like British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was also infected, the president of Brazil kept minimizing the impact of the new coronavirus. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced Tuesday 7th July 2020 that he has tested positive for the new coronavirus. He had constantly minimized the severity since the start of the pandemic. “The positive result (of the test) has just […]
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BRAZIL: In just 72 hours, Brazil surpassed France, Italy and Spain, leaping from 6th to 3rd place in the world for coronavirus contaminations Brazil with an official total of 254,220 people infected, on Monday, became the third country in the world in terms of contaminations coronavirus, surpassing the United Kingdom, which has nearly 250,000. Brazil has registered 13,140 […]
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GREEN LUNG: According to official data: 1,202 km2 of forest disappeared in brazil during the first four months of this year, 55% more than during the same period of 2019 Pessimism is in order regarding the Amazon. Figures indeed suggest a new dark year for the largest tropical forest in the world. According to official data published on Friday, deforestation thus […]
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The fires that ravaged the Amazon this summer are at the heart of the synod that opened in the Vatican Sunday 6th October 2019 bringing together 113 bishops from the Panamazonian zone. The Pope Francis denounced Sunday 6th October 2019 “the greed of new colonialism” and lamented the fires lit “by interests that destroy,” by opening a synod dedicated to […]
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Despite the ban on burning in certain areas of the Amazon, nearly 4,000 new fires have been recorded in Brazil in the last two days. The fires in Brazil continue to grow, especially in the Amazon, despite the mobilization of the army and the prohibition of burning in the largest tropical forest in the world. According to the National Institute of […]
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