Brazil scrambles to approve virus vaccine as pressure mounts

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Brazil scrambles to approve virus vaccine as pressure mounts

Brazil, a nation proud of its role as a regional leader in science, technology and medicine, finds itself falling behind its neighbors in the global race for immunization against a…

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Brazil has the world’s second-highest coronavirus death toll. But Bolsonaro is as popular as ever.

The Brazilian president’s approval ratings are as high as they’ve ever been, no matter his apparent mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic. Source link

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Joe Biden could make Brazil his first “climate outlaw”

President-elect Joe Biden has promised to recommit the US to the Paris climate agreement and leverage the international community to urge reluctant countries to get on board with the target…

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Climate change and forest mismanagement are fueling wildfires from Brazil to California

The West Coast of the United States is still deep in the throes of an epic wildfire season, with California officials warning that the record area of 3.1 million acres…

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US Ambassador to Brazil Todd Chapman reportedly asked Brazilian officials to help Trump’s reelection

The Trump administration has been accused of attempting to pressure another foreign country into helping Trump’s reelection prospects, according to a letter from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. That letter…

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Judge orders Brazil to protect Indigenous people from ravages of COVID-19

Satere-mawe Indigenous men in face masks paddle the Ariau River in hard-hit Manaus state during the coronavirus pandemic, May 5, 2020. Ricardo Oliveira /AFP via Getty Images Brazil must take…

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Coronavirus cases surge in U.S., Brazil and rise in Germany

People enjoy the beach in Leme, south of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 21, 2020 during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. CARL DE SOUZA A surge in coronavirus cases in…

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Brazil tops 1 million Covid-19 cases. It may pass the US next, becoming the worst-hit country on the planet

The health ministry on Friday reported 54,771 new cases, a record daily spike that brought the nationwide total to 1,032,913. The Covid-19 pandemic is quickly spreading with no sign of…

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Coronavirus update: Experts watch cases in India, Brazil, South Africa

The coronavirus is not done with this world, and the world cannot think it’s done with the coronavirus. Here in the United States, there are already worrying signs that the…

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Brazil stops publishing its coronavirus death toll

On Friday, the federal Health Ministry took down a website that had showed daily, weekly and monthly figures on infections and deaths in Brazilian states. On Saturday, the site returned…

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