Tag: Rio de Janeiro

As daily deaths near 4,000, worst may lie ahead for Brazil

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil currently accounts for one-quarter of the entire world’s daily COVID-19 deaths, far more than any other single nation, and...

Brazil economists call for tougher measures as cases ramp up

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Nearly 200 Brazilian economists, including former finance ministers and central bank presidents, urged the Brazilian government to speed up vaccination...

Brazil divided on renaming Maracanã stadium after Pelé

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SAO PAULO — Brazilians would agree that Pelé is the greatest soccer player ever, but they differ on renaming the historic Maracanã stadium in...

Brazil hospitals buckle in absence of national virus plan

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s hospitals are faltering as a highly contagious coronavirus variant tears through the country, the president insists on unproven treatments...

Brazil Congress clears way for emergency pandemic aid

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RIO DE JANEIRO — A measure to renew billions of dollars in emergency aid for millions of Brazilians struggling amid the COVID-19 pandemic passed...

Brazil’s Petrobras calls meeting to elect Bolsonaro ally

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Board members of Brazilian oil giant Petrobras on Tuesday paved the way for approval of a retired general with no...

Brazil’s Bolsonaro visits Amazon jungle state hit by floods

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday visited the state of Acre, in the Amazon rainforest, where several cities have been...

Human festivities scrapped, Rio’s Carnival goes to the dogs

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival festivities may have been canceled, but nobody told the dogs. ...