Brazil’s military is supposed to safeguard democracy – yet its threat of intervention hangs over politics: The sacking of the three buildings comprising the seat of government in Brasilia on January 8 was a reminder of an unresolved tension in the heart of the Brazilian state: the role of the armed forces. As in many …
Pelé was more than a great footballer – he revolutionised Brazil’s football industry: Brazilian football legend Pelé (1940-2022), whose death was announced in December, inspired countless fans with his skills on the pitch. But his contribution to the off-the-pitch business of football is by no means less impressive. Following his retirement from the New York …
Brazil’s iconic football shirt was a symbol of Bolsonaro – here’s how the World Cup is changing that: Like many extremist and authoritarian leaders before him, outgoing Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro seized on national symbols during his rise to power and tried to make them his own. The national football shirt is a case in …
Brazil’s gun ownership boom and why it’s making a lot of people nervous – podcast: President Jair Bolsonaro relaxed rules around private gun ownership. Joedson Alves/EPA Soon after Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil in 2018, he began making it a lot easier for people in the country to buy guns. In this episode …
Why Brazil’s Bolsonaro is following Trump’s pre-election playbook: The day after the attack on the US Capitol in January 2021, Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro threatened: “If we don’t have printed ballot papers in 2022, so we can check the vote, we’re going to have worse trouble than in the United States.” For the past four …
South Africa in the news: Brazil’s Senate Passes COVID Vaccines License-Waiver Bill: The Brazilian Senate has passed a bill that will allow the country’s president to temporarily waive patent rights and grant compulsory licenses for COVID-19 vaccines and medicines in light of the …: “South Africa” – BingNews How anti-vaxxers are living and loving in …
Brazil’s Atlantic Forest will change more in the next 50 years than at any time since the last ice age: Dawn in Serra do Mar, Brazil. Carla Nichiata/Shutterstock Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is one of the most biologically diverse places on Earth. Roughly one in every 50 species of plant and vertebrate land animal lives there …
South Africa in the news: Olympics: Brazil’s Ferreira claims surfing’s first gold, American Moore wins women’s gold: Brazil’s Italo Ferreira claimed Olympic surfing’s first ever gold medal on Tuesday (July 27), beating Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi in the men’s final. Ferreira, who learned to surf standing on the foam box …: “South Africa” – BingNews SA …
South Africa in the news: New Zealand’s Vaccine Plan, Brazil’s Record Deaths: Virus Update: Brazil reported a record number of Covid-19 deaths, while New Zealand, a world leader in its pandemic response, released plans for a targeted rollout of vaccines over the next few months to those in …: “South Africa” – BingNews UAE now …
South Africa in the news: Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll tops 250,000, as virus continues to spread uncontrollably: In Brazil, where the coronavirus is spreading uncontrollably, the COVID-19 death toll surpassed 250,000 on Thursday evening. There have been 251,498 confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Brazil since the …: “South Africa” – BingNews Road Safety World Series: Kevin …
South Africa in the news: Brazil’s top prosecutor probes Bolsonaro over Manaus COVID-19 outbreak: Brazil’s prosecutor-general has opened a preliminary investigation into its president and health minister for possible negligence in response to a COVID-19 outbreak in Manaus city, according to a …: “South Africa” – BingNews Germany bars Liverpool from entering country for Champions …
South Africa in the news: Hospitals in Brazil’s Amazonas short of oxygen; UK bans Brazilian arrivals: Hospitals in Brazil’s northern state of Amazonas ran short of oxygen and made an urgent call for help from the United States on Thursday, as Britain slapped a ban on new arrivals from Brazil over …: “South Africa” – …
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro has coronavirus – what it could mean for him politically: The most surprising thing about Jair Bolsonaro’s positive test for coronavirus, announced on July 7, was how long it took to happen. The Brazilian president was first suspected of having the virus in March, when several members of his entourage came down …
South Africa in the news: Live COVID-19 updates: Brazil’s confirmed cases top 850,000: The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil has so far reported 850,514 COVID-19 cases with 42,720 deaths, the country’s health ministry …: “South Africa” – BingNews How Mumbai’s Dharavi chased Covid-19 …
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is devastating indigenous lands, with the world distracted: The Amazon fires of 2019 drove the greatest single year loss of Brazilian forest in a decade. But with the world in the grip of a pandemic, forest loss in 2020 is already on track to dwarf the devastation of a year earlier. In …
Climate breakdown is pushing Brazil’s iconic Araucaria tree to extinction – new research: An Araucaria juts out of Brazil's misty Atlantic Forest Douglas Scortegagna/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA For hundreds of thousands of years, the distinctive candelabra shapes of Araucaria trees (Araucaria angustifolia) have defined landscapes at the southern edge of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Humans have …
It’s not just Brazil’s Amazon rainforest that’s ablaze – Bolivian fires are threatening people and wildlife: Firefighters and volunteers have been working around the clock to tackle the flames. Ipa Ibañez, Author provided Up to 800,000 hectares of the unique Chiquitano forest were burned to the ground in Bolivia between August 18 and August 23. …
John of God: my encounter with Brazil’s accused faith healer: Encounters with 'the Entity'. Laura Premack, Author provided His eyes were very big and very blue, the colour of cornflowers. They were neither kind nor unkind, and seemed somehow apart from the rest of his puffy face and sagging body. He looked into my eyes, …