A police raid against suspected drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro has left 25 dead, including one police officer. The United Nations human rights office has strongly criticised the deadliest police …
As Covid-19 deaths soar in Brazil, Bolsonaro says there’s a ‘war’ against him
In Brazil, more than 45,000 people have died due to Covid-19 in just the past month. President Jair Bolsonaro came forth last week and stated that he feels the Brazilian public is staging a war …
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Brazil health service in ‘worst crisis in its history’
Brazil is currently battling a record high number of patients and the collapse of its health service and intensive care units. Hospitals have reportedly been overwhelmed with Covid-19 cases, according …
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Covid-19 Variant in Brazil Overwhelms Local Hospitals, Hits Younger Patients
This week, Brazil's daily death toll from Covid-19 rose to its highest level yet. Health officials are pointing to a new strain that originated in the Amazon area of Brazil that is suspected to be …
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Brazilian authorities start probe as 102 million consumers are exposed in new leak
Yesterday, Brazil's National Data Protection Authority informed the public that it had launched an investigation into a massive data leak in which more than 102 million records were exposed. The leak …
Brazil suspends trials of China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, citing ‘serious adverse event’
In July, Chinese drugmaker Sinovac Biotech began Phase 3 trials for its COVID-19 vaccine, collaborating with the Brazilian Butantan Institute located in Sao Paulo. However, the Phase 3 trials have …
Coronavirus: India overtakes Brazil in Covid-19 cases
In the past 24 hours, India has surpassed Brazil to become second in the world in the highest number of COVID-19 cases, recording 90,000 new cases in just one day. India has reported 4,204,613 cases …
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Brazil’s Banking Trojans Go Global
According to researchers, four sophisticated malware families historically targeting Brazilian individuals and entities have spread their reach to new countries as well as increasing capabilities. The …
Brazil becomes second country to pass 50,000 deaths
Brazil has recently become the second country to reach more than 50,000 COVID-19 related deaths, following the US in terms of the highest infection and death rates. This milestone comes amid growing …
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Brazil’s big cities start to reopen, fueling fears of another deadly coronavirus wave
Brazil suffered from its first COVID-19 loss in Sao Paulo on March 17, and has since been struggling with a massive death toll of over 38,000 and rising. However, despite the death and infection toll …