Tag: Brazil
Critics of Brazil’s president being targeted by security law
SAO PAULO — Police in Brazil are starting to employ a dictatorship-era national security law against critics of President Jair Bolsonaro, while lawyers and...
Brazil officials warn clash looms between Indigenous, miners
BRASILIA, Brazil — A potential clash is looming in northern Brazil between the Munduruku people and mining prospectors armed with rifles and handguns who...
Brazil vaccine drive faces challenges in remote communities
<p>CAVALCANTE, Brazil — Brazil’s vast size and deficient infrastructure make getting coronavirus vaccines to far-flung communities of Indigenous peoples and descendants of slaves a...
Europe pause of AstraZeneca sends ripple of doubt elsewhere
<p>KAMPALA, Uganda — The suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine in several European countries over the past week could fuel skepticism about the shot far...
Brazil vaccine drive faces challenges in remote communities
CAVALCANTE, Brazil — Brazil’s vast size and deficient infrastructure make getting coronavirus vaccines to far-flung communities of Indigenous peoples and descendants of slaves a...
Europe pause of AstraZeneca sends ripple of doubt elsewhere
KAMPALA, Uganda — The suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine in several European countries over the past week could fuel skepticism about the shot far...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro names 4th health minister during pandemic
<p>SAO PAULO — With COVID-19 still raging in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro picked his fourth health minister since the pandemic began, this time the...
Brazil divided on renaming Maracanã stadium after Pelé
<p>SAO PAULO — Brazilians would agree that Pelé is the greatest soccer player ever, but they differ on renaming the historic Maracanã stadium in...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro moves to arm base, alarming gun experts
SAO PAULO — Katia Sastre was walking her 7-year-old to class in Suzano, a violent city near Sao Paulo, when she saw a young...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro eyes 4th health minister as COVID rages
SAO PAULO — Brazil’s health minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Monday that President Jair Bolsonaro is planning to replace him amid the worst throes...