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Author of the article: BRASILIA — President Jair Bolsonaro criticized Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa on Thursday for authorizing the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 years against COVID-19, one day after his health minister unveiled plans to inoculate that age group. Vaccine skeptic Bolsonaro said in a radio interview…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian environmental agents this week shut down schemes involving hundreds of companies the agents said were covering up illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest, according to government documents reviewed by Reuters. The operation conducted by the main federal environmental enforcement agency Ibama provides a rare glimpse into…

Updated 6 hours ago · Published on 17 Dec 2021 7:20AM · The IMF will close its office in Brasilia when the Brazil representative’s mandate expires on June 30, 2022. – EPA pic, December 17, 2021. THE International Monetary Fund said yesterday it will close its Brazilian office, a day…

BRASILIA - Brazil began requiring a Covid-19 vaccination certificate for foreign travellers arriving in the country, a move initially blocked by President Jair Bolsonaro's government. A Supreme Court justice ruled that proof of vaccination would be mandatory to enter Brazil in an effort to slow the spread of the Omicron coronavirus…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso ruled on Saturday that the country must demand proof of vaccination for visitors seeking to enter the country. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied requests of state health regulator Anvisa to demand vaccination proof from visitors. But Barroso said…

published : 19 Nov 2021 at 08:45 Deforestation has gained pace in Brazil's Amazon rainforest despite officials' claims that the government is being more forceful against environmental crimes. BRASILIA: Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose by almost 22 percent from August 2020 to July 2021 compared with the same period…

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Author of the article: Article content BRASILIA — Brazil has had 15,300 new cases of the coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours, and 188 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry said on Thursday. The South American country has…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Violence against Brazil's indigenous people increased last year as land disputes and invasions of their reservations rose and the government failed to provide protection, the Catholic Church's Indigenous Missionary Council said on Thursday. Its annual report on violence against the descendents of Brazil's original inhabitants said there…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a possible ruling suspending him from social media. A Senate investigative committee on Tuesday called for https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-senate-committee-approves-report-calling-bolsonaro-be-indicted-2021-10-26 Bolsonaro to be indicted for nine crimes related to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and asked that…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian Senate investigative committee approved a report on Tuesday that calls for President Jair Bolsonaro to be indicted for nine crimes related to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, including crimes against humanity. The report, which is more than 1,300 pages long and took the opposition-controlled…