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Another political scandal in Brazil. This time in the middle of a pandemic. The media are addicted ... to this junk. The market is running for the door. (Photo by Andressa Anholete/Getty Images) Getty Images Brazil is deciding to put the country through yet another political scandal, right in the…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil registered a record number of new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, surpassing France’s tally to become the sixth-worst hit country, as the disease sends the economy toward its worst year since at least 1900. Relatives watch as gravediggers wearing protective suits bury the coffin…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday declared gyms and hair salons as essential services that can stay open through the new coronavirus outbreak, easing measures to control the disease despite new cases and deaths surging in the country. An agent checks the temperature of a driver at…

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BRASILIA/SAO PAULO/MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - The death toll from COVID-19 in the worst hit part of Brazil’s remote Amazon region may be three times the official count, according to data from public notaries reviewed by Reuters, as the spread of the disease overwhelms the public health system. FILE PHOTO: Workers…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Indigenous groups from nine countries in the Amazon basin called on Wednesday for donations to help protect 3 million rainforest inhabitants who are vulnerable to the spread of the novel coronavirus because they lack adequate access to healthcare. They said the failure of regional governments to consider…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - São Luis became Brazil’s first major city to begin a coronavirus “lockdown” on Tuesday with another, Fortaleza, saying it would follow suit on Friday, as local health services struggle to cope with the pandemic. Tuesday’s lockdown measure covers São Luis and parts of three other municipalities with…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday picked a new head of the federal police following a Supreme Court decision to block his effort to appoint a family friend - a tactical retreat a day after he and supporters threatened the court in anti-democratic protests. Brazil's President Jair…

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, May 3 (Reuters) - Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro attacked Congress and the courts in a speech to hundreds of supporters on Sunday, underlining the former army captain’s increasing isolation as he downplays the impacts of the novel coronavirus on Latin America’s largest nation. Right-wing Bolsonaro has drawn…

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro attacked Congress and the courts in a speech to hundreds of supporters on Sunday, underlining the former army captain’s increasing isolation as he downplays the impacts of the COVID-19 on Latin America’s largest nation.Right-wing Bolsonaro has drawn widespread criticism from across the political spectrum for dismissing…