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‘It's a tsunami’: COVID-19 plunges Latin America back into poverty, violence
Jul 10, 2020 04:13As Latin America grapples with a tragedy that has yet to fully play out, there are also growing fears about the coronavirus pandemic’s longer term impact on a region the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects to shrink 9.4 percent this year. Tens of millions are expected to be plunged into poverty and decades of social progress erased.
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Brazil's President vetoes COVID-19 aid for indigenous people
Jul 09, 2020 06:15Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday vetoed provisions of a law that obligated the federal government to provide drinking water, disinfectants and a guarantee of hospital beds to indigenous communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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World updates: Coronavirus cases top 11.8mn, deaths surge past 544K
Jul 08, 2020 07:01Global coronavirus cases have topped 11.8 million, and the death toll has surpassed 544,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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As coronavirus pandemic soars in US and Brazil, Red Cross federation chief slams Trump and Bolsonaro for anti-science responses
Jul 08, 2020 05:42The head of the Red Cross federation on Wednesday July 1st expressed grave concern about the continuing spread of the coronavirus in the Americas and criticized Brazil and U.S. government leaders for their disastrous science-rejecting responses to the pandemic thus far. The two countries have the highest number of Covid-19 related deaths; the U.S. has had over 128,000 such deaths and Brazil over 60,000.
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Brazil reports over 26,000 new cases of coronavirus, 600 deaths
Jul 06, 2020 01:31The novel coronavirus continues to claim lives in Brazil, as new cases remain stubbornly high in the Latin American nation.
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Flights logs suggest Bolivia coup may have been planned in Brazil
Jun 19, 2020 08:59Bolivian President Evo Morales was overthrown in a U.S.-backed coup in November. But new details have emerged that suggest Brazil had a larger hand in his ouster than previously confirmed.
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Bolsonaro threatens to quit WHO as virus kills 'a Brazilian per minute'
Jun 06, 2020 03:59President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Friday to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization after the UN agency warned Latin American governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus throughout the region.
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Brazil president threatens crackdown on ‘terrorist’ anti-racism, pro-democracy protesters
Jun 06, 2020 01:53Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday called Black Lives Matter activists and people taking part in pro-democracy rallies "pot-user terrorists" and "delinquents", saying he had asked security forces to act if demonstrations expected on Sunday exceed limits.
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Brazil coronavirus death toll surges to third-highest in world
Jun 05, 2020 03:07Brazil's death toll from the new coronavirus has surpassed Italy's making it the third-highest in the world while the UN's secretary-general has called for a "people's vaccine" to stem the pandemic.
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Contaminated corns from Brazil are to be turned into ethanol: Iran
May 27, 2020 00:47Iranian authorities say a large Brazilian cargo of corn stuck for nearly a year in a port south of the country because of contamination will be turned into simple alcohol to help a national fight against the new coronavirus pandemic.