By , BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attacked Congress and the courts in a speech to hundreds of supporters on Sunday as the number of coronavirus cases blew past 100,000 in Brazil, underlining the former army captain’s increasing isolation as he downplays the impacts of the pandemic.The right-wing Bolsonaro has drawn criticism from across the political spectrum for dismissing the threat of the virus in Brazil, which has registered 101,147 confirmed cases and 7,025 deaths, according to the most recent data from the Health Ministry.On Sunday, dozens of...…By , BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attacked Congress and the courts in a speech to hundreds of supporters on Sunday as the number of coronavirus cases blew past 100,000 in Brazil, underlining the former army captain’s increasing isolation as he downplays the impacts of the pandemic.The right-wing Bolsonaro has drawn criticism from across the political spectrum for dismissing the threat of the virus in Brazil, which has registered 101,147 confirmed cases and 7,025 deaths, according to the most recent data from the Health Ministry.On Sunday, dozens of...WW…

A man walks past the headquarters of Brazilian oil company Petrobras in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro moved to replace the head of state-run oil company Petrobras, naming a retired army general with no oil and gas experience as CEO after weeks of clashes with the current chief executive over fuel price hikes.In a late Friday statement from the Mines and Energy Ministry, first shared on Bolsonaro's Facebook page, the...…A man walks past the headquarters of Brazilian oil company Petrobras in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro moved to replace the head of state-run oil company Petrobras, naming a retired army general with no oil and gas experience as CEO after weeks of clashes with the current chief executive over fuel price hikes.In a late Friday statement from the Mines and Energy Ministry, first shared on Bolsonaro's Facebook page, the...WW…

By , MACEIO, Brazil (Reuters) - A sudden, violent tremor knocked José Rinaldo Januario to the floor of his kitchen one Saturday afternoon two years ago - a mystery given the Brazilian city of Maceio had little history of seismic activity.After seven seconds or so, when the shaking stopped, the bar owner and his 21-year-old son Arthur raced out onto the street, fearing the house might collapse.“It was like a volcano exploded,” said Januario, 47.Cracks in his home, which he had long assumed to be construction defects, widened in the months after the tremor in March 2018. His family was forced...…By , MACEIO, Brazil (Reuters) - A sudden, violent tremor knocked José Rinaldo Januario to the floor of his kitchen one Saturday afternoon two years ago - a mystery given the Brazilian city of Maceio had little history of seismic activity.After seven seconds or so, when the shaking stopped, the bar owner and his 21-year-old son Arthur raced out onto the street, fearing the house might collapse.“It was like a volcano exploded,” said Januario, 47.Cracks in his home, which he had long assumed to be construction defects, widened in the months after the tremor in March 2018. His family was forced...WW…

By , , RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Imported by the Brazilian elite vacationing in Europe, the new coronavirus is now ravaging the country’s poor, ripping through tightly-packed neighborhoods where the disease is harder to control.Public health data analyzed by Reuters for the cities of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza show a shift in recent weeks from the wealthy boroughs that seeded the outbreak to the gritty urban outskirts.The change has coincided with a spike in confirmed coronavirus deaths, which are now just shy of 6,000 in Brazil. Many scientists point to Latin...…By , , RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Imported by the Brazilian elite vacationing in Europe, the new coronavirus is now ravaging the country’s poor, ripping through tightly-packed neighborhoods where the disease is harder to control.Public health data analyzed by Reuters for the cities of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza show a shift in recent weeks from the wealthy boroughs that seeded the outbreak to the gritty urban outskirts.The change has coincided with a spike in confirmed coronavirus deaths, which are now just shy of 6,000 in Brazil. Many scientists point to Latin...WW…

By , The infections illustrate the threat the virus poses to workers toiling in cramped quarters miles offshore. They also have raised questions about the effectiveness of extensive testing efforts to contain the pandemic’s spread on platforms.Alongside industries like mining and meatpacking, oil production has come under scrutiny during the pandemic as employees are forced to work, sleep and eat in confined areas.That is particularly true on offshore oil rigs, service vessels and so-called “floatels,” where a single infection can multiply quickly.In most other nations, outbreaks have been...…By , The infections illustrate the threat the virus poses to workers toiling in cramped quarters miles offshore. They also have raised questions about the effectiveness of extensive testing efforts to contain the pandemic’s spread on platforms.Alongside industries like mining and meatpacking, oil production has come under scrutiny during the pandemic as employees are forced to work, sleep and eat in confined areas.That is particularly true on offshore oil rigs, service vessels and so-called “floatels,” where a single infection can multiply quickly.In most other nations, outbreaks have been...WW…