AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-latin-america-science-56a278cf4b849dc06dadc309d06aa63fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-latin-america-science-56a278cf4b849dc06dadc309d06aa63fClick to copyRelated topicsNOVO PROGRESSO, Brazil (AP) — A year ago this month, the forest around the town of Novo Progresso erupted into flames — the first major blazes in the Brazilian Amazon’s dry season that ultimately saw more than 100,000 fires and spurred global outrage against the government’s inability or unwillingness to protect the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-latin-america-science-56a278cf4b849dc06dadc309d06aa63fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-latin-america-science-56a278cf4b849dc06dadc309d06aa63fClick to copyRelated topicsNOVO PROGRESSO, Brazil (AP) — A year ago this month, the forest around the town of Novo Progresso erupted into flames — the first major blazes in the Brazilian Amazon’s dry season that ultimately saw more than 100,000 fires and spurred global outrage against the government’s inability or unwillingness to protect the...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-coronavirus-pandemic-9eeadec9835665c5937ffac507a42b9aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-coronavirus-pandemic-9eeadec9835665c5937ffac507a42b9aClick to copyRelated topicsBRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Mere miles from Brazil’s presidential palace, the bodies of COVID-19 victims were laid on floors of hospitals whose morgues were overflowing. Lawmakers fielded calls from panicked constituents across the country, where thousands awaited intensive care beds, and they had no effective health minister to turn to...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-coronavirus-pandemic-9eeadec9835665c5937ffac507a42b9aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-coronavirus-pandemic-9eeadec9835665c5937ffac507a42b9aClick to copyRelated topicsBRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Mere miles from Brazil’s presidential palace, the bodies of COVID-19 victims were laid on floors of hospitals whose morgues were overflowing. Lawmakers fielded calls from panicked constituents across the country, where thousands awaited intensive care beds, and they had no effective health minister to turn to...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/brazil-wealthy-coronavirus-vaccine-c1e157ac56985dcb6f3931f31a1c3ff6Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/brazil-wealthy-coronavirus-vaccine-c1e157ac56985dcb6f3931f31a1c3ff6Click to copyRelated topicsSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian marketing executive Eduardo Menga is extra cautious when it comes to his health. During the pandemic, he consulted a slew of doctors to ensure he was in good shape and uprooted his family from Rio de Janeiro to a quiet city in the countryside where he works remotely. His wife Bianca Rinaldi, an actress, hasn’t worked since...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/brazil-wealthy-coronavirus-vaccine-c1e157ac56985dcb6f3931f31a1c3ff6Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/brazil-wealthy-coronavirus-vaccine-c1e157ac56985dcb6f3931f31a1c3ff6Click to copyRelated topicsSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian marketing executive Eduardo Menga is extra cautious when it comes to his health. During the pandemic, he consulted a slew of doctors to ensure he was in good shape and uprooted his family from Rio de Janeiro to a quiet city in the countryside where he works remotely. His wife Bianca Rinaldi, an actress, hasn’t worked since...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/brazil-rio-de-janeiro-municipal-elections-elections-sao-paulo-b0b318cc7745306b9fe8ec5550054da7Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/brazil-rio-de-janeiro-municipal-elections-elections-sao-paulo-b0b318cc7745306b9fe8ec5550054da7Click to copyRelated topicsSAO PAULO (AP) — President Jair Bolsonaro suffered big losses in Brazil’s just-completed municipal elections, with only five mayoral candidates he supported winning their races and none of them in the most important cities.The president’s worst rebuff came in his hometown of Rio de Janeiro, where Mayor...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/brazil-rio-de-janeiro-municipal-elections-elections-sao-paulo-b0b318cc7745306b9fe8ec5550054da7Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/brazil-rio-de-janeiro-municipal-elections-elections-sao-paulo-b0b318cc7745306b9fe8ec5550054da7Click to copyRelated topicsSAO PAULO (AP) — President Jair Bolsonaro suffered big losses in Brazil’s just-completed municipal elections, with only five mayoral candidates he supported winning their races and none of them in the most important cities.The president’s worst rebuff came in his hometown of Rio de Janeiro, where Mayor...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-brazil-health-coronavirus-pandemic-latin-america-0295d39d3032aa14c6675b8b4080e8ccClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/pandemics-brazil-health-coronavirus-pandemic-latin-america-0295d39d3032aa14c6675b8b4080e8ccClick to copyRelated topicsSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he won’t take any working COVID-19 vaccine himself and calls the use of masks to limit the spread of the disease “the last taboo to fall.”Bolsonaro’s comments, broadcast on his social media channels Thursday night, alarmed health experts who said they...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-brazil-health-coronavirus-pandemic-latin-america-0295d39d3032aa14c6675b8b4080e8ccClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/pandemics-brazil-health-coronavirus-pandemic-latin-america-0295d39d3032aa14c6675b8b4080e8ccClick to copyRelated topicsSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he won’t take any working COVID-19 vaccine himself and calls the use of masks to limit the spread of the disease “the last taboo to fall.”Bolsonaro’s comments, broadcast on his social media channels Thursday night, alarmed health experts who said they...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-brazil-health-clinical-trials-sao-paulo-cfe15d9de3909eb58d08e39363aa0786Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-brazil-health-clinical-trials-sao-paulo-cfe15d9de3909eb58d08e39363aa0786Click to copyRelated topicsSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s health regulator has halted clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, citing an “adverse, serious event.”Adversaries of President Jair Bolsonaro said they feared the decision — posted Monday night on Anvisa’s website — was motivated not by science but by the leader’s...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-brazil-health-clinical-trials-sao-paulo-cfe15d9de3909eb58d08e39363aa0786Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-brazil-health-clinical-trials-sao-paulo-cfe15d9de3909eb58d08e39363aa0786Click to copyRelated topicsSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s health regulator has halted clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, citing an “adverse, serious event.”Adversaries of President Jair Bolsonaro said they feared the decision — posted Monday night on Anvisa’s website — was motivated not by science but by the leader’s...WW…

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