world news Brazil COVID-19 death toll passes 100,000 Brazil is the second-most impacted country by COVID-19 with more than three million cases and 100,000 deaths. 09/08/2020
Brazil Fears grow for Brazilian Amazon after thousands of fires in July The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon rose 28% last month compared to July 2019, fuelling fears that the world's largest rainforest could be devastated by fires again this year. 02/08/2020
Brazil Forest fires surge in Brazil's Amazon rainforest Brazil's national space agency, INPE, identified 6,803 fires in the Amazon region in July 2020, up from 5,318 the year before. 01/08/2020
Brazil Brazil's President Bolsonaro says he's recovered from coronavirus Shortly after disclosing the negative result, Bolsonaro left the presidential residence on a motorcycle and greeted supporters. 25/07/2020
Outdoor Nocturnal sloths adapt to deforestation by coming out in the day Their home in the Atlantic forest is the most endangered rainforest in Brazil. 23/07/2020
no comment Coronavirus: Performers create a drive-in circus in Brazil Following measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19, Brazilian circus artists decided to go back to work in a different way. 19/07/2020
World Coronavirus: WHO reports record rise of more than 259,000 new cases The global death toll also passed the 600,000 thresholds, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. 19/07/2020
Directory Research shows that eating steak in Europe comes at a high price "The jungles of Brazil are at a breaking point," said Professor Britaldo Soares-Filho, co-author of the study. 17/07/2020
Brazil Bolsonaro eager to leave 'horrible' quarantine after getting COVID-19 The Brazilian President has been in quarantine for a week after testing positive for coronavirus. 14/07/2020
Brazil СOVID-19: how Brazil is failing its indigenous people The deadly coronavirus is spreading across the protected lands of indigenous people, who blame illegal miners, other intruders and the Brazilian state. 10/07/2020
Brazil Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro says he tested positive for COVID-19 He has said that his history as an athlete would protect him from the virus, and that it would be nothing more than a “little flu” were he to contract it. 07/07/2020
world news Latin America surpasses Europe's number of coronavirus cases A skyrocketing case count in Brazil and heavy outbreaks in Peru, Chile and Colombia have been the main contributors. 04/07/2020
Outdoor The power of the Amazon Rainforest’s thousands of unique plants From capturing carbon emissions to medical breakthroughs, the Amazon could save us - if we can stop it from burning. 02/07/2020
world news COVID-19: Fauci refutes Trump's testing claim amid 'disturbing surge' As Europe faces the prospect of a second wave of coronavirus infections, some nations still haven't reached the end of the first with new COVID-19 cases are spiking in two of the world's worst-affected countries, the United States and Brazil. 24/06/2020
World Coronavirus pandemic "accelerating" as Brazil tops one million cases The organisation reported on Friday the highest number in terms of new coronavirus cases ever recorded, warning that the pandemic is exposing migrants to "an even more severe hardship". 20/06/2020
China Coronavirus: Fears of second wave as cases spike in China The largest wholesale food market in #Beijing was shut by authorities this weekend, after the discovery of the first locally transmitted cases of #coronavirus in the Chinese capital for 50 days. 13/06/2020
World India, Africa and Latin America newly in the crosshairs of COVID-19 The pressure is easing in Europe but other parts of the world are in the eye of the COVID-19 storm. 12/06/2020
Brazil Analysis: Brazil and its lack of leadership amid COVID-19 crisis "Leadership in times of crisis does matter," writes Euronews' political editor Darren McCaffrey. "President Bolsonaro is - devastatingly for Brazil - testament to this." 08/06/2020
no comment Supporters greet Bolsonaro amid controversy over cabinet video It comes three days after the country's supreme court released a video of a cabinet meeting in which Bolsonaro is alleged to have tried to interfere with the federal police. 25/05/2020
World South America 'a new epicentre' of Coronavirus pandemic, WHO says Brazil remains the area's worst-affected country with over 21,000 coronavirus-related deaths. 23/05/2020
World Record 106,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in a day: WHO Almost two-thirds of the 106,000 new COVID-19 infections reported globally on Tuesday were recorded in just four countries. 20/05/2020
no comment Brazilian nurses mourn colleagues killed on the COVID-19 frontline The demonstration was held on International Nurses Day on Tuesday (May 12). 13/05/2020
world news COVID-19 spreading across Latin America Cases of coronavirus are spreading rapidly in parts of Latin America and threaten to overwhelm already weak medical services 26/04/2020
no comment Face masks put on Rio de Janeiro's statues in bid to stop COVID-19 It's part of an attempt to get people to wear face masks and stop the spread of coronavirus. 24/04/2020
no comment Brazil firefighter lifts spirits through music during the lockdown Brazilians won't want lockdown to stop at this rate. 07/04/2020
Brazil Bolsonaro busy market videos removed amid coronavirus pandemic Brazil's president has campaigned to keep the country's economy afloat during the spread of COVID-19. 30/03/2020
