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- Latin America Experiences a Dengue Outbreak with Focal Points in Paraguay and Argentina
The curves of the graphs, which used to rise gradually until April, are now skyrocketing since January. There is a surge in dengue cases accumulating prematurely in Latin American countries, mainly in those neighboring Brazil, which accounts for almost eight out of every ten infections.
Published on 03/06/2024 - 12h35
- Belém, The COP30 Headquarters, Has Over 200,000 Residents in Inadequate Sewage Conditions
Belém, the capital of Pará and the host city for COP30, the UN conference on climate change to be held in 2025, ranks tenth among the capitals with the highest percentages of the population living with inadequate sanitation. The precarious sanitation situation is a reality in several municipalities in the North and Northeast.
Published on 03/01/2024 - 13h30
- 'Sexual Crimes Exist, but We Are Not among the Worst Rankings,' Says Prosecutor in Marajó
Last week, a video of gospel artist Aymeê Rocha singing about the woes of Marajó Island, in Pará, went viral. In it, Aymeê talks about pedophilia, child sexual exploitation, and even organ trafficking in the region. The video sparked debates regarding the region, which is marked by poverty and violence but is also a target of fake news. One example was when Senator Damares Alves claimed, in 2022, that children in the region had their teeth pulled out to facilitate oral sex and ate soft foods to be subjected to anal sex - allegations that were never proven.
Published on 02/29/2024 - 13h01
- Brazil's February Emissions from Wildfires Are the Highest since 2003
The fires that have been ravaging Roraima in recent weeks have caused a surge in carbon emissions from forest fires in the country in February. Until the 27th, the fires emitted 4.1 megatons of carbon, the highest index for Brazil in at least two decades.
Published on 02/29/2024 - 12h56
- Brazil Has 49 Million People without Proper Sewage, Census 2022 Reveals
Brazil has 49 million inhabitants (24.3%) without adequate sewage treatment and 4.8 million without piped water, according to data from the 2022 Census released by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). Poor sanitation includes rudimentary cesspits, ditches, holes, and discharge into rivers and the sea.
Published on 02/26/2024 - 13h05
- Lula Government Acknowledges Shortcomings in Indigenous Health in Plan Submitted to the Supreme Federal Court
By order of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), the Lula government presented an action plan to reduce mortality in indigenous lands, listing what it calls internal weaknesses and threats faced by the management.
Published on 02/23/2024 - 13h14
- Ministry of Health of Brazil Records 363 Deaths in the Yanomami Land in the First Year of the Lula Government
The Ministry of Health recorded 363 deaths of Yanomami indigenous people in 2023, the first year of the Lula government (PT) and the first year with emergency public health actions in the traditional territory, the largest in the country.
Published on 02/22/2024 - 13h02
- Covid Cases Rise in The Early Weeks of The Year in Brazil
Brazil registered, from January 1st until the last day of February 10th, 196,460 new cases of Covid, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Published on 02/21/2024 - 13h36
- Green Hydrogen and Corn Ethanol Are Bets for Energy Transition in Brazil
Green hydrogen, corn ethanol, and SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel). These are some of the renewable fuels and energy sources that, according to experts, can guide the energy transition in Brazil in the coming years and decades.
Published on 02/20/2024 - 12h53
- Nearly Half of the Amazon Is Heading towards A Tipping Point Towards Collapse by 2050, Says Research
A group of Brazilian scientists estimates that, by the year 2050, from 10% to 47% of the Amazon forest will be exposed to severe threats and may undergo an ecosystem transition, with loss of forest resilience and conversion to other forms of the biome, unable to fulfill the carbon sink role played by the Amazon.
Published on 02/15/2024 - 13h06