In recent weeks, Paris and New York have announced measures to reduce car space and thus free up space for other activities. These are new chapters in the process of urban transition which should mark the decade which has just begun. In Paris, the socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo approved in January a renovation project for … Read more
More than 752,000 Georgian voters who voted in the November 3 presidential election did not run for the second round in the state to define the two Senate seats, an analysis from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution showed. Find out more (03/02/2021 – 6:40 p.m.)
The number of global vaccinations against Covid-19 has exceeded the total number of confirmed cases, a remarkable moment that highlights the progress being made to contain the pandemic, despite growing concern over the threat of new variants. According to the Financial Times vaccine tracker, the number of doses administered approached 104 million on Wednesday (3), … Read more
The United States House of Representatives will vote on Thursday (4) on whether or not to remove MP Marjorie Taylor Greene from her post on House committees – forcing Republicans in Congress to take a public position on the newly installed parliamentarian in Georgia. Who endorsed conspiracy theories and calls to lead Democratic politicians on … Read more
After a reference to the so-called “Spanish flu” during an academic event at the Humanities Center at my own university (University of Miami), I couldn’t resist the temptation to question the identification tenacious of the worst epidemic in modern history with the Spanish territory. I suggested that these references be accompanied in written information by … Read more
The Canadian government on Wednesday classified the far-right group Proud Boys as a terrorist organization (3), under the justification of openly supporting the violence and of having played a central role in the invasion of the Capitol on January 6 by supporters of Donald Trump. The Department of Public Security said the Proud Boys, referred … Read more
Democrats will take control of Senate committees after a power-sharing deal with Republicans – the House has 100 senators (two per state) and is divided, with 50 on each side. Joe Biden’s party, however, is in the driver’s seat as the tiebreaker is for the country’s Vice President, Democrat Kamala Harris. Read more (03/02/2021 – … Read more
The institutions are functioning. This phrase has been repeated, with or without a question mark, in the United States for over four years and, since the end of the military dictatorship, it has not been used as much in Brazil. It’s hard to believe the institutions are working when we wake up to news that … Read more
President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) and Uruguayan leader Luis Lacalle Pou defended this Wednesday (3) changes to the rules of Mercosur (3) so that countries have more freedom to negotiate with countries outside the bloc. The two leaders, who had lunch at the Palácio da Alvorada in Brasília, also announced that the leaders of … Read more
Nearly half of U.S. states have started allowing teachers to get vaccinated as authorities decide which groups should be given the highest priority for coronavirus vaccination. Read more (03/02/2021 – 2:52 p.m.)