US President Joe Biden accused Russia of wanting to interfere in the 2022 midterm elections, when members of Congress, governors and other local offices are…
Merchandise Alone Won’t Set Brazil Back, Says FT – 07/27/2021 – Nelson de Sá
In the Financial Times, “Can a new commodities boom revive Brazil?” With dispatches to Ribeirão Preto and São Bernardo do Campo, in the state of…
Haitian police arrest presidential guard coordinator for alleged involvement in Moise’s death – 07/27/2021 – world
The coordinator of the presidential guard of Jovenel Moïse, President of Haiti who died on the 7th, was arrested this week on suspicion of having…
Vatican begins trial of cardinal for financial crimes – 07/27/2021 – world
The trial over a multi-million euro scandal involving the purchase and financing of a building in London by the Vatican, a powerful cardinal and two…
US recommends use of masks for people vaccinated in high-risk areas – 07/27/2021 – Worldwide
Plans to return to something like pre-pandemic normalcy in the United States have changed. This Tuesday (27), the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
In ‘turnaround’, the US advises vaccinated to wear a mask – 07/27/2021 – Nelson de Sá
The day after the Brazilian Minister of Health announced that “soon we will no longer need masks”, due to vaccinations, The New York Times, Fox…
End of moratorium on evictions threatens to leave 7 million homeless in the United States – 07/27/2021 – World
Millions of Americans dread the day when, turning the page of the calendar, they will come across the date of July 31. On that day,…
CNPq has power outage and Lattes platform goes off the air – 07/27/2021 – science
The most important federal systems of Brazilian research, the Lattes and Carlos Chagas platforms, have been experiencing a blackout since Friday (23) after a failure…
Change of government in Haiti must not transform people’s lives, say Haitians – 07/27/2021 – World
Gerard Lovius sleeps at night on the floor of an empty classroom, listening to the gunshots. He and his traumatized neighbors started living there a…
The return of the zombie to family values - 07/27/2021 – Paul Krugman
For a few weeks in 1992, politics in the United States focused on “family values”. President George Bush Sr. faced problems in his re-election campaign…