The president of the Brazilian Institute for Environmental Protection, Carlos Bocuhy, said in an interview with CNN Radio, that President Jair Bolsonaro’s speech about the Amazon rainforest is “mistaken”. On Monday (15), Bolsonaro said, during a speech at the opening of the Invest in Brazil Forum – an event for investors – in Dubai, in […]
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Why so many transgender people are killed in Brazil
Data gathered by the National Association of Transvestites and Transsexuals (Antra) show that 175 transsexual people were killed in Brazil in 2020. This number places the country in the lead, for the 13th consecutive year, in a disastrous ranking: that of countries where this portion of the population is more murdered. The numbers expose a […]
Advances in sanitation can contribute to social and environmental development
The Brazilian government defended, during COP26 (26th Climate Conference of the United Nations), the implementation of the new Legal Framework for Sanitation, which provides for the recovery of degraded basins and public and private investment to universalize water and sewage services until 2033. Today, each Brazilian generates, on average, almost a kilo of garbage per […]
Teachers give tips to latecomers in preparing to write the Enem
A few days before the National Secondary Education Examination (Enem) – which will have tests on November 21st and 28th – many students are betting on memorization techniques, late-night studies and simulated entrance exams. But, and the preparation for the essay, is it up to date? The text is essential for good performance on the […]
They volunteered for scientific research, but they got no answers.
The Zika Virus, Transmitted to Humans by the Mosquito Aedes aegypti, was introduced in Brazil in 2014. At the time, the impacts caused by the infection were still little known by the medical and scientific communities. In October 2015, physician Adriana Melo, from the public maternity hospital in Campina Grande, Paraíba, identified an increase in […]
AstraZeneca reaches the mark of 2 billion doses distributed worldwide
Two billion doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford University’s Covid-19 vaccine have been provided worldwide, the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker and its partner said on Tuesday, in just under a year since its first approval. The immunizer, which is the biggest contributor to the Covax vaccine-sharing scheme supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), is being made in 15 countries […]
We cannot lose Enem or weaken Inep, says former president of the Institute
With less than a week to go before the first test of the National High School Examination (Enem) 2021, the former president of the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Maria Inês Fini, told CNN this Monday (15) that Brazilian society “cannot lose Enem and much less weaken the Institute”. Inep, […]
“Fire in the Amazon does not have a natural origin”, says the coordinator of MapBiomas
In an interview with CNN, the general coordinator of MapBiomas, Tasso Azevedo, stated that the fires in the Amazon forest are not of natural origin. Despite this, President Jair Bolsonaro (no party) said that the attacks suffered by Brazil on deforestation in the area “are not fair”. “Fire in the Amazon happens to clear pastures […]
Tubarão hurts an 11-year-old boy on the coast of São Paulo; case is the 2nd in the state in the month
An 11-year-old boy was injured in the leg by a shark, this Monday afternoon (15), in Ilha Comprida, on the south coast of the state of São Paulo. According to the city, the attack produced shallow cuts, but the wounds needed suturing. The child was seen at the city’s Emergency Care Unit and is doing […]
Education Commission votes on summons of minister this Tuesday (16)
The Education Committee of the Chamber of Deputies decides on Tuesday (16) whether to summon the Minister of Education, Milton Ribeiro, to provide clarifications on the National Secondary Education Examination (Enem), government interference in the test and the stampede of servants of the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Texeira (Inep), responsible for […]
