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From denial to contagion: Jair Bolsonaro’s path towards the coronavirus

The head of State still maintains treating covid-19 like the common cold, even after more than 65 thousand deaths

Delivery app workers decide on another strike on July 25th

Similar to the strike on July 1st, their main demand is better working conditions

Covid set to make circa 37 million unemployed in Latin America, study shows

For sociologist, post pandemic world will be a struggle against authoritarianism and neo-liberalism

Vice-president of Ecuador Otto Sonnenholzner resigns

Sonnenholzner was the third vice president of Lenín Moreno during his four years in office

Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

The president had told his followers on Monday July 6 that he had symptoms such as a fever of 38 degrees and pain

Private interests delay coronavirus vaccine development and make it more expensive

While big-pharma bets on inaccessible technologies, potential vaccine was left – literally – in the freezer.

"Motoboys": delivery app workers strike demanding better conditions amid pandemic

Also featured: Traditional June festivities canceled due to coronavirus, and how agroecology and solidarity help farmers

Covid cases surged over 1000% in the capital since businesses reopened

Contradicting reality, governor Ibaneis insists on loosening restrictions, even as hospital beds fill up

São Paulo lives in different centuries when it comes to combating covid-19

In poorer areas, coronavirus mortality rates are sometimes 60% higher than in wealthier ones

12 hour shifts and no rights: why delivery workers are striking for first time ever

National walkout on Wednesday (1st) demands better conditions for thousands of informal motorcycle delivery workers

MST partners with financier to fund co-ops at low rates in Brazil’s northeast

The initiative seeks to offer funding to cooperatives at lower interest rates than banks

Brazil: App delivery workers ask general population for help in national strike

The protest is set to happen on Wednesday 1st, workers are asking users to boycott services on that day

Brazilian farmers left out of the State’s aid policies turn to Congress for help

Also featured: how athletes are standing up for democracy, the state of Brazilian cinema and the death of an icon

In 20 years, Brazil opened 155 inquiries using the National Security Law

In the 18 months of the Jair Bolsonaro government 26% of these proceedings were officiated

Covid vaccine: how close are we and what are the chances it won’t stop outbreaks

Experts think that there is great progress, however, unreliability and availability difficulties may become problems

South Africa: mining workers have double the infection rate for covid-19

Sector has 907 active cases of the novel coronavirus; country is ranked 19th in the world for infections

Faced with the pandemic and a decrease in sales, farmers incur losses and seek aid

A drop in production and difficulty in repaying debts are now the reality of rural residents impacted by the crisis

VIDEO | Brazil’s poor, mainly black communities, suffer from disease and oppression

Also featured on the show: how fake news shape the current political landscape, and 100 million trees will be planted

To defend life, people of the “sacred grounds” release anti-Bolsonaro manifesto

Religions with African roots join social movements in the defense of democracy and for the president’s impeachment

Farmers raise the pressure and Congress may vote on emergency measures for the sector

Put together by social movements, project seeks credit lines and technology to support water access, among other demands