Gas pipeline explosion in Venezuela.
Image Credit: Screenshot from a video on Twitter account @wilfredo jose febres On state television, the Venezuelan oil minister Tareck El Aissami said that a section of State oil company […]
Explosion kills four in Natal, Brazil.
Image Credit: Riotimesonline.com In the early hours of Sunday an explosion took the lives of four people in city of Natal, Brazil. Two other people were injured in the explosion. […]
United States donates $300,000 to fight COVID-19 in the Amazon region of Brazil.
Image Credit: Bruno Kelly/ Reuters The United States government announced that it will donate $300,000 (R$ 1.5million) through the International Development Agency (USAID) to fight COVID-19 in the hard-hit region […]
Elected Brazilian Mayor enters intensive care.
Image Credit: Manguito Vilela/Twitter Manguito Vilela was elected Mayor in Goiânia, the tenth largest city in Brazil. The mayor was admitted to the hospital back in October due to COVID-19 […]
Chile to vote on whether to get a new constitution.
Image Credit: Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images On Sunday, Chileans will go out to vote on what is considered to be one of the most important referendums in Chilean history. […]
Brazil surpasses 100,000 deaths
Image Credit: EPA On Saturday night, Brazil surpassed 100,000 deaths due to COVID-19. Five months after their first case, Brazil has been hardly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The country […]
WHO says that Brazil coronavirus cases is not rising exponentially anymore.
Image Credit: Fabio Teixeira – Anadolu Agency The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that based on the number of the daily cases, it seems that Brazil COVID-19 curve has […]
China detects coronavirus in frozen shrimps imported from Ecuador.
Image Credit: Reuters On July 10, Chinese customs authority announced that the samples of imported shrimps from Ecuador tested positive for the coronavirus. A nucleic acid sequence analysis yielded positive […]
Bolivian president, Jeanine Anez, positive for the virus.
Image Credit: David Mercado/Reuters The Bolivian president is the second Latin American leader to test positive this week, after Bolsonaro announced his infection on Tuesday. The rapid spread of the […]
