Jair Bolsonaro scrapped discounted Pfizer vaccine deal for a much more expensive Covaxin. Why?
Image Credit: AFP The controversial Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro dubbed the ‘tropical Donald Trump’, for his similarities to ex-US President Donald Trump, has been under scrutiny for scrapping a heavily […]
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Peru.
Magnitude was recalculate from 5.6 to 5.8 later on.Image Credit: Earthstar Geographics Hours ago, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the South Pacific Ocean, […]
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Portoviejo, Ecuador.
Hours ago, the Institute of Geophysics of the National Polytechnic School in Quito (IGEPN) reported a 4.6-magnitude 92km southwest of Portoviejo, Ecuadot. It was later revised to a 4.5-magnitude, at […]
A 4.9-magnitude earthquake strikes Ecuador.
Image Credit: Zenrin Earthstar Geographics A few minutes ago, a strong 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck the South Pacific Ocean, 49 km southwest of Manta Ecuador, Ecuador at a shallow depth of […]
Six fuel trucks explode in Peru.
Image Credit: @DeviandesPeru On Saturday morning, a convoy of six trucks exploded in Peru’s central highway after rocks fell from a hill and hit a truck carrying gasoline. The highway […]
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 […]