RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The number of murders in Brazil continues to fall in 2022, according to the national homicide index created by G1, based on official data from 26 states and the Federal District. There were 10,200 murders in the first three months of this year, representing a decrease of 6% compared to the … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Almost four in ten adult Brazilians were defaulters last month, which corresponds to 61.94 million people with pending debts in the credit bureaus, according to a survey conducted by the National Confederation of Store Managers (CNDL) and the Credit Protection Service (SPC Brazil). The number of defaulters included in the … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – At 100 years old, Walter Orthmann of Brazil is the person with the longest career in a company in the world, spanning more than eight decades. “It’s remarkable that you wake up in the morning and you have a commitment. When you have a commitment, you don’t feel like time … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Consumption in Brazilian homes increased 2.59% in the first quarter of the year, according to the National Consumption Index of Brazilian Homes of the Brazilian Supermarket Association (Abras), released on May 12 by the entity. The highest consumption variation in the quarter was registered in March, with a high of … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The percentage of 6 and 7-year-old children who cannot read and write almost doubled during the new coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19). The data on illiteracy among the youngest was released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in its survey “todos pela educa . . . To read the … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Bathed by the largest hydrographic basin in the world, Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, still suffers from a lack of basic sanitation. In the city of 2.2 million inhabitants, three out of four people (74% of the population) do not have access . . . To read the full … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The District Sample Household Survey (Pnad do DF), released on May 9 by the Planning Company of the Federal District (Codeplan), presented the socio-economic profile of the federal capital in 2021, based on data obtained from all administrative regions. The highest percentage of the economically active population (aged 14 or … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A Funai (National Indian Foundation) helicopter crashed on Sunday (8) in the Cruzeiro do Sul region (Acre) in the Amazon rainforest. Of the crew and passengers, seven people were in the aircraft. According to Estadão, the helicopter was on its way back from a child rescue mission in the village … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to the Camões Institute, today (5), World Portuguese Language Day, 260 million people (3.7% of the world’s population) speak the language, which is the most widely used after Mandarin, English and Spanish. Portuguese is the official language of nine member countries of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In a corner of the sea where the tropical paradise of Guanabara Bay is located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, a female Guiana dolphin swims next to a newborn calf. The only sound is the hiss of the whales’ breath as they rise to the surface. The water … Read more