Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is being heavily criticized after firing Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta on Thursday, just a week after he initially contemplated dismissing him. The far-right leader clashed often with the health expert’s assessment over how the silent yet ravaging coronavirus pandemic should be dealt with. Bolsonaro offered a dismissive tone toward Mandetta’s … Read more
Coronavirus corpses lie beside live patients fighting the disease in shocking footage from Brazilian hospital The video, said to be captured by a nurse, shows bodies and patients together A total of 14 bodies were reportedly being kept in the hospital next to patients The footage is from inside the Loao Lucio Emergency Hospital, Manaus … Read more
A newly discovered reptile that lived 250 million years ago even before the dinosaurs has been named after a Lord of the Rings character. The new species, called Elessaurus gondwanoccidens, was discovered among rocky deposits not far from the Argentina border. E. gondwanoccidens is named after the Elvish name (Elessar) of Aragorn from Lord of … Read more
Organised crime gangs are enforcing their own coronavirus lockdown in Rio de Janeiro by ordering people to obey a curfew. Threatening messages which circulated in the city’s notorious favelas warn that gangsters will teach people to ‘respect’ an 8pm shutdown, Brazilian media says. ‘Attention all residents of Rio das Pedras, Muzema and Tijuquinha! Curfew from … Read more
The Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldinho and his brother will have to remain in prison without the possibility of bail while their case continues to be reviewed after the pair used counterfeit passports to enter Paraguay, a court has ruled. The ruling on Tuesday morning by the Paraguayan court comes a day after Ronaldinho offered to post an … Read more