Tag: pandemic

Lawmakers included intermittent laborers as eligible, benefits range from R$600 to R$1.200

Changes in the national system focused on taxing income and patrimony; cities and states would get R$100 billion

According to Union, measures adopted by govt ignore the working class; more than 700 people are infected in the country

Deeds of solidarity help people stay at home during quarantine, old social woes resurface in the modern age

The government’s initial proposal was of R$200 in aid; amounts may reach R$1200 in some cases

According to expert, regardless of the president’s discourse, the State isn’t enacting urgent measures to avoid collapse

Lack of testing and the government’s hesitation to act expose the country to the pandemic, says geographer Ronnie Aldrin

The president rejected isolation, blamed the press for “hysteria” and said that COVID-19 is “just a little cold”

In the country’s poorest areas, there is lack of information and basic necessities, however, there is also solidarity

For the second consecutive day, the president was the target of protests