Exactly five years ago, on January 25, the fate of the city of Brumadinho, in the state of Minas Gerais, changed forever: suddenly, one of the tailings dams belonging to the giant mining company Vale collapsed brutally, engulfing houses, commerce centers and almost everything in its path in a gigantic wave of toxic, mineral-laden mud. […]
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The Health Ministry on Thursday announced details of its upcoming dengue vaccination campaign, which will begin in February and has struggled with the low number of doses offered by Takeda, a Japanese pharmaceutical company. The campaign will focus on cities with a population of more than 100,000 and surrounding towns with higher dengue prevalence over […]
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The Federal Police on Thursday executed 21 search and seizure warrants at addresses linked to people suspected of illegally using spy intelligence software to monitor political opponents of the former Jair Bolsonaro administration. Congressman Alexandre Ramagem, a career Federal Police officer who served as the head of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) for most of […]
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