Brazil’s Bolsonaro overhauls cabinet amid Covid surge
by Jordi MIRO BASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro overhauled his government Monday, changing six cabinet members including…
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South America
Brazil reports 3,650 dead from Covid in one day
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil set a new daily Covid-19 death toll record of 3,650 on Friday, the health…
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro installs fourth health minister of pandemic
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro formally installed his fourth health minister of the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday,…
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Brazil’s 24-hour Covid deaths surpass 3,000 for first time
by Jordi MIRO Agence France Presse BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's daily Covid-19 death toll soared past 3,000 for…
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Brazil’s new health minister vows science-based Covid policies
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's incoming health minister vowed Wednesday to implement science-based policies against Covid-19 and said…
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Bolsonaro changes health official again, as Brazil’s Covid cases surge
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro announced Monday that he will appoint cardiologist Marcelo Queiroga as health minister,…
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Brazil orders 100 million doses of Pfizer vaccine
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil has ordered 100 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine and another 38 million of…
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Floods and volcanic ashfall affect thousands in Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Floods and ashfall from rumbling volcano Sangay have destroyed around 60,000 hectares (150,000 acres) of…
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Brazil Covid deaths top 2,000 in 24 hours
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil registered a record 2,286 deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the health ministry…
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Forest fires in Argentina leave 7 injured, 15 missing
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Seven people were injured and 15 more missing on Wednesday as forest fires ripped through…
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