BRASILIA, April 11 — Brazil’s 2020 deficit is approaching 500 billion reais (US$96 billion), or 7 per cent of gross domestic product, even before a state aid proposal of up to 222 billion reais to tackle the coronavirus is factored in, the economy ministry said yesterday. In 2019, the deficit...
A homeless person carries food from a group of residents of the Chapeu Mangueira slum, during the coronavirus disease outbreak, near Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 11, 2020. — Reuters pic
Separately, Brazilian Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said that the government is studying a Treasury-backed scheme to help smaller companies as many banks are not lending due to the risk of default during the coronavirus crisis. “In all of them there is ... the Treasury will be behind it because the risk is very high,” said Mansueto. “Soon we will define which scheme will be chosen from the three or four that are under discussion.”For the second consecutive day, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro took to the streets yesterday. A far-right former army captain, Bolsonaro has chafed at social distancing measures imposed by state governors and even his own health officials.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Brazil 'Ghostbuster' deep cleans favela streets to fight coronavirus | Malay MailRIO DE JANEIRO, April 11 ― When coronavirus hit and tourists stopped coming to Thiago Firmino's Rio de Janeiro favela tour, he decided to act. Unwilling to wait for officials to react, he donned a white suit and set about disinfecting the streets of the Santa Marta slum. Having watched with...
Read more »
Covid-19: Brazil death toll shoots past 1,000BRASILIA: Brazil, the hardest-hit Latin American country in the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, passed the mark of 1,000 deaths on Friday, the health ministry said.
Read more »
1982 Brazil team reunite to help fight COVID-19(Reuters) - Members of Brazil’s 1982 World Cup squad have reunited to ask their compatriots to work together and donate money to help the country’s overcrowded favelas avoid the worst ravages of the coronavirus.
Read more »
Brazil 'Ghostbuster' deep cleans favela streets to fight coronavirus | Malay MailRIO DE JANEIRO, April 11 ― When coronavirus hit and tourists stopped coming to Thiago Firmino's Rio de Janeiro favela tour, he decided to act. Unwilling to wait for officials to react, he donned a white suit and set about disinfecting the streets of the Santa Marta slum. Having watched with...
Read more »
Covid-19: New Zealand reports two coronavirus deaths, Australia has 56 | Malay MailMELBOURNE, April 11 ― New Zealand said today there had been two new deaths due to the coronavirus ― its biggest daily total to date despite the low number and bringing the total to four in a country that's halfway through a four-week nationwide lockdown. Both deaths were older people with...
Read more »
Singapore confirms 191 new coronavirus infections, eight death | Malay MailSINGAPORE, April 11 ― Singapore’s health ministry confirmed 191 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the total in the city-state to 2,299. The Southeast Asian island nation, which is under partial lockdown to try and curb a recent surge in infections, also reported its eighth death from...
Read more »