Category: Brazil

A Brazilian Ministry of Education programme received an award from Harvard University. The American University awarded the program “English Without Borders,” which promotes language teaching in Brazil and contributed to the advance of public policies. The Distinguished Humphrey Leadership Award was granted to the program coordinator, Denise Abreu e Lima, a continuing education course at…

The Brazilian public health system will offer the best HIV treatment in the world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The Brazilian Ministry of Health will provide the population an antiretroviral called Dolutegravir from next year on. By the end of 2017, around 100,000 HIV positive patients will get the treatment for free in…

During a meeting with the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, President Michel Temer pledged that Brazil will receive more Syrian refugees. According to data from the Ministry of Justice, the country has already welcomed 2,298 people who fled the war in Syria. Temer also reported to Ban Ki-moon that a bill now being reviewed by…

The President of Brazil, Michel Temer submitted to Congress a proposal to reform the country’s Secondary Educational System. Temer said that the New Secondary Education System is based on a model that has been tested and approved in more advanced countries. ‘From now on, young Brazilians will be able to choose a curriculum more in…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees Brazil as closer to emerging from recession. The information is contained in a report published by the international body. In the document, the IMF estimates that Brazil and Russia are increasingly closer to coming out of their economic downturn scenarios. “In Latin America, Brazil’s economy remains in recession, but…

The financial crisis and the search for a better quality of life are causing hundreds of workers to leave Brazil to venture abroad. Until the beginning of the year, the declaration of definitive exit from Brazil saw a 40% increase. One of the main destinations for these Brazilians is the United States. The couple Wellington…

Brazilian doctoral students in the fields of social sciences, humanities, letters, literature, and arts can apply for one of 25 nine-month scholarships starting in August/September and ending in April/May 2017. In cases where the scholarship recipient is selected for intensive English training, the duration of the scholarship may be extended by an additional 4 weeks…

The Ministry of National Integration has released R$ 25 million for the works of the Agreste Aqueduct, located in Pernambuco. Executed by the state government, the project will expand the water supply of the São Francisco River Integration Project (PISF) in the state. The first phase of the work will benefit more than 1.3 million…

The Federation of Commerce of Goods, Services and Tourism of the State of São Paulo (FecomercioSP) issued a statement supporting the approval of the Proposed Constitutional Amendment (PEC) 241, which establishes a ceiling for public spending starting in 2017 for 20 years. According to the entity, the PEC is a “creative” solution and a modern…

The new president of the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), Juarez Quadros (photo), has made the expansion of access to telecommunications services a priority of his term, which runs until November 4, 2018. Estimates from Anatel indicate that 75% of households in Brazil do not have access to broadband. According to him, this number is partly…