Brazil is on alert due to the increase in cases of denguewhich have almost tripled at the beginning of January, according to data released this Thursday, an expansion caused by the rains and high temperatures associated with the El Niño phenomenon and the climate crisis and which could lead the country to break records this […]
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Syphilis bacteria existed 2,000 years ago in Brazil, centuries before Columbus set sail
The first syphilis epidemic in Europe It was recorded in 1493 after the siege by French troops of the city of Naplesbut where did this venereal disease that wreaked havoc on the old continent between the 15th and 18th centuries come from? Some believe that this venereal disease caused by the bacteria ‘Treponema pallidum’ It […]
The Latin American country with the most job opportunities by 2024: surpasses Spain and the United Kingdom
Peru is towards the end of the ranking! We also tell you which countries in Europe have the most job offers. Join the La República WhatsApp channel Price of the dollar in Peru: what is the exchange rate quote this Wednesday, January 24? Second salary increase in the public sector: who are the beneficiaries and […]
Brazil receives first batch of dengue vaccines amid disease outbreak
Brazil received a batch of 750,000 doses of the vaccine Denga against him dengue donated by the Japanese laboratory Takeda Pharma and that will allow it to anticipate its immunization campaign in the midst of one of the worst outbreaks of the disease in recent years, official sources reported. The Japanese laboratory intends to deliver […]
Hundreds of Brazilians and football legends say goodbye to “Old Wolf” Zagallo
Hundreds of Brazilians and some legends of the national team said goodbye to Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo, the only one with four World Cups in the world of football, who died on Friday and was buried this Sunday in Rio de Janeiro. The “Old Wolf”, who had been in poor health for a decade, died […]
The South American country that is among the main grape producers in the world: surpasses Peru
During the 2022-2023 season, global grape production recorded a notable increase, reaching 27.9 million tons, a growth of 4.44% compared to the previous campaign. This data comes from Fluctuante’s ‘A different horizon’ analysis, which uses statistics provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). According to the data, during the 2022-2023 period, China stood […]
Brazil limits interest on credit cards to help more than 70 million defaulters
The rate exceeded 400%, but Lula da Silva’s Government established a limit of 100% in order to facilitate the return to the market of a third of its population. Join the La República WhatsApp channel Price of the dollar in Peru: what is the exchange rate quote this Wednesday, January 3? Payment schedule in January […]
A rule that limits credit card interest comes into force in Brazil
This Wednesday, Brazil launched a rule that establishes a ceiling on the collection of revolving interest from the credit card through which the Government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva aims to reduce the high number of people in debt in the country. From now on, the interest accrued in the event of late payment […]
Fires in the Amazon fell by 10.8% in 2023 despite its historic drought
The Amazon Brazilian registered 98,646 forest fires in 2023, 10.8% less than in 2022 (115,033), despite the historic drought that the biome faced in the final months of last year, when fire outbreaks broke out, official sources reported this Tuesday. The number of heat sources measured last year by the satellites of the National Institute […]
Macaúba: the plant that seeks to revolutionize aviation biofuels
Macaúba, a plant native to the Brazilian Cerrado, is emerging as a revolutionary raw material for biofuels of aviation, with an investment of 2.5 billion dollars for its large-scale production in Brazil. The energy company Acelen Renewables announced the million-dollar investment for the renewable aviation fuels project at the recent Conference of the United Nations […]