Proposed actions seek to “protect life, health, jobs and income”
Lawmakers included intermittent laborers as eligible, benefits range from R$600 to R$1.200
Changes in the national system focused on taxing income and patrimony; cities and states would get R$100 billion
According to Union, measures adopted by govt ignore the working class; more than 700 people are infected in the country
Deeds of solidarity help people stay at home during quarantine, old social woes resurface in the modern age
The US Department of Justice presented drug related charges against Maduro and others in a press conference yesterday
The government’s initial proposal was of R$200 in aid; amounts may reach R$1200 in some cases
According to expert, regardless of the president’s discourse, the State isn’t enacting urgent measures to avoid collapse
Lack of testing and the government’s hesitation to act expose the country to the pandemic, says geographer Ronnie Aldrin
The president rejected isolation, blamed the press for “hysteria” and said that COVID-19 is “just a little cold”
