Charlotte Peet

COVID-19 cas­es and deaths are climb­ing in Por­tu­gal’s pop­u­lar tourist hotspots like Lis­bon, Por­to and the Al­garve re­gion.

In­for­mal set­tle­ments have sprung up across the coun­try amid Brazil’s on­go­ing COVID-19 cri­sis and its eco­nom­ic fall­out.

Health of­fi­cials in the Brazil­ian Ama­zon, still reel­ing from a health sys­tem col­lapse, fear a third wave is on the way.

Rights ac­tivists and res­i­dents urge in­de­pen­dent probe into dead­ly Brazil­ian po­lice op­er­a­tion in Jacarez­in­ho favela.

Brazil’s po­lice said crack­down on drug traf­fick­ing was jus­ti­fied but res­i­dents de­nounce ‘ex­e­cu­tion-style killings’.

Brazil’s South Amer­i­can neigh­bours wor­ry a COVID-19 vari­ant will spread quick­ly and lead to an­oth­er wave of deaths.

Ex­perts say younger pa­tients are de­vel­op­ing se­vere COVID-19 symp­toms and dy­ing, as hos­pi­tals are pushed to the brink.

Sev­er­al states re­port crit­i­cal stock lev­els, loans of cylin­ders and even trans­fer of pa­tients who re­quire oxy­gen.

Judge’s de­ci­sion opens door for for­mer pres­i­dent to run in 2022 elec­tions, but le­gal ex­perts say many ques­tions re­main.

Brazil’s vul­ner­a­ble com­mu­ni­ties em­brace ur­ban farm­ing as food in­se­cu­ri­ty ris­es dur­ing the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic.