{"id":8566,"date":"2020-12-14T11:40:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T11:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=8566"},"modified":"2021-03-17T19:52:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T19:52:34","slug":"2020-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/2020-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 highlights in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bom dia a todos! Happy December to all readers! As the last <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">semanas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (weeks) of 2020 finally roll in, it is time to think back on all the major events that took place in Brazil in what can only be described as a very eventful <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ano<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (year). So buckle up, as we break this down into two segments covering the<em> destaques<\/em> (highlights) of the past<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meses<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (months). Can you guess what we will be talking about? Certainly this has been a particularly tough year all over, and it was no different in Brazil. From a Covid pandemic to massive Amazon rainforest and wetland wildfires, not to mention President Jair Bolsonaro&#8217;s government losing several of its main ministers throughout this year.\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sem mais demoras<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (with no further ado), let\u2019s get moving!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>CORONAVIRUS<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Useful words:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Alastrar-se<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spread<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Measures <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| Medidas<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>O mundo inteiro<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | The whole world<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Casa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>M\u00e3os<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hands<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Perigo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danger<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Deaths <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| Mortes<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Pessoas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without a doubt, the new <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/coronavirus-in-brazil\/\">coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0is unfortunately the most striking fact of 2020. It started <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a alastrar-se <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(spreading) <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">across China no come\u00e7o do ano<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (at the beginning of the year) and soon reached all continents. With a<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> alta taxa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (high rate) of contamination and hospitalization, government officials had to take drastic <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">medidas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (measures) to reduce its direct and indirect effects on the population. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O mundo inteiro<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (the whole world) came to halt, while new hygiene procedures became part of our <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cotidiano<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (routine). If it was strange before to see people rubbing hand sanitizer on their <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">m\u00e3os<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (hands) or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">usando m\u00e1scaras no rosto<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wearing masks on their faces), now it is normal. In Brazil, its aftermath was devastating, not only due to the lethality of the virus, but also due to authorities denying its <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">perigo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (danger), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a falta de testes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (the lack of tests) for the population and the numerous replacements of health ministers. The consequences are visible in the statistics: more than 6.5 million people were infected by the virus, and about 200 thousand died since March, ranking Brazil as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o terceiro maior<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (the 3rd highest) in number of infected, and the 2nd in number of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mortes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (deaths).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>QUEIMADAS NA AMAZ\u00d4NIA E PANTANAL | <em>AMAZON AND PANTANAL WILDFIRES<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Useful words:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Maiores<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biggest<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Primeiros<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Inc\u00eandio\/fogo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fire<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Ano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">maiores<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (biggest) Brazilian biomes suffered as never before in Brazilian history. In the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">primeiros<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (first) months of 2020, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inc\u00eandios<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (wildfires) took over a large portion of the Amazon and the Pantanal area, which together cover over 43 thousand km2 of burned up <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">terra<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (land), which is equivalent to the whole extension of Denmark. Although <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">queimadas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (wildfires) are not new to Brazilian forests, the ones that took place this year were the largest according to the fire <em>registros<\/em> (records) by federal agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>QUEDA DE MINISTROS NO GOVERNO BOLSONARO | <\/b><b><i>BOLSONARO\u2019S MINISTERS REMOVALS<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Useful words:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Apoio <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Parcerias <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alliances<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Lava-jato<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Car wash<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Fugiu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fled<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2013, Brazil&#8217;s more progressive <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">partidos<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (parties) have been taking several hits, which led to the eventual <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ascens\u00e3o<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (rise) of current President Jair Bolsonaro. Although he has earned the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">apoio<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (support) and assigned ministerial positions to leading Brazilian conservative figures, what we ended up seeing in 2020 was actually the dissolution of many of his main <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">alian\u00e7as<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (alliances). S\u00e9rgio Moro, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">um juiz<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a judge) who became well-known for the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">opera\u00e7\u00e3o Lava-jato<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (car wash operation), after many <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">derrotas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (defeats) as minister of justice and clashing with the president, decided to<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">abandonar o cargo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">step down) in April. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-metaphors-of-our-minister\/\">Abraham Weintraub <\/a>, the controversial minister of education and loyal <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/who-is-olavo-de-carvalho\/\">Olavo de Carvalho<\/a> disciple, also left his post and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fugiu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (fled) to the United States after an investigation by the federal police kicked off. At the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minist\u00e9rio da Sa\u00fade<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ministry of Health), two ministers left office within 2 months during the pandemic, leaving <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o cargo <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(the post) open for more than 30 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Espero que tenham gostado e at\u00e9 a pr\u00f3xima!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/12\/Novel_Coronavirus_SARS-CoV-2_cropped-350x298.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/12\/Novel_Coronavirus_SARS-CoV-2_cropped-350x298.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/12\/Novel_Coronavirus_SARS-CoV-2_cropped.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Bom dia a todos! Happy December to all readers! As the last semanas (weeks) of 2020 finally roll in, it is time to think back on all the major events that took place in Brazil in what can only be described as a very eventful ano (year). 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