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Brazil's health authorities are using guppy fish, which eat mosquito larvae, to slow the spread of the Zika virus that is suspected of causing birth defects in thousands of babies. Ashraf Fahim reports.
Coria del Río (Seville), May 11 (EFE) .- The town of Coria del Río, the most affected last summer by the outbreak of the El Niño virus spread by mosquitoes, has started on Tuesday its plan to control these insects, which is activated "before the resignation of functions of the Board", has denounced its mayor, Modesto González.FOOTAGE OF FUMIGATION IN CORIA DEL RÍO (SEVILLA).
Paris (France), March 2 (EFE), (Camera: EFE).- Brazilian player Formiga, a legend in women's soccer, will turn 43 on Wednesday. In an interview with Efe, the Paris Saint Germain player acknowledges she is proud of having paved the way for other girls. SOUNDBITES OF FORMIGA, PARIS SAINT GERMAIN PLAYER. "Apart from genetics, I believe that a high-level athlete has to take care of herself in every possible way. I have my goals, which is to play my last Olympics and, for that, I do not have to rely only on genetics but on my dedication, I train at home, taking care of myself, not going to bed late, all that counts for being at the highest level being 43.""I am proud of everything I have done so far, for everything I went through, everything I conquered, although my greatest achievement was to break the terrible prejudice that I suffered at home and to see that today women's football is improving in Brazil and that my struggle has not been in vain.""First my brothers, I am the only girl out of five, they did not like to see me playing with boys, I had no way to play with girls.""Because girls were afraid to play football with boys, the neighbours would say we were tomboys, that we were useless, that we were going to get pregnant or take drugs. When I played with my brothers they beat me a lot, my mother left the house at 5 am and returned at 6 pm, and I also took care of my younger brother, I would take him to school with him, I played soccer with him and we supported each other, but my two older brothers would hit, kick, punch me... and if I told my mother, then they would hit me twice the next day."
Sao Paulo, July 2, EFE, (Camera: Ana Paula Chain).- Although racism is far from being extinguished, Brazil has already taken positive steps that can inspire other Latin American countries, said the rector of the Brazilian institution that pioneered racial and social inclusion.FOOTAGE OF INTERVIEW WITH JOSÉ VICENTE, HEAD OF THE ZUMBI DOS PALMARES UNIVERSITYTranslations:"(Brazil) came out of an agenda that did not contemplate affirmative actions for one that resulted in racial quotas of 20% in universities, public services and even in the armed forces. It is little, but in a country that had not managed to build any public policy of inclusion and valorization of the black since the abolition of slavery (in 1888), this is a political and social progress of great importance"."Racism is the wall that prevents equal opportunities and without tearing it down we have no way of making people have equal opportunities.""In South and Central America we have this black diaspora that puts a large contingent of them, in all these countries, in a situation of distortion, inequality and exclusion, and we have to a large extent a political pact, if not formal, at least informal, that repeats the structure of colonialism and of what was 'apartheid', but not legalized.""In addition to the loss of jobs, important activities of the informal and service sectors, in which they traditionally operate, no longer exist. Now, they are subject to this process in which there is no employment, occupation, or income, but all manifestations of racial discrimination continue.""Aggressions to minorities as a whole and especially to blacks, which are often repeated, gained a feeling of sufficiency."
Sao Luis, May 5 (EFE).- Brazil is approaching the most critical moment of the epidemic in the country, divided between the states that have decided to reinforce social isolation and those that are already beginning to rehearse a gradual reopening.The country recorded a daily record of 600 deaths on Tuesday.Maranhao, in the impoverished northeast of the country, on Tuesday became the first Brazilian state to order the total confinement of the population, although only in the regional capital, Sao Luis, and its metropolitan area. (Camera: PEDRO GAMA). SHOT LIST: THE CITY OF SAO LUIS AND ITS METROPOLITAN AREA, MARANHAO STATE, BRAZIL, AMID CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN.
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