March was a bloody month for Europe. At the beginning of the month, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) declared that he would not enter with troops in the Ukraine-Russia conflict, putting an end to Ukrainians’ hopes for military support from the alliance.
On the 3rd, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators agreed to open a humanitarian corridor for the exit of civilians and the entry of medicines and humanitarian aid into Ukraine. At that moment, a ceasefire would be possible, but the failed attempts?? The negotiations persisted until the 19th??
War in Ukraine – REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/Rights Reserved
This month, Russia attacked the largest nuclear power plant from Europe, bombed a hospital child attacked a laboratory at Chernobyl is metalworks in the city of Mariupol?? March was a month marked by the devastation of ukraine??
Rescue
Embassy of Brazil Romania provides support to 40 Brazilians and their families who left Ukraine across the border. ?? Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On the 1st day group of brazilian players who was in Ukraine managed to return to Brazil?? On the 9th, an aircraft left Poland taking more than 40 Brazilians to be repatriated. On the 26th, a group of 47 Ukrainians arrived in the country.
In the midst of this chaos, deputy Arthur do Val, then a pre-candidate for the government of São Paulo, became involved in a controversy: he sent an audio to friends, praising the beauty of the refugees. He then stated that he intended to return to Eastern Europe and said that women are “easy” because they are poor. His party, Podemos, opened disciplinary procedure against the politician.
New Enem
In Brazil, one of the topics highlighted in March was the disclosure of new rules for the National High School Examination (Enem), presented at a press conference on the 17th. The new Enem takes effect in 2024.
According to the MEC, the tests, currently composed only of essays and objective multiple-choice questions, will now have other formats, such as the so-called open or discursive questions, in which the student writes the answer and not just selects an option. The changes in Enem seek to adapt the exam to the new high school.
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Health
In the health area, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) determined that, despite the release of the use of masks by several states and municipalities, personal protective equipment would remain mandatory for circulation in airports and boarding airplanes.
Anvisa decided to make it mandatory to use masks at airports – Reuters/Roosevelt Cassio/Rights reserved
When making the decision, the regulatory agency considered the large traffic of people from different origins, in these spaces, with different epidemiological profiles, transmission rates and vaccination coverage, making the mask a safety item for everyone.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported, on the 23rd, that deaths related to the coronavirus decreased by 23% in the previous week, with 32,959 deaths declared, the lowest number since March 2020 – when the covid-19 pandemic was declared.
oscar
In the Rhythm of the Hearta touching film about a deaf family with a hearing daughter, won the best film award at the Oscars, on the night of the 27th. Will Smith, hit presenter Chris Rock. The film became the first from a streaming service, Apple TV+, to win the film industry’s highest award.
In a moment that initially seemed like one of the jokes that liven up the Oscars telecast, Smith took the stage and slapped Rock after the host made a joke about the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Will Smith slaps Chris Rock in the face during the Oscars, by Reuters/Brian Snyder/Copyright
Policy
A report by Folha de S.Paulo accused minister Milton Ribeiro of favoring city halls – Fabio Rodrigues-Pozzebom/ Agência Brasil
On the 22nd, the Minister of Education, Milton Ribeiro, was accused in a report by the newspaper Folha de S.Pauloto favor with resources city halls of municipalities linked to two pastors who are friends of President Jair Bolsonaro.
In note, he said there was no favoritism in the allocation of portfolio funds. On the 24th, the minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Cármen Lúcia authorized the opening of inquiry to investigate the case.
On the 28th, Milton Ribeiro asked for exoneration of the charge.
At the end of the month, on the 31st, took over the new ministers of President Jair Bolsonaro’s government, during a ceremony at the Planalto Palace, after the publication of the decrees with the exonerations upon request in the Official Diary of the Union?? The departure opened up the possibility of running for public office in the October elections for those who left office.
