Bolsonaro’s son and two cabinet members diagnosed with Covid-19
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s son and two members of his cabinet said on Friday that they had tested positive for COVID-19, bringing to four the...
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Pele ‘still recovering very well’ following surgery after ‘little step back’
Pele has revealed he is very well despite “a little step back” this week in his recovery after surgery to remove a tumour from his...
Late goal gives Brazil controversial 2-1 win over Colombia
Brazil went behind for the first time in eight games on Wednesday but responded with a controversial equaliser before netting a dramatic winner deep into...
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation data mixed ahead of Biden Earth Day summit
By Jake Spring Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest declined in the first quarter, preliminary government data showed, but the drop may be due mostly to...
With no Carnival party in Brazil, vendors lose year’s biggest payday
Beyond disappointing revelers, the cancellation of Brazil’s annual Carnival celebrations amid a resurgence of COVID-19 also means that street vendors living on the margins will...
Carrefour Brasil expresses regret after new protests about Black killing
Supermarket chain Carrefour Brasil said on Tuesday that it deeply regretted that a Black man was beaten to death by security guards last Thursday at...
Brazil passes 1 million coronavirus cases with no end in sight
Brazil passed 1 million coronavirus cases on Friday and approached 50,000 deaths, a new nadir for the world’s second worst-hit country as it struggles with a...
U.S. limits travel from Brazil amid worsening coronavirus outbreak
The White House on Sunday said it was restricting travel from Brazil to the United States, two days after the South American nation became the world’s No....
Pele is depressed, reclusive due to health issues, says son
Brazilian soccer great Pele is depressed over his poor health and reluctant to leave the house because he cannot walk unaided, his son Edinho said in an...
As Amazon burns, Brazil’s Bolsonaro tells rest of world not to interfere (V)
Amid growing international criticism over the wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday admitted farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze...
Thiago Silva says Brazil want to forget Mineirao 7-1 humiliation
Thiago Silva insists Brazil must forget about their World Cup humiliation ahead of their return to Mineirao. Tite’s side face Argentina in their Copa America...
At least 40 inmates strangled to death in Amazon prison gang clashes
SAO PAULO, May 27 (Reuters) – At least 40 prisoners in Brazil were found strangled to death on Monday in four jails in the Amazon...
Hundreds missing after Vale dam burst at Brazil mine, seven bodies found
By Anthony Boadle and Marta Nogueira BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Brazilian rescuers were searching for some 200 missing people after a tailings...
Brazilian honour for Consul Keheyan
The Order of Rio Branco was bestowed upon Garo Keheyan, Honorary Consul of Brazil in Cyprus, on the 26th November, 2018, in recognition and appreciation...
Climate: some progress in Poland
By Gwynne Dyer Global warming is physics and chemistry, and you can’t negotiate with science for more time to solve the problem: more emissions mean...
Far right, ex-military officer wins Brazil vote, faces leftist in runoff
Far-right Congressman and former Army captain Jair Bolsonaro won nearly half the votes in Brazil’s first-round presidential election on Sunday, as voters’ anger at corruption...
Far-right candidate Bolsonaro widens lead in Brazilian presidential race -poll
Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro gained ground over his rivals in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election set for Oct. 7, a new poll showed...
Brazil election in turmoil after front runner stabbed (Update)
The run-up to a presidential election in Brazil was plunged into chaos on Friday after a knife attack on far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro put the...
Brazil mourns museum blaze, seeks answers to ‘tragedy foretold’
Brazil on Monday mourned a fire that destroyed its National Museum, a cherished historical repository that lacked a sprinkler system and was reeling from years...
Neymar histrionics risk making him his own worst enemy
As Brazil forward Neymar broke down and wept uncontrollably on the pitch at the end of his team’s hard-fought 2-0 win over Costa Rica on...