Firefighters have battled flames spreading through a national park in Brazil in the latest wildfire in the country which is experiencing an historic drought
September 16, 2024
Indigenous chants and the rattle of maracas are resounding in a Rio de Janeiro park, where Brazil’s Tupinambá people gathered to celebrate the homecoming of a sacred cloak absent for some 380 years
September 12, 2024
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has fired Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida following reports he was involved in sexual misconduct
September 06, 2024Footage of the ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop plunging while in a flat spin sent shockwaves across Brazil
August 12, 2024
Brazil’s Ministry of Justice is sending more law enforcement agents to Mato Grosso do Sul state after clashes between Indigenous peoples and farmers over the weekend
August 05, 2024
A team of Brazilian scientists has discovered the fossilized skeleton of what they believe is one of the world’s oldest dinosaurs
July 16, 2024An investigation into Brazil’s federal police alleges that the country’s intelligence agency spied on members of the judiciary, lawmakers and journalists under former President Jair Bolsonaro
July 11, 2024
Brazil’s national data protection authority determined on Tuesday that Meta cannot use data originating in the country to train its artificial intelligence
July 02, 2024Magda Chambriard has been sworn in as the head of Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras as market concerns of increased government intervention in the company mount
June 19, 2024
Flooding in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state ravaged nearly everything needed for economic activity, from local shops to factories, farms and ranches
May 23, 2024
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has withdrawn his ambassador to Israel after months of tensions between the two countries over the war in Gaza
May 29, 2024
Authorities say massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days and another 103 are reported missing
May 05, 2024
Brazil’s finance minister told his peers during a G20 meeting in Sao Paulo that countries should implement a global tax on the super-rich in an effort to tackle rampant tax evasion
February 29, 2024
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his former top aides have met with police as part of an investigation into allegations they plotted a coup to remove Bolsonaro’s successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
February 22, 2024
To thunderous applause, Rio de Janeiro’s mayor coronated King Momo, marking the beginning of the symbolic Carnival monarch’s five-day reign over the revelry
February 09, 2024
Rio de Janeiro city authorities have declared a public health emergency in the city because of an outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever
February 05, 2024
Brazil’s lower house has approved a major reform of the nation’s notoriously complicated tax system
December 16, 2023
Tensions are high in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the Copa Libertadores soccer final following a brawl between fan clubs and a fierce police response on the Copacabana beach
November 03, 2023
Animals at a zoo in Rio de Janeiro have been getting cold treats to cool them down during a rare winter heat wave
September 22, 2023
Brazil’s biggest pop star, Anitta, has released a music video depicting rituals of the Afro-Brazilian faith Candomble, sparking controversy in a country where religious intolerance is all too common
May 15, 2024
Madonna has put on a free concert in Rio de Janeiro, turning the vast stretch of sand of Copacabana beach into an enormous dance floor teeming with a multitude of her fans
May 04, 2024
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