Grab taken from a handout video released by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on his YouTube account on Nov 2, 2022, where he told his supporters that the world will not end on Jan 1 when rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes office, in Brasilia, on Dec 30, 2022. (HANDOUT / BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO'S […]
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Brazil and Argentina to discuss common currency
This handout picture released by the Argentinian Foreign Ministry shows Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (center), accompanied by his wife Rosangela "Janja" da Silva (left) and Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero (right), during his arrival to the Jorge Newbery Aeroparque Military Air Station in Buenos Aires, on Jan 22, 2023. (IRINA DAMBRAUSKAS / […]
US, Brazil lawmakers seek to cooperate on Brasilia riots probe
A security guard looks at damages inside the Supreme Court building in Brasilia on Jan 10, 2023, two days after thousands of supporters of Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro raided federal buildings. (CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) WASHINGTON/BRASILIA – US and Brazilian lawmakers are looking for ways to cooperate on an investigation into violent protests that […]
US, Brazil lawmakers seek cooperation on Brasilia riots probe
A security guard looks at damages inside the Supreme Court building in Brasilia on Jan 10, 2023, two days after thousands of supporters of Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro raided federal buildings. (CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) WASHINGTON/BRASILIA – US and Brazilian lawmakers are looking for ways to cooperate on an investigation into violent protests that […]
Judge orders arrest of Bolsonaro’s ex-minister after Brasilia rampage
Mounted police watch as supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro depart their encampment outside army headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil on Jan 9, 2023, the day after Bolsonaro supporters stormed government buildings in the capital. (GUSTAVO MORENO / AP) BRASILIA – A Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordered the arrest on Tuesday of the capital's most […]
Brazil’s electoral court rejects Bolsonaro election challenge
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks from his official residence of Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov 1, 2022, the leader's first public comments since losing the Oct 30 presidential runoff. Behind his Bolsonaro's son Eduardo, a lawmaker. (ERALDO PERES / AP) BRASILIA — The head of Brazil's electoral court Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday rejected […]
Biggest rainforest nations form triple alliance to save jungle
In this file photo taken on Aug 15, 2020, smoke rises from an illegally lit fire in Amazon rainforest reserve, south of Novo Progresso in Para state, Brazil. (CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) NUSA DUA, Indonesia – The world's three largest rainforest nations Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia on Monday formally launched a […]
4,500 health workers died battling COVID-19 in Brazil
A medical worker collects a swab from a woman for a COVID-19 test at a health center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 16, 2022. (WANG TIANCONG / XINHUA) SAO PAULO / MOSCOW – As many as 4,500 health workers died in Brazil after contracting COVID-19 while working to save lives during the pandemic, […]
Brazilian police reconstruct murder of UK reporter, tribes expert
A boy plays with a flower in front of a banner with images of British journalist Dom Phillips (left) and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and the word "Justice" written in Portuguese, during a rally demanding authorities conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances leading to their deaths, and do more to protect indigenous lands against […]