News: Brazil

We have started to collect the most important news related to Brazil in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Brazil – overview

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• December 10th 2020 – May 11th 2020
• May 4th 2020 – August 25th 2019
• August 24th 2019 – February 4th 2019
• January 31st 2019 – September 16th 2018
• September 12th 2018 – April 4th 2018
• March 27th 2018 – February 3rd 2017
• January 31st 2017 – October 13th 2016
• October 12th 2016 – August 5th 2016
• August 1st 2016 – May 5th 2016
• May 5th 2016 – March 11th 2016
• March 10th 2016 – November 25th 2015
• November 25th 2015 – July 21st 2015
• July 20th 2015 – April 30th 2015
• April 29th 2015 – February 5th 2015
• February 4th 2015 – October 24th 2014
• October 24th 2014 – August 7th 2014
• August 5th 2014 – June 30th 2014
• June 29th 2014 – June 10th 2014
• June 9th 2014 – May 9th 2014
• May 8th 2014 – February 22nd 2014
• February 20th 2014 – December 25th 2013
• December 19th 2013 – November 2nd 2013
• October 31st 2013 – August 29th 2013
• August 29th 2013 – July 12th 2013
• July 11th 2013 – June 19th 2013
• June 19th 2013 – April 15th 2013
• April 8th 2013 – January 30th 2013
• January 29th 2013 – November 5th 2012
• October 29th 2012 – August 13th 2012
• August 11th 2012 – May 8th 2012
• May 5th 2012 – January 27th 2012
• January 26th 2012 – October 18th 2011
• October 12th 2011 – June 21st 2011
• June 16th 2011 – March 8th 2011
• March 7th 2011 – January 2nd 2011
• January 1st 2011 – October 4th 2010
• October 4th 2010 – July 1st 2010
• July 1st 2010 – March 16th 2010
• March 16th 2010 – October 30th 2009
• October 30th 2009 – July 15th 2009
• July 12th 2009 – January 1st 2009
• December 23rd 2008 – July 14th 2008
• July 14th 2008 – December 4th 2007
• November 15th 2007 – July 3rd 2007
• July 3rd 2007 – December 27th 2006
• December 22nd 2006 – June 22nd 2006
• June 18th 2006 – December 28th 2005
• December 28th 2005 – November 15th 2005

Brazil: news

Paolo Rossi, Italy's 1982 World Cup hero, dies aged 64

Thursday, December 10th 2020, 2:27
related countries: Italy, Spain

The striker's hat-trick eliminated Brazil on the way to Italy's triumph in the competition in Spain.
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Covid makes Brazil's president Bolsonaro a hero to some

Sunday, November 22nd 2020, 0:02

President Jair Bolsonaro is seeing his approval ratings rise in the north-east of Brazil.
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Killing of black man by guards at Brazil supermarket sparks protests

Friday, November 20th 2020, 21:04

The 40-year-old was killed by two white supermarket guards on the eve of Black Consciousness Day.
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Coronavirus: The realities of schooling in rural Brazil

Thursday, November 19th 2020, 2:14

The pandemic has thrown up unique challenges for teachers and students in Latin America.
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Covid: Bolsonaro hails suspension of Chinese vaccine trial

Tuesday, November 10th 2020, 20:08

The head of the institute conducting the trials says there was a death but not caused by the vaccine.
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Amazon fires: Year-on-year numbers doubled in October

Monday, November 2nd 2020, 14:01

The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon in October 2020 is more than double those in October 2019.
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Covid: No safety concerns found with Oxford vaccine trial after Brazil death

Wednesday, October 21st 2020, 20:57
related countries: Botswana
related places: Oxford

The Brazilian volunteer did not receive the vaccine being tested by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.
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Covid: China's Sinovac vaccine to be included in Brazil immunisation plan

Wednesday, October 21st 2020, 0:18

Officials say an immunisation programme using CoronaVac could begin as soon as January 2021.
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The rape survivors facing an ‘impossible choice’ in Brazil

Wednesday, October 14th 2020, 23:23
related countries: Botswana

Covid and new rules have made access to legal terminations even more difficult for Brazilian women.
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Covid: Brazil's coronavirus cases pass five million

Wednesday, October 7th 2020, 22:56
related countries: India, United States

Brazil is the third worst-hit country, after the US and India, with deaths approaching 150,000.
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Anger as Brazil revokes mangrove protection regulations

Tuesday, September 29th 2020, 10:04

Environmental groups have called the move to revoke regulations that protect mangroves a "crime".
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Volkswagen to compensate workers over Brazil torture

Thursday, September 24th 2020, 16:17
related countries: Germany

The German carmaker collaborated with Brazil's military who were hunting for "subversives".
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Brazil's Amazon: Fireman 'saving what's not burnt'

Monday, September 21st 2020, 23:01

Carlos Rodrigues is among the firefighters trying to save patches of Brazil's rainforest from burning.
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Forest fires devastate Brazil's Pantanal tropical wetlands

Thursday, September 17th 2020, 12:59
related places: Pantanal

A huge number of fires has devastated the Pantanal, with fears of huge animal losses too.
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Coronavirus: WHO reports record daily rise in new infections

Monday, September 14th 2020, 4:39
related countries: India, United States

The largest increases in new infections were reported in India, the US and Brazil, the agency said.
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Amazon: Brazilian official killed by arrow near indigenous tribe

Friday, September 11th 2020, 8:06
related countries: Botswana

Rieli Franciscato, who worked to protect tribes, was hit in the chest near an indigenous site in Brazil.
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Coronavirus: India overtakes Brazil in Covid-19 cases

Monday, September 7th 2020, 4:45
related countries: India

India, which has been adding record daily totals, now has the world's second-highest tally.
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Kazuyoshi Miura: A professional footballer at 53 - how he does it

Saturday, September 5th 2020, 23:06

Kazuyoshi Miura began his career in Brazil in the 1980s - and it still has not ended.
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Carnival and coronavouchers: Brazil’s economic struggles

Wednesday, August 26th 2020, 0:38

The disruption caused by coronavirus means that Brazil's samba schools now face an uncertain future.
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Brazilians back reporter whom Bolsonaro 'felt like punching'

Monday, August 24th 2020, 17:02

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro told a reporter he "felt like covering your face in punches".
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Anger in Brazil as 10-year-old rape victim's name put online

Tuesday, August 18th 2020, 13:19

The victim's personal details were published by an activist opposed to the girl having an abortion.
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Angola orders Brazil evangelical churches to close

Saturday, August 15th 2020, 18:40

Prosecutors seize buildings run by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, alleging corruption.
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How the pandemic is sending some Brazilians ‘two steps back’

Friday, August 7th 2020, 0:26

Strides made to reduce poverty in Brazil are being reversed by the economic upheaval caused by Covid.
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Amazon region: Brazil records big increase in fires

Sunday, August 2nd 2020, 3:51

Images from space show there were nearly 7,000 in July - a rise of 28% on the same period last year.
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Coronavirus: Mexico's death toll becomes world's third highest

Saturday, August 1st 2020, 5:32
related countries: Mexico, United States

Mexico reports at least 46,688 deaths with coronavirus, with only the US and Brazil recording higher numbers.
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Coronavirus: India's Covid-19 cases surge past one million

Friday, July 17th 2020, 11:26
related countries: United States

After the US and Brazil, India is only the third country to record such a high tally.
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In pictures: How coronavirus swept through Brazil

Thursday, July 16th 2020, 21:48

As the country passes 2m cases, we tell the story of how the outbreak spread in pictures.
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Coronavirus: Why politics means success or failure in South America

Friday, July 10th 2020, 23:27

Argentina has been singled out for success but the situation could not be more different in Brazil.
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Coronavirus: Brazil's President Bolsonaro removes mask despite positive Covid-19 test

Tuesday, July 7th 2020, 19:36

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has previously been criticised for calling the virus a "little flu".
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Coronavirus: Brazil's Bolsonaro waters down law requiring face masks

Friday, July 3rd 2020, 20:29

Brazil's president vetoes articles making masks obligatory in shops, churches and schools.
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Argentina and Brazil crops threatened by locust swarm

Monday, June 29th 2020, 12:15
related countries: Paraguay, Uruguay

The insects have already caused damage to crops in Paraguay and could head for Uruguay next.
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Coronavirus: Brazil becomes second country to pass 50,000 deaths

Monday, June 22nd 2020, 16:12

Growing political unrest adds to Brazil's woes, days after confirming over a million Covid-19 cases.
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Paulinho Paiakan: Amazon indigenous chief dies with coronavirus

Thursday, June 18th 2020, 9:38
related places: Belo Monte

Paulinho Paiakan was best known for the fight against the Belo Monte hydroelectric project in Brazil.
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Coronavirus: How pandemic turned political in Brazil

Friday, June 12th 2020, 21:53

Brazil now has the world's second-highest coronavirus death toll but the peak may still be weeks away.
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Coronavirus: Fracas on Brazil's Copacabana over Covid-19 'graves'

Friday, June 12th 2020, 2:51
related places: Copacabana

A symbolic monument to Brazil's coronavirus victims is mocked by Bolsonaro supporters, organisers say.
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Coronavirus: Hard-hit Brazil removes data amid rising death toll

Sunday, June 7th 2020, 3:51

The country will now only report numbers for the past 24 hours, no longer giving the cumulative data.
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Coronavirus: The body collectors of Brazil

Thursday, June 4th 2020, 23:00

Brazil has seen high numbers of coronavirus deaths and ordinary people are trying to help cities cope.
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Coronavirus: Brazil now fourth-highest nation in Covid-19 deaths

Sunday, May 31st 2020, 14:33
related countries: France

Brazil records almost 1,000 deaths in a day, taking its overall number of fatalities past France.
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In pictures: Indigenous nurse on frontline in virus fight

Monday, May 25th 2020, 23:15
related places: Manaus, Santos

Vanderlecia Ortega dos Santos is the sole nurse caring for a community of 700 in Manaus, Brazil.
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Coronavirus: US suspends travel from Brazil for foreigners

Monday, May 25th 2020, 0:12
related countries: United States

Brazil has recently become a new coronavirus hotspot with more than 300,000 known cases.
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Is Latin America next epicentre of pandemic?

Friday, May 22nd 2020, 0:03
related countries: Mexico

New cases have been rising sharply in Brazil and Mexico, along with other countries in the region.
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Brazil coronavirus: 'Our biggest problem is fake news'

Wednesday, May 20th 2020, 13:12

Healthcare staff fighting coronavirus in Brazil say they are facing an uphill battle against denial.
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Coronavirus: Brazil records third-highest Covid-19 infection level

Tuesday, May 19th 2020, 8:04
related countries: Russia, United States

Brazil is now only behind the US and Russia in numbers of confirmed cases of coronavirus.
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Coronavirus: Hospitals in Brazil's São Paulo 'near collapse'

Monday, May 18th 2020, 9:53
related places: Paulo

Public hospitals in São Paulo have reached 90% capacity for emergency beds, the city's mayor warns.
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Coronavirus: Why 'shark attacks' won’t go down as Covid deaths

Friday, May 15th 2020, 23:39

Infowars claims about testing, the viral body bag video in Brazil and other claims fact-checked.
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Skateboarder, 11, lands record 1080-degree turn

Monday, May 11th 2020, 12:30

Gui Khury from Brazil achieved the goal after using his time in lockdown to practise.
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