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.

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Brazil: news

Moment of Truth for Brazil's military past

Wednesday, December 10th 2014, 3:37

Brazil to release report on abuses under military rule
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Pele jokes he is fit to play for Brazil

Tuesday, December 9th 2014, 16:48

Brazil legend Pele jokes that he is ready to play for Brazil in the Olympics after being released from hospital.
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Pele thanks fans in video message

Friday, December 5th 2014, 19:42

Brazil legend Pele record a video message thanking fans for their support as he continues his recovery from a urinary infection.
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Roma's Castan has brain surgery

Wednesday, December 3rd 2014, 15:28
related places: Roma

Roma's Brazil international defender Leandro Castan undergoes surgery to relieve pressure on his brain.
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Claims of widespread graft in Brazil

Wednesday, December 3rd 2014, 11:10

An ex-Petrobras executive at the centre of a huge scandal involving Brazil's state oil company says corruption is widespread in the country.
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Brazil ex-president 'not poisoned'

Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 1:43

Forensic experts in Brazil fail to find traces of poison in the remains of former President Joao Goulart, who was deposed in a military coup in 1964.
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Webber 'angle of impact' saved him

Monday, December 1st 2014, 22:32

Mark Webber says he only avoided serious injury during a race in Brazil because he crashed at the "correct angle".
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Brazil legend Pele is 'improving'

Friday, November 28th 2014, 14:04
related places: Sao Paulo

Brazil legend Pele is improving but remains in intensive care having been admitted to hospital with a urinary infection.
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India relaxes visas to boost tourism

Friday, November 28th 2014, 6:24
related countries: Australia, India, Japan, United States

Tourists from US, Australia, Brazil, Germany and Japan can now get visas on arrival in India after the country extended its limited scheme.
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NZ murderer deported from Brazil

Friday, November 28th 2014, 1:16
related countries: New Zealand

A New Zealand man serving a life sentence for child molestation and murder who escaped to Brazil has been deported to his home country.
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Brazil sees fall in Amazon tree loss

Thursday, November 27th 2014, 0:50

Brazil says deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has dropped by 18% in the past year, but campaigners dispute the figures.
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Scandal strains Brazil's giant Petrobras

Friday, November 21st 2014, 0:32

Corruption scandal surrounding Brazil's oil colossus Petrobras
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Brazil's Petrobras pledges overhaul

Monday, November 17th 2014, 23:04

The head of Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras promises to improve the way it is run as it struggles to deal with a corruption scandal.
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Petrobras scandal will 'change Brazil'

Monday, November 17th 2014, 1:36
related countries: Botswana

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says a scandal at state-owned Petrobras oil company can change the country by getting rid of the culture of impunity.
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Brazil 'cannibal trio' sentenced

Saturday, November 15th 2014, 19:13

A judge in north-eastern Brazil sentences three people to 20-23 years in prison for killing and eating a homeless woman.
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Escaped NZ murderer found in Brazil

Thursday, November 13th 2014, 7:54
related countries: New Zealand

A New Zealand man serving a life sentence for child molestation and murder who escaped to Brazil is now in custody, New Zealand police say.
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Murders follow a WhatsApp curfew

Monday, November 10th 2014, 0:19

The Brazil murders that followed a chat app message
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Rosberg beats Hamilton to Brazil win

Sunday, November 9th 2014, 18:07
related countries: Bermuda, Botswana
related places: Hamilton, Mercedes

Nico Rosberg cuts Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton's title lead with victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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Rosberg tops Brazil final practice

Saturday, November 8th 2014, 14:29
related countries: Bermuda, Botswana
related places: Mercedes

Nico Rosberg edges Mercedes team-mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton in final practice at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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Rosberg tops second Brazil practice

Friday, November 7th 2014, 17:54
related countries: Bermuda, Botswana
related places: Mercedes

Nico Rosberg beat Mercedes team-mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton in second practice at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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VIDEO: 'Brazil drought link to deforestation'

Friday, November 7th 2014, 15:25

A leading climatologist and earth scientist has told the BBC that there is a direct link between deforestation in the Amazon and Brazil's record drought.
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Nasr to drive for Sauber in 2015

Thursday, November 6th 2014, 0:03

Sauber announce that Brazil's Felipe Nasr will drive for them in 2015, joining fellow new signing Marcus Ericsson.
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Brazil school bus crash kills 10

Tuesday, October 28th 2014, 13:35
related places: Sao Paulo

Six students and four staff from a school in Brazil's Sao Paulo state are killed when the bus they were travelling in crashes into a lorry.
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Brazil's Rousseff promises reform

Monday, October 27th 2014, 14:37

President Dilma Rousseff promises to re-unite a divided Brazil after narrowly winning re-election with 52% of votes in Sunday's presidential poll.
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Chiquita banana firm in Brazil deal

Monday, October 27th 2014, 13:41
related places: Safra

Brazil's Cutrale and Safra groups agree a deal to buy banana giant Chiquita, just days after shareholders rejected a deal with rival Fyffes.
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Tight Brazil election draws to close

Sunday, October 26th 2014, 20:08

Voting draws to a close in Brazil in a bitterly-contested and tight presidential election that pitted incumbent Dilma Rousseff against centrist Aecio Neves.
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Brazil elections: Last-ditch push in 'Mini-Brazil' state

Saturday, October 25th 2014, 7:04

Who will prevail in Brazil's battleground state?
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Elections highlight economic divisions in Brazil

Friday, October 24th 2014, 21:25

Brazil's election highlights huge economic disparities
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VIDEO: Brazil's 'tightest' presidential vote

Friday, October 24th 2014, 18:21
related places: Minas Gerais

Sunday's presidential run-off vote in Brazil is too close to call and the election battle has centred on the pivotal home state of both candidates, Minas Gerais.
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Puffer fish poisons 11 in Brazil

Friday, October 24th 2014, 16:32

Eleven people fell seriously ill in Brazil after eating a deadly puffer fish for lunch, it was reported.
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Brazil election: Class divides voters

Friday, October 24th 2014, 15:18

People divided ahead of Brazil election run-off
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Brazilian police crack 'darknet'

Wednesday, October 15th 2014, 23:20
related countries: Botswana

Police in Brazil uncover a huge child pornography network hidden in the so-called 'darknet', with 55 people arrested in a year-long operation.
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Brazil prison hostage drama resolved

Wednesday, October 15th 2014, 21:30
related countries: Botswana
related places: Parana

A two-day standoff at a jail in the southern Brazilian state of Parana ends after a group of prisoners free 10 guards they had taken hostage.
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VIDEO: 'Brazilian Slumdog' hits Rio cinemas

Tuesday, October 14th 2014, 5:37
related countries: Botswana, United Kingdom

Brazil has a strong cinema industry and has joined forces with UK film-makers in a pioneering co-production led by British director Stephen Daldry.
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Argentina 0-2 Brazil

Saturday, October 11th 2014, 14:42
related countries: Argentina, China
related places: Beijing

Diego Tardelli scores twice as Brazil secure a morale-boosting 2-0 win against Argentina in a friendly in Beijing.
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Brazil Ebola case tests negative

Saturday, October 11th 2014, 13:27
related countries: Guinea

Brazil says a Guinean man quarantined under suspicion of infection with Ebola has tested negative for the disease.
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Drought hits Brazil's biggest city

Saturday, October 11th 2014, 0:49
related countries: Botswana
related places: Sao Paulo

The governor of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo has asked for emergency clearance to siphon the remaining water out of an almost empty reservoir.
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Brazil candidates' stance on key issues

Wednesday, October 8th 2014, 8:19

Where do Brazil's presidential candidates stand on key issues
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Dilma Rousseff faces Brazil run-off

Monday, October 6th 2014, 15:33
related countries: Botswana

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will face centre-right Aecio Neves in an election run-off, but environmentalist Marina Silva comes a distant third.
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VIDEO: BBC visits Brazil polling station

Sunday, October 5th 2014, 20:44

More than 142 million Brazilians are voting to choose the country's next president, following a dramatic election campaign.
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Hackers target Brazil election

Saturday, October 4th 2014, 18:25

As Brazilians prepare to vote for president, the Electoral Court dismisses reports that the electronic voting system is vulnerable to cyber attacks.
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VIDEO: The women vying for Brazil presidency

Friday, October 3rd 2014, 22:12

On Sunday Brazilians will elect a new president with the incumbent President Dilma Rousseff still the favourite but opponent Marina Silva has staunch support spanning society.
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No clear winner in Brazil election debate

Friday, October 3rd 2014, 9:43

Brazil's election candidates in lacklustre show in final TV debate
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VIDEO: From Amazon jungle to presidential palace

Thursday, October 2nd 2014, 11:42

Ahead of Sunday's presidential election, Wyre Davis travels to the depths of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil to hear voters' views on the presidential candidates.
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US and Brazil resolve cotton dispute

Wednesday, October 1st 2014, 1:57
related countries: United States

The United States and Brazil have come to an agreement designed to end a decade long dispute over cotton subsidies, reports say.
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