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

Petrobras CEO and executives resign

Wednesday, February 4th 2015, 20:58

The head of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras and five senior executives resign amid the fallout from a corruption scandal.
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Getting lost in translation in Brazil

Monday, February 2nd 2015, 1:34

Why it's a big mistake to assume Brazilians eat tacos
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VIDEO: Tanks found in Brazil warehouse

Wednesday, January 28th 2015, 8:58
related places: Sao Paulo

Two tanks are found in a warehouse in Sao Paulo, Brazil, puzzling the authorities.
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Brazil in 'worst water crisis'

Saturday, January 24th 2015, 15:08

Brazil's Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira says the country's most populous states are experiencing their worst water crisis since 1930.
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Indonesia executions prompt spat

Sunday, January 18th 2015, 13:15
related countries: Indonesia, Netherlands

Brazil and the Netherlands recall their ambassadors from Indonesia following the execution of their nationals over drug trafficking.
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Rio announces Olympics ticket plan

Friday, January 16th 2015, 1:00

The Rio de Janeiro Olympic Committee announces details of its ticket programme for the 2016 Games, with 70% of seats earmarked for residents of Brazil.
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Maduro demands respect from the US

Friday, January 2nd 2015, 22:40
related countries: United States, Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he demanded respect from the US during an encounter with American Vice-President Joe Biden in Brazil.
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VIDEO: Challenges facing Brazil's Rousseff

Friday, January 2nd 2015, 2:37

Dilma Rousseff is sworn in for a second term as president of Brazil.
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Four dead in Brazil lightning strike

Monday, December 29th 2014, 22:38
related places: Sao Paulo

Four people in Brazil are killed by a lightning strike on a beach crowded with holidaymakers in south-eastern Sao Paulo state, media say.
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Brazil indigenous clash in Congress

Wednesday, December 17th 2014, 0:05
related countries: Botswana
related places: Brasilia

Brazilian indigenous protesters armed with bows and arrows clash with police inside the National Congress building in Brasilia.
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Superbug found in Rio Olympic waters

Tuesday, December 16th 2014, 2:21

Researchers in Brazil discover "super-bacteria" in the sea waters where sailing and windsurfing events will be held during the 2016 Olympics.
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VIDEO: Brazilian claims to be a serial killer

Friday, December 12th 2014, 2:28
related countries: Botswana
related places: Rio de Janeiro

Police in Brazil have arrested a man who confessed to killing 42 people over the past decade in Rio de Janeiro, as Ben Bland reports.
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Sailors Mills & Clark robbed in Rio

Thursday, December 11th 2014, 7:24
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Rio de Janeiro

London 2012 silver medallists Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark are robbed at knifepoint in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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VIDEO: Cars swept away in Sao Paulo floods

Thursday, December 11th 2014, 5:18
related places: Sao Paulo

Parts of Sao Paulo have been left flooded after heavy rain hit Brazil's largest city on Wednesday.
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A page for the homeless

Thursday, December 11th 2014, 1:45

The Facebook page lifting Brazil's homeless from anonymity
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Abuse 'rife' under Brazil military rule

Wednesday, December 10th 2014, 14:01

A report by Brazil's national truth commission says that the country's military regime systematically carried out torture and executions.
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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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