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

Amazon fires: Brazil sends army to help tackle blazes

Saturday, August 24th 2019, 16:21

President Jair Bolsonaro orders soldiers to be sent to the region, after pressure from EU leaders.
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Amazon fires: Brazil threatened over EU trade deal

Friday, August 23rd 2019, 16:19
related countries: France, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom
related places: Eu

Mr Macron says Brazil's leader lied to him as UK and German leaders voice concerns over the fires.
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'I will give my last drop of blood for this forest'

Friday, August 23rd 2019, 11:05
related places: Mura

Members of Brazil's Mura tribe vow to defend their land, as wildfires rage in the Amazon rainforest.
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Amazon fires: Bolsonaro says Brazil cannot fight them

Thursday, August 22nd 2019, 16:42

President Bolsonaro says his government lacks the resources to battle the record number of blazes.
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Amazon fires: Record number burning in Brazil rainforest - space agency

Wednesday, August 21st 2019, 14:38
related countries: Botswana

Fires in the Amazon have risen 84% amid growing deforestation, Brazil's space research agency says.
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Why 500 million bees have died in Brazil in three months

Tuesday, August 20th 2019, 11:44

Half a billion bees have died in three months - so what's happening with bees globally?
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Brazil's indigenous women protest against Bolsonaro policies

Tuesday, August 13th 2019, 10:58

Indigenous women in Brazil protest against the policies of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.
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Jair Bolsonaro: 'Poop every other day' to protect the environment

Saturday, August 10th 2019, 12:29

Brazil's president was replying to a journalist's question about agriculture and deforestation.
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Transgender influencers are changing Brazil's advertising industry

Saturday, August 3rd 2019, 23:33

Companies hoping to reach new audiences are looking to influencers and YouTubers like Thiessa.
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Brazil deforestation row: Space research head Galvão out

Friday, August 2nd 2019, 18:05

The head of Brazil's space research institute had accused President Jair Bolsonaro of "cowardice".
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In pictures: Aftermath of deadly Brazil prison fight

Wednesday, July 31st 2019, 9:56

Relatives are called to identify the bodies of the 58 inmates killed in a deadly gang fight in Brazil.
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Brazil's Altamira jail where 57 were killed 'was understaffed'

Tuesday, July 30th 2019, 10:16
related places: Altamira

The Brazil jail where 57 people died in a gang fight was overcrowded and understaffed, a report says.
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Amazon deforestation: Brazil's Bolsonaro dismisses data as 'lies'

Friday, July 19th 2019, 23:06
related countries: Botswana

The Brazilian president accuses the national space agency of exaggerating the scale of deforestation.
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Brazil dam: How German firm approved Brazil dam before it burst

Wednesday, July 17th 2019, 23:02
related countries: Germany

Six months after nearly 300 people died, new evidence emerges suggesting it could have been prevented.
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Copa America 2019: Brazil beat Peru 3-1 to win first title in 12 years

Sunday, July 7th 2019, 22:42
related countries: Peru

Gabriel Jesus scores one goal and assists another before being sent off as Brazil win a first Copa America title in 12 years by beating Peru.
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Amazon rainforest indigenous people in fight for survival

Tuesday, July 2nd 2019, 23:18
related places: Uru

Groups like the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau say the new Brazil president wants to allow deforestation in protected areas.
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Police seize cocaine ahead of Bolsonaro flight

Thursday, June 27th 2019, 12:22

The air force officer had been assigned with accompanying Brazil's president on a flight home.
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Brazil jeered by their own fans

Saturday, June 15th 2019, 7:02
related countries: Bolivia

Brazil are jeered by their own fans in their opening Copa America game against Bolivia - despite winning 3-0.
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Jair Bolsonaro: Man who stabbed Brazil's leader acquitted

Saturday, June 15th 2019, 3:17

President Jair Bolsonaro, who was attacked last September, says he will appeal against the decision.
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Fishing for crabs in Brazil's mangrove forests

Wednesday, June 12th 2019, 23:07

Photographer Nacho Doce documents the changing landscape of Brazil's mangrove forests.
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Neymar gives statement to police in Brazil amid rape allegation

Friday, June 7th 2019, 8:11
related countries: France
related places: Paris

The Brazil footballer visits a police station in Rio after a woman accused him of rape in Paris.
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Neymar rape accuser appears in Brazil TV interview

Thursday, June 6th 2019, 15:35
related countries: France
related places: Paris

Najila Trindade accuses the Brazil footballer of "assault together with rape" in a Paris hotel.
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Footballer Neymar denies rape accusation

Sunday, June 2nd 2019, 10:39
related countries: France
related places: Paris

A woman alleges the player assaulted her, a claim he seeks to refute by releasing private messages.
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Brazil jail violence: Forty killed in Manaus prisons

Tuesday, May 28th 2019, 10:09

Monday's deaths in Amazonas state came a day after another 15 inmates were killed in jail violence.
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Jair Bolsonaro: Man who stabbed Brazil's leader is 'mentally ill'

Tuesday, May 28th 2019, 4:48

The man who stabbed Brazil's president during his campaign last year cannot be jailed, a judge rules.
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Majority in Brazil's top court to make homophobia and transphobia crimes

Friday, May 24th 2019, 2:47

Six out of 11 judges vote in favour of making homophobia and transphobia equivalent to racism.
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In pictures: Brazilian inmates create fashion behind bars

Thursday, May 23rd 2019, 15:33
related countries: Botswana

Models parade clothes designed and created by inmates of a maximum security jail in Brazil.
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Brazil's indigenous people: 'We fight for the right to exist'

Thursday, April 25th 2019, 10:27

Indigenous people protest in Brazil's capital against the policies of far-right President Bolsonaro.
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Museum cancels event honouring Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro

Tuesday, April 16th 2019, 10:42
related countries: United States

New York's American Museum of Natural History will not now host an event honouring Jair Bolsonaro.
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Is the honeymoon period over for Brazil's Bolsonaro?

Wednesday, April 10th 2019, 23:01

One hundred days into his presidency, Brazil's far-right leader is struggling to meet expectations.
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Brazil bridge collapses in Pará state after ferryboat crash

Sunday, April 7th 2019, 3:39

A ferryboat hits a bridge spanning the Moju River in Brazil, causing a portion to collapse.
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Brazil textbooks 'to be revised to deny 1964 coup'

Thursday, April 4th 2019, 11:11

The new right-wing education minister wants to soften references to the 1964 army coup in textbooks.
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Life after a devastating mining disaster

Sunday, March 31st 2019, 0:29
related places: Brumadinho

Brazil's Brumadinho dam disaster is having consequences in towns which are near similar dams.
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Rio state takes over running of Brazil's iconic Maracanã stadium

Monday, March 18th 2019, 22:34

Rio wants to investigate the now cancelled contract of a private consortium for possible corruption.
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Brumadinho dam collapse in Brazil: Vale mine chief resigns

Sunday, March 3rd 2019, 8:54

The head of the Vale mining giant is replaced amid an inquiry into the dam break that killed 186.
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Venezuela crisis: Border clashes as aid row intensifies

Friday, February 22nd 2019, 23:49

Two people are killed and others are injured as civilians confront troops at the border with Brazil.
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Venezuela crisis: Maduro closes border with Brazil

Friday, February 22nd 2019, 13:39

President Maduro acts as opposition supporters defy attempts to stop them bringing in foreign aid.
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Bolsonaro proposes pension overhaul for Brazil

Wednesday, February 20th 2019, 18:03

Reforming Brazil's retirement system is considered critical to the country's economy.
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Venezuela crisis: Brazil vows to deliver aid, defying Maduro

Wednesday, February 20th 2019, 8:56
related countries: Venezuela

The growing foreign aid operation organised by Venezuela's opposition is in defiance of President Maduro.
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Brumadinho dam collapse: Eight arrests at Brazil's Vale

Friday, February 15th 2019, 19:54

Employees at mining giant Vale are arrested amid a criminal probe into the dam break that killed 166.
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Vale 'knew collapsed Brazil dam was at risk'

Tuesday, February 12th 2019, 11:01
related countries: Botswana

The Brazilian miner was told the site breached guidelines months before it collapsed, report claims.
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Ricardo Boechat: Brazil news anchor dies in helicopter crash

Monday, February 11th 2019, 18:22
related places: Paulo

Ricardo Boechat, one of Brazil's most famous journalists, was killed in the accident in São Paulo.
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Why Flamengo tragedy will resonate

Friday, February 8th 2019, 21:24
related countries: United States
related places: Flamengo

The heartbreaking tragedy of the fire that engulfed a dormitory at Flamengo's youth team training centre will be felt across the whole of Brazil, writes South American football writer Tim Vickery.
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Flamengo football club: Victims named in Rio fire

Friday, February 8th 2019, 21:11
related places: Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro

The 10 were all young footballers who were staying at Flamengo's training centre.
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'Time bomb' warning on mining dam disasters

Thursday, February 7th 2019, 17:22

The catastrophic collapse of a dam at a mine in Brazil has exposed a darker side of an industry that the world depends on.
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Jair Bolsonaro in semi-intensive care after colostomy reversal

Monday, February 4th 2019, 20:20

Brazil's leader underwent surgery last week to reverse a colostomy performed after he was stabbed.
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