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 5th 2013 – October 29th 2013
• October 28th 2013 – September 16th 2013
• September 11th 2013 – July 29th 2013
• July 28th 2013 – June 30th 2013
• June 29th 2013 – June 19th 2013
• June 19th 2013 – May 11th 2013
• May 10th 2013 – March 15th 2013
• March 13th 2013 – January 14th 2013
• January 9th 2013 – November 9th 2012
• November 8th 2012 – August 31st 2012
• August 30th 2012 – July 9th 2012
• July 6th 2012 – April 19th 2012
• April 18th 2012 – January 30th 2012
• January 27th 2012 – November 26th 2011
• November 23rd 2011 – September 1st 2011
• August 24th 2011 – June 9th 2011
• June 9th 2011 – March 27th 2011
• March 25th 2011 – January 19th 2011
• January 18th 2011 – November 28th 2010
• November 23rd 2010 – October 3rd 2010
• October 1st 2010 – July 15th 2010
• July 10th 2010 – May 18th 2010
• May 17th 2010 – February 11th 2010
• February 9th 2010 – October 29th 2009
• October 28th 2009 – July 31st 2009
• July 30th 2009 – May 13th 2009
• May 12th 2009 – November 25th 2008
• November 25th 2008 – July 14th 2008
• July 14th 2008 – January 24th 2008
• January 22nd 2008 – August 7th 2007
• August 6th 2007 – May 22nd 2007
• May 14th 2007 – January 10th 2007
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• May 4th 2006 – December 9th 2005
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Brazil: news

Greenwald to testify at spy probe

Wednesday, September 11th 2013, 0:31

A parliamentary commission in Brazil investigating spying allegations says the journalist Glenn Greenwald will be invited to testify next week.
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VIDEO: Protests at Brazil's Independence Day

Sunday, September 8th 2013, 3:49

Protesters in Brazil have disrupted Independence Day celebrations, demanding better public services and an end to corruption.
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Protests at Brazil Independence Day

Sunday, September 8th 2013, 0:29
related places: Rio de Janeiro

Hundreds of protesters clash with police in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia and other cities, as the country celebrates Independence Day.
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World Cup 2014 win unlikely - Dyke

Thursday, September 5th 2013, 9:38
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Dyke

Football Association chairman Greg Dyke believes nobody "realistically thinks" England will win the World Cup in Brazil next year.
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Brazil lower house bans secret votes

Wednesday, September 4th 2013, 15:55

Brazil's lower house passes an amendment to abolish secret voting in Congress, a demand by protesters who took to the streets of major cities in June.
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VIDEO: Brazil and Mexico probe NSA claims

Tuesday, September 3rd 2013, 7:22
related countries: Mexico, United States

Brazil and Mexico have both demanded an explanation from the US over claims that the National Security Agency (NSA) spied on their presidents.
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Brazil and Mexico probe NSA claims

Monday, September 2nd 2013, 22:56
related countries: Mexico, United States

Brazil and Mexico demand an explanation from the US over claims that the NSA spied on the presidents of both countries.
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NSA 'spied on Brazil and Mexico'

Monday, September 2nd 2013, 16:20
related countries: Botswana, Mexico, United States

The US National Security Agency (NSA) targeted the communications of the Brazilian and Mexican governments, Brazilian TV Globo reports.
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Boy's 'killers' dead in Brazil jail

Saturday, August 31st 2013, 4:26
related countries: Bolivia, Botswana

Two Brazilian men accused of murdering a five-year-old Bolivian boy are found dead in prison, after reportedly being poisoned by other inmates.
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VIDEO: Albino alligator gets acupuncture

Thursday, August 29th 2013, 1:59

Vets have used the ancient Asian practice of acupuncture to help the back problems of Bino the albino alligator at Sao Paulo Aquarium in Brazil.
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Brazilian states hit by power cut

Thursday, August 29th 2013, 0:19
related countries: Botswana

A fire in north-eastern Brazil causes a power cut that leaves nine states in the dark, including four that will host the 2014 World Cup.
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Brazil collapse toll rises to eight

Wednesday, August 28th 2013, 10:45
related places: Sao Paulo

Another body is found in the rubble of a collapsed clothes factory under construction in Sao Paulo in Brazil, taking the number of dead to eight.
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Deadly building collapse in Brazil

Tuesday, August 27th 2013, 23:49
related countries: Botswana
related places: Sao Paulo

A commercial building collapses in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, killing at least seven people and injuring many more, officials say.
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VIDEO: Deadly building collapse in Brazil

Tuesday, August 27th 2013, 16:26
related countries: Botswana
related places: Sao Paulo

A commercial building has collapsed in a suburb of the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, killing several people and injuring many more, officials say.
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Brazil minister quits in Bolivia row

Tuesday, August 27th 2013, 2:10
related countries: Bolivia, Botswana
related places: La Paz

Brazil's foreign minister resigns after a fugitive Bolivian politician holed up in the Brazilian embassy in La Paz is spirited away in a diplomat's car.
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Brazil unveils $60bn currency move

Friday, August 23rd 2013, 10:51
related countries: United States

Brazil's central bank commits $60bn to prop up the currency, as the real nears a five-year low against the US dollar.
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Rio mayor Paes criticises Olympics

Wednesday, August 21st 2013, 21:15

The mayor of Rio de Janeiro criticises the decision for Brazil to host the Olympics, two months after millions protested in part over the Games.
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Willian undergoes Spurs medical

Wednesday, August 21st 2013, 20:10

Anzhi Mahkachkala attacking midfielder Willian undergoes a medical ahead of his proposed £30m move to Tottenham.
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Brazil appeals against hotel prices

Wednesday, August 21st 2013, 2:12

Brazil's tourism board asks football governing body Fifa and hotel operators to try to bring down "stratospheric" hotel prices during the World Cup.
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Seized pet monkey returned to owners

Tuesday, August 20th 2013, 20:06

A pet monkey seized by environmental police in Brazil after living for nearly 40 years with a family is returned, following an injunction order.
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World Cup 2014 tickets go on sale

Tuesday, August 20th 2013, 10:20

Tickets for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil go on sale, with fans able to apply on Fifa's website.
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Row after journalist's partner held

Monday, August 19th 2013, 17:38
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Heathrow, London

The police come under mounting pressure to explain why the partner of a journalist who was leaked files by Edward Snowden was held for nine hours under terror laws.
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Brazil gang jailed for American rape

Thursday, August 15th 2013, 19:44
related countries: United States
related places: Rio

A judge in Rio sentences the driver and conductor of a minivan to 49 years in jail each for raping an American citizen, in an ordeal that shocked Brazil.
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Brazil backs oil royalties bill

Thursday, August 15th 2013, 6:16

Brazil's Congress passes a bill designating all royalties from newly discovered oilfields to education and healthcare.
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New delay for Brazil bullet train

Wednesday, August 14th 2013, 8:59

The bidding process to build Brazil's bullet train has been delayed again but the government insists its the flagship project will continue as planned.
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Samsung faces labour law allegations

Tuesday, August 13th 2013, 20:11

Prosecutors in Brazil begin legal action against Samsung, alleging it forced employees to work in poor conditions at its plant in the Amazon region.
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Murders could follow maths law

Tuesday, August 13th 2013, 8:25

A team in Brazil reports that a mathematical formula can help predict how many murders will occur as the population increases.
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Brazil plane crash trial begins

Thursday, August 8th 2013, 9:08
related places: Sao Paulo

Three people have gone on trial in Brazil accused of responsibility for the deaths of 199 people in a plane crash in Sao Paulo in 2007.
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Barcelona bid for Chelsea's Luiz

Wednesday, August 7th 2013, 14:11

Barcelona make a bid for Chelsea's Brazil international defender David Luiz, which is understood to be cash only.
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Brazil outcry at pet monkey removal

Monday, August 5th 2013, 23:33

Thousands in Brazil sign petitions demanding the return of a pet monkey taken away by the authorities after living for nearly 40 years with a family.
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City of God, 10 years on

Monday, August 5th 2013, 23:03

Life in Brazil's City of God, 10 years after film
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Liverpool bid £21m for striker Costa

Thursday, August 1st 2013, 19:32
related countries: Spain
related places: Costa

Liverpool submit an offer of £21m for Atletico Madrid's 24-year-old Brazil international striker Diego Costa.
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Pope: Who am I to judge gay people?

Monday, July 29th 2013, 20:05

Pope Francis says gay people should not be marginalised but integrated into society, in an apparent softening of his predecessor's line on the issue.
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Pope Francis holds final Brazil Mass

Monday, July 29th 2013, 1:20
related places: Copacabana

The Pope closes one of the biggest Roman Catholic youth festivals with a Mass on Copacabana beach, with more than three million people attending.
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