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

Lula: Jailed ex-leader pulls out of Brazil election

Wednesday, September 12th 2018, 10:03

His Workers' Party is now counting on a relatively unknown candidate to win the presidency.
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Brazil's Lula: Saint or sinner?

Wednesday, September 12th 2018, 0:37

A closer look at the career of the metalworker turned president who has dominated Brazil's politics.
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Brazil candidate Jair Bolsonaro to undergo 'major surgery'

Tuesday, September 11th 2018, 8:29

Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right candidate in Brazil's presidential election, was stabbed at a rally.
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Museum artefacts saved from Brazil fire

Monday, September 10th 2018, 3:16
related countries: Isle of Man

Scheila and Douglas Alvarenga acted quickly to save papers they discovered after the fire.
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Venezuela migrants flee back across border with Brazil

Monday, September 10th 2018, 1:48
related countries: Botswana
related places: Boa Vista

Migrants are fearful after a mob attacked and killed a man in the Brazilian city of Boa Vista.
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Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's presidential front-runner, stabbed at rally

Friday, September 7th 2018, 12:41

Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right presidential hopeful, arrived in hospital "almost dead", his son says.
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Brazilian politician stabbed at rally

Friday, September 7th 2018, 12:19
related countries: Botswana

The front-runner in Brazil's presidential election is hospitalised after being attacked.
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Brazil museum fire: Drone footage

Monday, September 3rd 2018, 23:39

Footage from the air shows the devastation caused by a huge blaze.
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Brazil museum fire: Funding cuts blamed as icon is gutted

Monday, September 3rd 2018, 20:46

The fire wrecked Brazil's main museum and one of the region's largest natural history collections.
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Fabled meteorite among treasures at risk from Brazil fire

Monday, September 3rd 2018, 15:52

The National Museum in Rio is home to millions of items but which are the key ones at risk?
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National Museum of Brazil consumed by fire

Monday, September 3rd 2018, 9:53
related places: Rio de Janeiro

Firefighters are battling a huge blaze at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro.
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Brazil's national museum hit by huge fire

Monday, September 3rd 2018, 8:33

The National Museum of Brazil, home to some 20m items spanning centuries, is devastated.
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Creating start-ups against the odds in Brazil

Monday, September 3rd 2018, 0:10

Brazil has a slow, bureaucratic tech scene - but some entrepreneurs say if you persist, it pays off.
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Lula: Brazil's jailed ex-leader barred from presidential race by electoral court

Saturday, September 1st 2018, 4:07

Brazil's top electoral court rules that the jailed ex-president cannot stand in October's election.
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Venezuela crisis: Brazil to send army to safeguard border

Wednesday, August 29th 2018, 6:18
related countries: Botswana, Venezuela

Brazilian soldiers will be sent to "guarantee law and order" after an influx of Venezuelan migrants.
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Venezuela crisis: 'We never thought it would come to this'

Thursday, August 23rd 2018, 5:02

Two Venezuelans in Brazil say despite losing everything in clashes on the border they are determined to stay.
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Fifa corruption: Brazil's Jose Maria Marin jailed for four years

Wednesday, August 22nd 2018, 20:00

A former head of Brazil's football association is jailed for four years for corruption after being convicted of accepting bribes.
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Venezuela crisis: More migrants cross into Brazil despite attacks

Tuesday, August 21st 2018, 4:03
related countries: Venezuela

The number of people crossing the border increases, as Venezuela tries to stabilise its economy.
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Venezuela crisis: Brazil deploys troops after migrant attacks

Sunday, August 19th 2018, 23:01
related countries: Venezuela

Security is stepped up after migrants fleeing Venezuela's economic crisis were attacked.
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Lula registered as Brazil presidency candidate

Wednesday, August 15th 2018, 21:28
related countries: Botswana

It is still unlikely that the former Brazilian president will be allowed to run from prison.
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Ronaldo: Brazilian World Cup winner in hospital with pneumonia

Monday, August 13th 2018, 5:32
related countries: Botswana

Brazil World Cup winner Ronaldo says he will be discharged on Monday after being admitted to hospital in Ibiza with pneumonia.
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Venezuela crisis: Brazil briefly shuts border to migrants

Tuesday, August 7th 2018, 7:08
related countries: Venezuela

The border is open again after an order to turn away fleeing Venezuelan migrants was overturned.
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Welcome to Twin Town!

Friday, July 13th 2018, 12:11

Cândido Godói is a village in Brazil with ten times more twins than the national average
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Lula: Judge overrules order for the Brazil ex-president's release

Sunday, July 8th 2018, 23:56
related countries: Botswana

A judge orders the release of the former president on appeal, but it is soon overruled.
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World Cup 2018: Brazil beat Mexico 2-0 to reach quarter-finals

Monday, July 2nd 2018, 16:49
related countries: Mexico

Neymar scores one goal and plays a key role in the second as Brazil beat Mexico to reach a seventh consecutive World Cup quarter-final.
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Russian women duped in sexist videos by Brazil fans

Monday, July 2nd 2018, 10:25
related countries: Botswana, Portugal, Russia

Russian women, tricked by Brazilian fans to say crude words in Portuguese on camera, are now being shamed by extremists.
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Mike Pence is a 'poisonous viper', Venezuela's Maduro says

Thursday, June 28th 2018, 7:05
related countries: United States, Venezuela

Nicolás Maduro lashes out at the US vice-president over his visit to Venezuelan migrants in Brazil.
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World Cup 2018: Brazil held to 1-1 draw by Switzerland in Group E opener

Sunday, June 17th 2018, 20:47
related countries: Switzerland

Philippe Coutinho's superb goal is not enough for Brazil who are held by Switzerland in their World Cup opener.
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World Cup 2018: Ronaldo and Robbie Williams star in opening ceremony

Thursday, June 14th 2018, 16:30
related countries: Russia, United Kingdom
related places: Moscow

Brazil legend Ronaldo and British popstar Robbie Williams got the 2018 World Cup in Russia under way with the opening ceremony in Moscow.
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Russia 2018: Chinese firms fill World Cup sponsorship gap

Tuesday, June 12th 2018, 4:30
related countries: China, Russia

The value of World Cup sponsorship has dropped between the 2014 event in Brazil and this year's in Russia, says Nielsen.
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Inside the secret world of Brazil's WhatsApp abortions

Tuesday, June 5th 2018, 23:38

A messaging group seeks to help women who want to end a pregnancy.
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Prison without guards or weapons in Brazil

Tuesday, May 22nd 2018, 0:56

The progressive prisons rewarding inmates for studying and placing emphasis on rehabilitation.
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First baby in 12 years born on remote Brazil island

Sunday, May 20th 2018, 17:02

Births are banned on the remote island and the mother says she did not know she was pregnant.
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Why mums-to-be are fleeing Venezuela

Wednesday, May 16th 2018, 23:26
related countries: Venezuela

Pregnant mothers are fleeing crisis-hit Venezuela to have their babies in Brazil.
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The feminist squat in Brazil run by women

Thursday, May 10th 2018, 23:06
related places: Sao Paulo

Occupation Hope in São Paulo has a zero tolerance policy towards domestic violence.
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The rise and fall of Brazilian art patron Bernardo Paz

Saturday, May 5th 2018, 23:07
related countries: Botswana

Bernardo de Mello Paz created one of Brazil's most famous museums but he has fallen foul of the law.
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Brazil gymnasts accuse ex-coach Lopes of sexual abuse

Tuesday, May 1st 2018, 20:27

Petrix Barbosa is among dozens alleging sexual abuse against the ex-coach of Brazil's gymnastic team.
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Missing London rapper Kenny Mukendi 'threw himself into Brazil sea'

Saturday, April 28th 2018, 10:20
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Rio de Janeiro

Kenny Mukendi disappeared in Rio de Janeiro after telling his girlfriend he was coming home.
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'The largest foreign bribery case in history'

Saturday, April 21st 2018, 23:55

Brazil's Odebrecht scandal is one of the biggest corporate corruption cases in history.
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Workers' Party legislators in Brazil adopt Lula's name

Wednesday, April 11th 2018, 23:41
related places: Silva

More than 60 Workers' Party members took the step after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was jailed.
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Twenty dead in attempted breakout from Brazil prison

Tuesday, April 10th 2018, 23:27
related places: Belem

The attempted breakout at a jail in Belem was aided by an armed group which tried to blow up a wall.
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Brazil ex-leader Lula's supporters camp outside jail

Monday, April 9th 2018, 10:25

Supporters of Brazil's jailed ex-leader say they will not leave until he is released.
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Lula turns himself in after police stand-off

Sunday, April 8th 2018, 9:05

Brazil's former president forced his way through crowds of supporters to surrender to the authorities.
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Supporters of Brazil's Lula stop him surrendering

Saturday, April 7th 2018, 20:32

The ex-president says he will give himself up to begin a 12-year jail term but insists he is innocent.
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Brazil's Lula must start prison term, Supreme Court rules

Thursday, April 5th 2018, 9:33

The former president could be jailed within days after Supreme Court judges ruled against him.
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Rival rallies as Brazil awaits Lula jail ruling

Wednesday, April 4th 2018, 11:52

Brazil's top court will rule on whether Lula should be jailed while he appeals against his sentence.
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