Hundreds of supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro broke through police barricades and stormed into Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court...

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Brazil begins paying final respects to football giant Pele

Tico Times - January 2, 2023

An emotional Brazil began paying its final respects Monday to football legend Pele with a wake at the stadium where he first took the...

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Deforestation in Brazilian savannah increases 25% in one year

Tico Times - December 14, 2022

The deforested area in the Cerrado, the Brazilian savannah, increased 25% between August 2021 and July this year, with 10,689 km² destroyed, the highest...

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Brazilian Soccer Legend Pelé Admitted to Hospital for Cancer Treatment

Tico Times - November 30, 2022

Former Brazilian football star Pelé has been hospitalized since Tuesday in a Sao Paulo hospital for a reevaluation of his cancer treatment, the medical...

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Lula, elected president of Brazil after narrowly defeating Bolsonaro

AFP - October 30, 2022

The leftist former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will return to power in Brazil for the third time after defeating the far-right Jair...

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Scientists race against time in the face of Amazon devastation

AFP - July 20, 2022

In a remote and still preserved jungle of the Brazilian Amazon, a scientific expedition has been cataloguing biodiversity and searching for new species for...

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Brazil sets new six-month Amazon deforestation record

AFP - July 4, 2022

Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon reached a record level during the first half of 2022, the INPE national space agency said Friday. The world's largest...

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Cristiano Ronaldo wants to keep playing past 40

AFP - January 13, 2022

Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo assured that he wants to continue playing in top soccer competitions after the age of 40, in the first part...

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Far-right Bolsonaro puts stamp on Brazil in first week

Alejandro Zúñiga - January 6, 2019

Investors applauded the first bold steps, sending strengthening the Brazilian real against the dollar. But on Thursday and Friday, Bolsonaro sowed some confusion on other issues.