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Neymar’s Injury of ACL, Meniscus Puts World Cup at Risk

AFP - October 19, 2023

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Brazilian Plane Crash Kills 14 Sport Fishermen

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Wild Brazilian Pheasants Produce Expensive Jacu Coffee

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Amazon Nations Pledge Alliance to Save Rainforest

Neymar’s Injury of ACL, Meniscus Puts World Cup at Risk

AFP - October 19, 2023

The star of the Brazilian national team Neymar suffered a torn cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee and will undergo surgery, the...

Brazilian Plane Crash Kills 14 Sport Fishermen

AFP - September 17, 2023

Fourteen people were killed Saturday when a plane crashed in the Brazilian Amazon while trying to land in stormy weather in the tourist town...

Wild Brazilian Pheasants Produce Expensive Jacu Coffee

AFP - September 10, 2023

In Brazil, the proverbial goose that lays the golden egg is in reality something closer to a pheasant that excretes coffee beans. At the Camocim...

Amazon Nations Pledge Alliance to Save Rainforest

Tico Times - August 9, 2023

Eight South American countries agreed Tuesday to launch an alliance to fight deforestation in the Amazon, vowing at a summit in Brazil to stop...

Brazilian Indigenous Use Technology Against Amazon Deforestation

Tico Times - May 3, 2023

Her grandfather used to protect the indigenous territory in the Brazilian state of Rondônia with bow and arrow. But today the weapon of many...

When Cooking Doesn’t Just Cure Hunger

AFP - April 6, 2023

Brazilian chef Ana Lucia Costa finishes a tasty dish of tenderloin marinated with lemon and ginger for about 100 diners. This is not a...

Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil Congress, presidential palace

Tico Times - January 8, 2023

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...