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

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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

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Lula, elected president of Brazil after narrowly defeating Bolsonaro

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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

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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

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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...

Cristiano Ronaldo wants to keep playing past 40

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

Far-right Bolsonaro puts stamp on Brazil in first week

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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.

Costa Rica offers to host COP25 after Brazil withdraws

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President Carlos Alvarado announced that Costa Rica will throw its hat in the ring to host the COP25 Climate Change Conference in 2019.

Brazil sends troops after clashes at Venezuela border

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Brazil's President, Michel Temer, called an emergency meeting of key ministers Sunday after ordering troops to the border with Venezuela as regional tensions build over the exodus from its crisis-hit neighbor.

Brazil heads for worst recession since 1901, economists forecast

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Brazil's economy will contract more than previously forecast and is heading for the deepest recession since at least 1901 as economic activity and confidence sink amid a political crisis, a survey of analysts showed.

Rousseff future on hold as Brazilians take break from crisis

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The protagonists in this year's political crises in Brazil are off for the holidays, leaving questions about the fate of President Dilma Rousseff and others embroiled in impeachment and corruption scandals.

Brazil’s ban on WhatsApp is lifted less than 24 hours after it began

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Brazilians had joined in black humor and outrage and tech giants expressed worry over the state's heavy hand Thursday after a judge banned the service for 48 hours. Then another judge overturned the ban.