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Brazil's justice minister hit back Wednesday at allegations he conspired to keep jailed leftist icon Luis Inacio Lula da Silva out of the 2018 presidential race, saying he was the victim of "revenge" over his anti-corruption drive.
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Scandal-ridden Brazil construction giant Odebrecht, which has admitted to spending nearly $800 million to bribe officials across Latin America to win contracts, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, judicial sources said.
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Scandal-ridden Brazil construction giant Odebrecht, which has admitted to spending nearly $800 million to bribe officials across Latin America to win contracts, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, judicial sources said.
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The head of Brazil's powerful state development bank quit on Sunday, a day after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro threatened to sack him, fueling a political crisis engulfing the government.
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The head of Brazil's powerful state development bank quit Sunday a day after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro threatened to sack him, fueling a political crisis engulfing the government.
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Rio de Janeiro's far-right governor Wilson Witzel has advocated using a "missile" to blow up criminals in one of the Brazilian city's most violent slums.
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A Brazilian judge on Friday acquitted a mentally ill man of attacking far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on last year's campaign trail, but jailed him for an "indefinite period.
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Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday criticized the Supreme Court's decision to criminalize homophobia, saying it could "hurt" gays by deterring companies from hiring them.
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A nationwide strike disrupted public transport in Brazil on Friday as thousands of protesters took to the streets across the country to march against President Jair Bolsonaro's pension reform, ahead of the Copa America opener.
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US journalist Glenn Greenwald said Thursday he has received "grotesque" threats also targeting his husband and children after publishing leaked chats showing Brazil's justice minister conspired to keep leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva out of the ...
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday sacked his third minister since taking office following months of fighting between the military and far-right ideological factions of his embattled government.
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US journalist Glenn Greenwald said Thursday he has received "grotesque" threats also targeting his husband and children after publishing leaked chats showing Brazil's justice minister conspired to keep leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva out of the ...
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A hero to Brazilians fed up with corruption, Justice Minister Sergio Moro is wounded but defiant after accusations of unethical -- or even illegal -- behavior in a sprawling anti-graft investigation that has polarized the country.
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Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday unexpectedly avoided debating a request for the early release of leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as social media fury intensified over leaked documents showing a conspiracy to keep him out of the 2018 election ...
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Brazil's Supreme Court will debate the early release of leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Tuesday, as social media rage intensified over leaked documents showing a conspiracy to keep him out of the 2018 election race.
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Leaked documents showing Brazilian anticorruption investigators conspired to keep leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva out of the 2018 presidential race ignited a firestorm on social media Monday, but analysts downplayed the potential fall-out.
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Brazil's Justice Minister and prosecutors collaborated to convict left-wing icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on corruption charges to prevent him from contesting the 2018 election, an investigative news outlet reported Sunday.
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The presidents of Argentina and Brazil said Thursday that an agreement is imminent on a free trade agreement between the European Union and the South American trading bloc Mercosur.
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The record number of murders in Brazil in 2017 is even higher than previously thought, researchers said Wednesday, warning that President Jair Bolsonaro's order to ease gun laws could fuel the deadly violence.
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Brazil's jobless rate fell in the latest three-month period, data showed Friday, but the number of people who gave up looking for work hit a record high as the economy totters on the edge of recession.
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Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in dozens of cities in Brazil on Thursday for a second nationwide demonstration in as many weeks over the government's plan to slash education spending.
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Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Brazil's capital Thursday following calls for a second nationwide demonstration in as many weeks over the government's plan to slash education spending.
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Brazil's economy shrank in the first quarter of the year, official data showed Thursday, taking Latin America's biggest country to the brink of recession for the first time in two years.Gross domestic product contracted 0.
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Brazil's economy shrank in the first quarter of the year, official data showed Thursday, taking Latin America's biggest country to the brink of recession for the first time in two years. Gross domestic product contracted 0.
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At least 40 inmates were killed in four jails in northern Brazil on Monday over an apparent gang dispute, authorities said, in the latest wave of violence to rock the country's severely overpopulated and deadly prison system.
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Eike Batista, once the richest man in Brazil, has been fined around $134 million for insider trading, the securities commission said Monday, as the ex-billionaire remains under house arrest pending an appeal against a 30-year jail sentence.
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Thousands of Brazilians braced Monday for the possible collapse of another tailings dam owned by mining giant Vale that threatens to spew millions of tons of toxic sludge over towns, rivers and forest.
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Clashes between inmates killed 15 people at a jail in Amazonas state in northern Brazil on Sunday, the regional prison authority said.
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Clashes between inmates killed 15 people at a jail in Amazonas state in northern Brazil on Sunday, the regional prison authority said.
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The World Health Organization has praised Brazil's move to sue two global cigarette makers and their local units for costs of treating tobacco-related diseases, but the firms said Friday they were still waiting for details of the lawsuit.
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Brazil's Amazon rainforest and deforestation. CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture/flickr
Farms on the Amazon floodplain in Brazil
Brazilian "Six-Fingers" Silva family supports a sixth World Cup for their national soccer team. (YouTube screen capture). Roger Nery
The fish are caught in traps and smoked ©Survival
Old building in Pelourinho, Salvador de Bahia, housing Fundação Casa de Jorge Amado, museum dedicated to the most famous Brazilian author, Jorge Amado.
Young performer on the city market, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Street gallery of paintings in Bahia style, rich with colours, Pelourinho, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.
Relaxing room with modern literature in the lobby of Hotel Unique, São Paulo, Brazil.
Catacombs in Igreja e Convento de São Francisco, Pelourinho, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.
Brazilian countryside, Sao Paulo state.
Rua Alfredo de Brito with a steep street towards Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos. Its towers, some 150 metres away from the point this picture was taken, are viewed from the level of the street, Pelourinho, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.
Located between the Amazon, Atlantic Forests and Pantanal, the Cerrado is the largest savanna region in South America. Calil Souza
An epidemic of dengue fever is fanning public anger over what Brazilians say is President Dilma Rousseff's biggest challenge - the sad state of the national healthcare system. Wochit News
Dilma Rousseff is Brazil's new president by redebrasilatual
Early morning laundry in Lençóis, Bahia, Brazil
Fans burned a shirt with Neymar Number 10 on it and then ripped it to shreds in a show of their disappointment for the team. They also had some salty words for players. YouTube
Brazil's Amazon region. Map courtesy USDA/FAS
Brazil's verdant country roads wind through some of the most stunning scenery on earth.
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