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A 21-year-old art student who identified as genderqueer and was reported missing a week ago was murdered in a northern Rio de Janeiro favela,...
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Brazil said Thursday it has been forced to accept either tariffs or quotas by the US, despite what Washington described as a preliminary deal...
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Brazil is to close half of its “peace police” units operating in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the government has said, referring to...
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A man was seriously wounded early on Saturday when a gunman opened fire on a vigil in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba, where...
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Brazil’s top army commander on Thursday made another foray into political commentary, warning that corruption poses a threat to democracy in Latin America’s biggest...
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A group of homelessness activists briefly occupied Monday the seaside apartment at the heart of the corruption case that saw ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula...
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A handful of quiet memorials took place in Rio de Janeiro Saturday remembering Marielle Franco, the black councilor gunned down a month ago in...
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Brazil’s top prosecutor has filed a complaint against far-right firebrand and presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro for “racism” against Afro-Brazilians, indigenous peoples, refugees, women and...
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Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, imprisoned since the weekend on a corruption conviction, will still be the Workers’ Party candidate in Brazil’s...
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The dust is just settling after the dramatic jailing of Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, but it could quickly be stirred...