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Lula rallies G20 countries against world hunger ahead of meeting

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday will launch a new initiative against world hunger ahead of an upcoming G20 meeting in...

AFPJuly 23, 2024

Alcides Peixinho Nascimento walks through his plantation of mandacaru

World

Planting giant cactus to stave off desertification in Brazil

Giant spiky cacti tower over farmer Alcides Peixinho Nascimento, 70, one of the residents of Brazil’s unique Caatinga biome who is on a mission...

AFPJune 28, 2024

More than 350,000 people have suffered some form of property damage, according to authorities

World

Dams strain as water, death toll keep rising in south Brazil

The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil climbed to 39 on Friday, officials said, as they warned...

AFPMay 3, 2024

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron smile together at Combu Island, Brazil, on March 26, 2024

Tech & Science

Macron and Lula’s ‘bromance’ sets social media fans alight

Wedding photos or a diplomatic visit? The apparent “bromance” between French President Emmanuel Macron and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has...

AFPMarch 28, 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron, seen here visiting space facilities in Kourou in French overseas department of Guiana, will be the first leader of France to tour Brazil in 11 years

World

France’s Macron heads to Amazon on three-day Brazil trip

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday kicks off a visit to Brazil in the Amazon city of Belem, the host of 2025 UN climate...

AFPMarch 26, 2024

The school Portela -- founded a century ago and which holds the most carnival titles -- paid tribute to the fight of the Brazilian abolitionist Luiz Gama in the 19th century

World

Rio parades until dawn in final carnival extravaganza

In a shimmering riot of colors, thousands of costume-clad, gyrating Brazilians paid tribute to everything from the humble cashew to the fight against slavery...

AFPFebruary 13, 2024

Members of the Porto da Pedra samba school perform during the first night of the Carnival parade at the Marques de Sapucai Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 11, 2024

World

‘Everyone jumping, everyone happy’: Rio celebrates carnival

Glittering with sequins and sweat, thousands of performers shimmying to sultry samba beats danced their way down an avenue in Rio de Janeiro Sunday...

AFPFebruary 11, 2024