Italy hails capture of top mafia boss in Brazil
by Alexandria SAGE with Jordi MIRO in Brasilia ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Italian prosecutors and police on Tuesday cheered the…
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Brazil Covid death toll surpasses 450,000
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's Covid-19 death toll surpassed 450,000 on Tuesday, as delays plague the hard-hit country's…
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Brazil confirms first cases of Indian Covid variant
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil has detected its first six cases of the so-called Indian variant of the…
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Brazil struggles to vaccinate as Covid toll spirals
by Louis GENOT RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Four months into a Covid-19 vaccination campaign marred by shortages and…
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Brazil to start vaccinating Olympic athletes
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil will begin vaccinating Olympic athletes and other members of its Tokyo-bound delegation against Covid-19…
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Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon hits record in April
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon hit a record last month, the government reported Friday…
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25 killed in police raid on Rio slum
by Mauro PIMENTEL RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- A massive police operation against drug traffickers in a Brazilian favela…
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Stabbing attack at Brazil daycare kills three children, two staff
SAUDADES, Brazil (AFP) -- An 18-year-old attacker armed with a samurai-style sword burst into a daycare center in Brazil Tuesday…
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Brazil struggles to deliver Covid vaccine second doses
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Shortages of Covid-19 vaccines have forced several large Brazilian cities to suspend administering second…
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Thousands in Brazil rally for Bolsonaro, ignoring virus
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Several thousand Brazilians marched Saturday in support of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, ignoring a surging…
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Russia-Brazil spat erupts over Sputnik vaccine snub
by Valeria PACHECO / with Andrea PALASCIANO in Moscow BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's health regulator said Thursday its decision…
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Brazil’s Covid death toll surpasses 400,000
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's death toll in the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 400,000 Thursday, as the country struggled to secure…
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