Deadly Brazil dam collapse raises fears of environmental woes
by Marc BURLEIGH Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Nearly a week after a dam storing mining…
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro admitted to hospital for surgery
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was in hospital in Sao Paulo on Sunday for surgery to…
7 years ago
Brazil mine disaster death toll jumps to 58: official
BRUMADINHO, Brazil (AFP) -- The number of people killed by the collapse of a dam at a Brazilian mining complex…
7 years ago
Brazil puts $3 billion freeze on Vale assets after dam disaster
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian judicial authorities have frozen $3 billion in assets of the Vale mining company after…
7 years ago
Fears rise for 300 missing in Brazil dam disaster; 9 bodies recovered
by Pascale Trouillaud Agence France Presse BRUMADINHO, Brazil (AFP) -- Rescuers worked overnight into Saturday searching for around 300…
7 years ago
Brazilians divided over loosening of gun laws
by Paula RAMON Agence France Presse SAN PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Silvana Tavares, a long-time sports shooter who is a…
7 years ago
New Brazil leader Bolsonaro targets crime, leftwing ‘ideology’
by Louis GENOT, with Marc BURLEIGH in Rio de Janeiro Agence France Presse BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's new far-right…
7 years ago
Historic library weaves ‘Harry Potter’-style tourist magic in Rio
by Marie Hospital and Marc Burleigh Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- From the outside, it looks like…
8 years ago
Brazil high court suspends order that could free Lula
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- The chief judge of Brazil's supreme court suspended Wednesday an order by another justice on the…
8 years ago
Brazil’s Bolsonaro to give campaign surplus to hospital
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday he would give more than $400,000 in leftover…
8 years ago
Trump congratulates Brazil’s president-elect
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump called Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday to congratulate the far-right candidate on…
8 years ago
Bolsonaro’s vision for Brazil
by Jorge SVARTZMAN Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro promised in his victory…
8 years ago
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