Brazil’s Temer gives army full control of Rio security
by Jorge Svartzman Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazil's President Michel Temer on Friday handed the military full control of security…
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Scores of monkeys killed in Rio yellow fever panic
by Louis Genot © Agence France-Presse Rio de Janeiro, Brazil AFP Fears of spreading yellow fever are behind the illegal killing of scores…
8 years ago
UPDATED: Car hits crowd at Brazil’s Copacabana, killing baby
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- A car ploughed into a crowd on Rio de Janeiro's tourist-packed Copacabana seaside promenade…
8 years ago
Car hits crowd at Brazil’s Copacabana, injuring 11
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- A car ploughed into a crowd on Rio de Janerio's tourist-packed Copacabana promenade on Thursday, injuring…
8 years ago
Rights group slams Brazil police violence
BRAZILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Police violence in Brazil is unabated, Human Rights Watch warned on Thursday, calling on the government to take…
8 years ago
Deadliest bus accidents in the past five years
PARIS, France (AFP) -- The bus fire in Kazakhstan in which 52 people were killed Thursday is among of the…
8 years ago
Peru Congress to debate impeachment of president
by Carlos Mandujano / Moises Avila © Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru's Congress voted overwhelmingly on Friday to consider impeaching…
9 years ago
Rio’s stray bullets give innocent nowhere to hide
by Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- While the fighting in Rio de Janeiro's crime war is done…
9 years ago
Brazil exports murder-tainted illegal logging: Greenpeace
by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Endangered Amazon hardwood trafficked by a Brazilian exporter…
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Thousands protest austerity measures in Brazil
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Several thousand Brazilians demonstrated on Friday as part of a day of national mobilization against government austerity…
9 years ago
For Amazon tribe, rainforest is a whole world
by Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse Waiãpi, Brazil (AFP) -- When Japarupi Waiapi looks into the dense foliage of the Amazon rainforest, he…
9 years ago
Nine of 194 countries keeping pledge to eradicate hepatitis: summit
by Paula RAMON Agence France-Presse SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) - Only nine of 194 countries which pledged last year to eradicate…
9 years ago
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