Brazil

Japan House opens in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) -- In an initiative developed by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and creatively directed by…

Clashes break out as Brazil is gripped by first general nationwide strike in decades

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) -- Clashes broke out in Rio de Janeiro on Friday (April 28) as Brazilian unions…

Brazil indigenous protest over land rights turns violent

BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) -- Indigenous people and police clashed near the congressional building in Brazil's capital city on Tuesday (April…

Brazil tries to rescue meat industry from scandal

by Damian WROCLAVSKY Agence France-Presse BRASILIA, Brazil  -Brazil's government fought Wednesday to save the country's meat industry from getting burned…

Brazil says exports safe despite rotten meat scandal

by Eugenia LOGIURATTO Agence France Presse BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil tried to reassure the world Sunday that its huge…

Brazilian army sends paratroopers to chaotic state

by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazill (AFP) -- The Brazilian army said Thursday it is sending…

Fresh jail riot erupts as Brazil unrest spreads

by Johannes MYBURGH Agence France-Presse NATAL, Brazil (AFP) - Stick-wielding inmates hurled stones and lit fires Thursday in a Brazilian…

Brazil calls up army to quell prison violence

by Johannes MYBURGH Agence France-Presse NATAL, Brazil (AFP) - Brazil's government Tuesday ordered the armed forces to help secure the…

Prisoners occupy roof of Brazil jail after massacre

NATAL, Brazil (AFP) - Dozens of inmates on Monday occupied the roof of a Brazilian jail where the country's latest…

Some 100 killed in one week in Brazil’s prisons

MANUAS, Brazil (AFP) -- At least four inmates were killed Sunday in a facility in Manaus, the capital of Amazonas…

33 killed in new explosion of Brazil prison violence

  BOA VISTAa, Brazil (AFP) - Brazil was hit Friday by its second eruption of grisly prison violence this week, as…

At least 60 killed in Brazil prison riot: official

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP)--Atleast 60 people were killed in a prison riot in Brazil's Amazon region when fighting broke…

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