Brazil President Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19
BRASILIA – Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday announced live on television that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “It came back positive,”…
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Brazil judge orders Bolsonaro to wear a face mask in public
BRASILIA – A federal judge in Brazil ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to wear a face mask in public after the far-right leader repeatedly flouted the…
Brazilians swarm to beaches despite more than 50,000 Covid-19 deaths
SAO PAULO – Brazil reached more than a million confirmed coronavirus cases and 50,000 deaths over the weekend as throngs of people swarmed Rio de…
Brazil overtakes UK to become the country with second highest coronavirus death toll
BRASILIA – Brazil has become the second-highest coronavirus death toll in the world behind the United States, where several states have posted record daily case…
Brazil resumes publishing total death toll from COVID-19
BRASILIA – Brazil’s government has resumed publishing the country’s total death toll from the coronavirus pandemic, after facing accusations of trying to hide the magnitude…
Covid-19: Brazil becomes the country with fourth highest death toll
SAO PAULO – Brazil reported a record 33,274 new cases of the new coronavirus this weekend, the health ministry said late Sunday, and the death…
Brazil becomes fifth highest country in number of COVID-19 deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil has reached 27,944 coronavirus deaths, official figures showed Saturday, surpassing the toll of hard-hit Spain and making it the country…
Brazil jumps to fourth in COVID-19 cases worldwide
SAO PAULO – In the past two days, Brazil has recorded more than 800 new deaths and over 16,000 new cases from the novel coronavirus,…
Bolsonaro sends Brazilian army to fight Amazon forest fires amid worldwide protest
SAO PAULO – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has ordered the armed forces to help fight a record number of forest fires in the Amazon. Brazilian…
Bolsonaro suggests green groups started the blaze in the Amazon to blame him
BRASILIA – Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil have ignited a firestorm on social media, with President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday suggesting green…