Brazil: Smoke from Amazon rainforest fires causes blackout in Sao Paulo
SAO PAULO – Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has seen a record number of fires this year, according to new data from the country’s space research agency….
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro becomes first head of state to visit the Western Wall with an Israeli PM
JERUSALEM – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro visited the Western Wall alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, becoming the first head of state to do…
Piñera, Bolsonaro set roadmap to boost relationship between Chile and Brazil
SANTIAGO – The presidents of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, and of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, set a road map on Saturday to give new impetus to the…
Former Brazil president Michel Temer arrested over corruption
BRASILIA – The ex-president of Brazil, Michel Temer, who had been asked twice to open a trial for corruption under Lava Jato as president, has…
Brazil arrests 8 Vale officials after dam collapse toll rises to 166
BRASILIA – Brazilian authorities arrested eight employees of mining giant Vale on Friday over a dam collapse at one of its mines three weeks ago…
Brazil: Bolsonaro leaves hospital after 17-day stay
On Wednesday morning, the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, was discharged after having spent 17 days in the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo. The…
Brazil: Bolsonaro’s condition improving but will still remain in hospital
SAO PAULO – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has no fever or pain and is quickly overcoming a bout of pneumonia, signs that his medical condition…
Brazil dam collapse death toll climbs to 157
RIO DE JANEIRO – The toll from a dam collapse at a mine in southeast Brazil’s Minas Gerais state has risen to 157 deaths after…
Brazil dam disaster death toll rises to 84; 276 still missing
BRASILIA – The death toll after the rupture of a mining dam in Brazil rose to 84, according to Civil Defense of Minas Gerais, as mining…
Brazil plans to privatize airports and railways
BRASILIA – Brazil’s government will announce the privatization of southern airports, including Curitiba, in the second quarter of this year, according to Adalberto Vasconcelos, head…