Brazil pins murders of UK reporter, activist on alleged drug lord
Police in Brazil have strong evidence that an alleged drug trafficker ordered the murders of a British journalist and an ...
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Brazil riots may have strengthened Lula’s hand: analysts
By ransacking government buildings in their fervent opposition to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's January 8 rioters may ...
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Brazil tightens net around riot instigators, Bolsonaro in the crosshairs
Brazil's new leftist government tightened the net around suspected instigators of riots that targeted the seats of power, ordering a ...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro tweets photo from Florida hospital
Brazilian far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro tweeted a photo of himself from hospital in the United States on Monday, a day ...
Read moreLula slams far-right ‘terrorism’ as Brazil clears protest camps
Brazilian security forces cleared protest camps Monday and arrested 1,500 people as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned "acts ...
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Brazil retakes Congress after riots
Brasilia—Brazilian security forces locked down the area around Congress, the presidential palace, and the Supreme Court Monday, a day after ...
Read moreWorld leaders condemn anti-government mob attacks in Brasilia
President Joe Biden assailed Sunday's attacks by supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil as "outrageous," as condemnation poured in ...
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Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil Congress, presidential palace
Supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro pushed through police barricades and stormed into the national Congress building Sunday in ...
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Final farewell for Pele, Brazil’s football ‘King’
SANTOS, Brazil—Brazilians bid a final farewell this week to football giant Pele, starting Monday with a 24-hour public wake at ...
Read moreLula returns vowing to rebuild, reunify Brazil under new term
Brasilia—Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office Sunday for a third term as Brazil’s president, vowing to fight for the ...
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