Brazil more isolated after four years of Bolsonaro
By Pascale Trouillaud The video was painful to watch, but spoke volumes to Brazil's isolation on the world stage: President ...
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Sao Paulo’s LGBTQ parade calls for Brazilians to ‘vote with pride’
Several hundred thousand people marched Sunday in Sao Paulo's annual LGBTQ Pride parade under the slogan "vote with pride, for ...
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As costs jump, Sao Paulo Uber drivers set to launch rival app
By Lujan Scarpinelli SAO, PAOLO, Brazil—The Uber driver’s phone bleeps out the signal to pick up a passenger, but he ...
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Nine firefighters dead in Brazil cave collapse
Brazilian authorities said Sunday that nine firefighters had died in a cave after the roof collapsed while they were training ...
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Sao Paulo mayor, who fought Covid and cancer, dies at 41
The mayor of Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous city, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer of the digestive ...
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In Brazil, graveyard shift reveals staggering cost of pandemic
In almost three decades of working in Sao Paulo's largest cemetery, the oldest gravediggers can't remember performing more than 10 ...
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Street art thrives in Sao Paulo despite pandemic
Perched atop a platform swaying in the air 10 stories high, Paola Delfin is putting the final touches on a ...
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Brazil surpasses 60,000 coronavirus deaths: official
Brazil topped 60,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus after recording more than 1,000 fatalities over the last 24 hours, the ...
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‘Scorched-earth’ lockdown policies hit
Brasilia—Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro lashed out Tuesday at what he called “scorched-earth” quarantine policies to contain the coronavirus pandemic, saying ...
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Torrential rain kills 21 Brazilians
Sao Paulo–At least 21 people have been killed in torrential rain that hit the Brazilian states of Sao Paulo and ...
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