Brazil

Health news

'Alternative' COVID cure ivermectin turns out not to work

A new study of over 3,000 COVID patients in Brazil found the antiparasitic drug worked about as well as a placebo.

01/04/2022

Living

Greta Thunberg gets invite onto floating home made from rubbish

Brazilian artist Luiz Fernando Barreto built his floating house on Pavuna River in Rio de Janeiro to bring awareness to the pollution of its waters.

29/03/2022

Tech News

How to save the Amazon? Brazil company says NFTs are the answer

A Brazilian company is selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) allowing buyers to sponsor the preservation of the Amazon rainforest.

28/03/2022

Green News

Thousands protest against Bolsonaro's anti-environment bills in Brazil

"Brazil is at a crossroads. Amazon deforestation is out of control, violence against Indigenous people has increased."

10/03/2022

Brazil

Severe floods and mudslides in Brazil kill at least 104 north of Rio

The state fire department said 25.8 centimetres of rain fell within three hours on Tuesday -- almost as much as during the previous 30 days combined.

17/02/2022

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Rescuers on scene after deadly Brazil landslides

Rescuers on scene after deadly Brazil landslides

16/02/2022

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Death toll from flooding and mudslides in Brazil rises to 34

The area got 25.8 centimetres of rain within three hours Tuesday -- almost as much as during the previous 30 days combined.

16/02/2022

Destinations

This is how Brazil's biggest tourist hotspot got swallowed by the sea

Where once holidaymakers came in their droves, now only vultures roam the beaches of Atafona - a former Brazilian resort that is soon to be washed into the sea

15/02/2022

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Devastating flooding displaces thousands in Brazil

Devastation from flooding and landslides continued in Brazil's Minas Gerais on Wednesday after the state was pummeled by heavy rainfall to start the year.

13/01/2022

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Ten dead after cliff collapses onto tourist boats in Brazil

Dramatic videos shared on social media networks captured the moment the cliff collapsed.

10/01/2022

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Brazilian president 'doing well' after being rushed to hospital

"He is stable, undergoing treatment, and will be reevaluated throughout the morning," his doctors said in a statement. "At the moment, there is no forecast for his release."

03/01/2022

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Brazil's Santa Claus school ends another Christmas season

The Santa Claus School of Brazil closes another Christmas season with a traditional lunch.

28/12/2021

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Devastating floods after two dams break in Brazil

Two dams broke Sunday in northeastern Brazil, flooding a rain-drenched region that has already seen thousands forced to flee their homes. The city governments of Jussiape and Itambe posted warnings on social media urging people to seek safety

27/12/2021

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NGO brings holiday cheer to Sao Paulo homeless

Santa Claus delivered a bit of Christmas cheer Tuesday to homeless people in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, where thousands live in gritty and harsh conditions in the streets.

22/12/2021

Art

Stunning 1,500 piece home nativity scene in Brazil lights up Christmas

Joao de Castro says this has long been a tradition in his family. "My paternal grandmother's family is an old family from Santa Lúcia and all the women made nativity scenes."

17/12/2021

Food and Drink

A small Brazilian town is gaining global recognition for its cheese

57 Brazilian cheeses won medals at the biennial 'Mondial du Fromage' in Tours, France in September, putting unsung Brazil only second to France as the world's best cheese makers

16/12/2021

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Brazil introduces new COVID-19 measures for international travellers

The decision issued by a Supreme Court judge on Saturday invalidates regulations previously announced by the National Health Agency that required only a negative PCR test for visitors.

13/12/2021

Culture news

French tightrope walker stuns Rio beachgoers with latest daring walk

Nathan Paulin elegantly manoeuvred the peaks of two hills on the sands of Rio's Red Beach.

07/12/2021

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All aboard the 'Samba Train' for the first time since COVID

Samba groups performed on a train filled with passengers Saturday as doubts are raised about the return of Rio De Janeiro's famous carnival due to the emergence of the omicron variant.

05/12/2021

Culture news

Netflix's 'Prayer for the Stolen': Childhood cartel tale set for Mexic

In her feature debut, documentary filmmaker Tatiana Huezo offers a harrowing tale of three girls growing up in a place terrorised by a Mexican drug gangs.

03/12/2021

Art

Meet the woman making hyper-realistic babies every week that never cry

This Brazilian artists says the dolls take a week to make and sell for €1,200 each.

24/11/2021

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Return of Rio rap a sign pandemic may be waning

This kind of battle was good news for the impoverished, sometimes violent Cidade de Deus favela in Rio de Janeiro: a rap duel in a local bar held for the first time since the pandemic hit early last year.

12/11/2021

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Brazil bids shocked goodbye to country star Mendonca

Thousands of people queue up outside the Goiania arena in the hometown of late Brazilian country music star Marilia Mendonca, to pay an emotional tribute to the beloved songstress of sorrow and strong women after she was killed in a plane crash at age 26

07/11/2021

Brazil

Brazilian pop singer Marília Mendonça dies in plane crash

Four other passengers also perished after the plane crashed between Mendonça's hometown of Goiania and Caratinga, a small city in Minas Gerais state.

06/11/2021

Green News

Euroviews. Faces of COP26: Meet the Brazilian activist fighting for forests

'Nature is also a parent of me'. Gaby Baesse has spent their whole life standing up for the environment.

05/11/2021

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Widows of COVID-19 victims pay homage in Brazil

Dozens of widows who lost their partners to COVID-19 gathered in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo Tuesday to commemorate the "Day of the Dead" and pay homage to their loved ones

03/11/2021