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First pictures show uncontacted tribe in Brazil

Drone captures first ever images of jungle group.

23/08/2018

Brazil

Brazil's Lula nominated for president from jail

Brazil's Workers Party (PT) officially named former President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva as its presidential candidate on Saturday even though he is in prison on a corruption conviction that will almost certainly bar him from running.

04/08/2018

Brazil

Mathematical Fields Medal stolen from second Iranian to ever win

Cambridge professor Caucher Birkar was awarded the most honorable prize in mathematics--the Fields medal--when not a half hour later, it was stolen from him.

02/08/2018

Brazil

Plastic surgeon arrested over death of patient

Brazilian police have arrested plastic surgeon Denis Cesar Barros Furtado after he was on the run since a patient died on Saturday. Lilian Calixto had injections to enlarge her buttocks at his home in Rio de Janeiro

20/07/2018

Brazil

Watch: Fresh footage of uncontacted indigenous man in Amazon emerges

Fresh footage of an uncontacted indigenous man living alone in the Amazon for the past 22 years has emerged.

20/07/2018

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World Cup fever envelopes streets in Sao Paulo

The World Cup fever has enveloped the streets of the Brazilian city Sao Paulo, with many colored soccer sculptures erected to cheer for its national football team competing in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

03/07/2018

Brazil

Coutinho sends official jersey to favela boy whose picture went viral

Coutinho sends official jersey to favela boy whose picture went viral.

28/06/2018

Brazil

Brazilian police rescue baby buried alive for seven hours

The fifteen-year-old mother of the baby girl told police she thought the infant had died

10/06/2018

Brazil

Brazilian tennis legend Maria Bueno dies aged 78

She won seven grand titles in the 1950s and 1960s

09/06/2018

Brazil

Sao Paulo on parade

Brazil puts on a spectacular Gay Pride Parade in a show of unity for LGBT rights

04/06/2018

Brazil

Brazil drivers strike continues despite government deal

Brazil drivers strike continues despite government deal being struck.

29/05/2018

Brazil

Brazil struggles as truck driver protest halts food and fuel deliverie

State of emergency declared in Rio de Janeiro and megacity Sao Paulo.

26/05/2018

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Sao Paulo : Aftermath of a fire

Firefighters and rescue dogs on Wednesday continued to search through smouldering rubble for bodies after an abandoned government building that had been occupied by squatters, caught fire and collapsed in Sao Paulo.

03/05/2018

Sport

Former Brazilian gymnastics coach accused of sexual abuse by gymnasts

Brazil's Globo TV spoke to 40 gymnasts and former gymnasts who said Fernando de Carvalho Lopes had abused them while they were minors.

01/05/2018

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Blazing high-rise collapses in Sao Paulo

An abandoned high-rise building occupied by squatters in downtown Sao Paulo caught fire and collapsed Tuesday, sending chunks of fiery debris crashing into neighbouring buildings and surrounding streets.

01/05/2018

Brazil

Fire destroys office block in heart of Sao Paulo

At least one person has died and several others are missing after a 26-floor building in Brazil's largest city caught fire.

01/05/2018

Brazil

Towerblock collapses in Sao Paulo after fire

Multi-story building plunges to the ground in centre of Brazilian city.

01/05/2018

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Thousands attempt to block Brazil's ex-president Lula starting jail term

Supporters blocked cars and tore down a gate after he announced he would turn himself him

08/04/2018

Brazil

Brazil's Lula surrenders to police, begins 12-year sentence

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was taken into police custody after defying a court order to turn himself to authorities on Friday.

08/04/2018

Brazil

Court decision to jail former president divides Brazil

Lula da Silva could go to prison within days on a corruption conviction. Incarceration would prevent him standing in October's presidential election.

05/04/2018

Brazil

In light of the Lula case a former Brazilian president talks exclusively to euronews about corruption in Brazil

Fernando Henrique Cardoso talks about the level of corruption in Brazil and how the legal system is fighting against it

05/04/2018

Brazil

Prison decision means former Brazilian president cannot stand in October's election.

Lula da Silva's lawyers argued that he should have been allowed to stay out of jail until all appeals were heard

05/04/2018

Brazil

Lula returns home... for now

Brazil's ex-president could face jail within a week.

05/04/2018

Brazil

Lula must start 12-year jail term for corruption, rules Brazil's supreme court

Brazil's Supreme Court ruled early on Thursday that leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must start serving a 12-year prison sentence for taking bribes, denying his plea to remain free until he has exhausted all possible appeals.

05/04/2018

Brazil

Lula facing possible jail

Brazil's Supreme court to rule on bail application

04/04/2018

Brazil

Brazil's former president rallies support as he awaits prison decision

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is still the frontrunner for October's presidential election despite facing a lengthy prison sentence on corruption and money laundering charges

03/04/2018