no comment Brazil event commemorates 600,000 COVID victims An activist group held a memorial on Copacabana Beach on Friday as Brazil surpassed 600-thousand deaths from coronavirus. This milestone puts the country second in the world for lives lost to COVID-19, just behind the US. 08/10/2021
Brazil Brazilian football legend Pele feels well after colon tumor removed Pele has been in hospital for six days with an undisclosed health issue, according to Brazilian media. 06/09/2021
no comment Indigenous rally ahead of Brazil land rights ruling Thousands of Indigenous Brazilians from more than 170 ethnic groups demonstrated in Brasilia, ahead of the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on land rights. 26/08/2021
Green News Giving Indigenous groups land rights 'vital' to tackling deforestation For International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we look at how their territories contain about one third of all carbon stored in the forests of Latin America and the Caribbean. 09/08/2021
Brazil Brazil's Bolsonaro in hospital over persistent hiccups Bolsonaro was stabbed in the abdomen during the 2018 presidential campaign which caused intestinal damage and serious internal bleeding and the president has gone through several surgeries since, some unrelated to the attack. 15/07/2021
the global conversation Brazil's 2022 vote is between 'fascism and democracy', Lula warns Lula, 75, led the Latin American country between 2003 and 2010 and is now considering mounting a challenge to Bolsonaro for a third and final term after his corruption convictions were overturned. 09/07/2021
Brazil Hundreds of protesters call for Brazil's president to step down Anti-government protesters have taken to the streets in cities across Brazil as the nation's confirmed death toll from COVID-19 soared past half a million. 20/06/2021
Brazil Brazil: Rio's deadly police shootout prompts claims of abuse 25 people died in a massive police raid against drug traffickers in a Brazilian favela. 07/05/2021
Brazil Brazil military chiefs quit as Bolsonaro seeks their support The leaders of all three branches of Brazil’s armed forces jointly resigned following President Jair Bolsonaro's replacement of the defence minister 31/03/2021
no comment Bolsonaro greets supporters as they wish him happy birthday They cheered the 66-year-old outside the presidential palace in the capital, Brasilia. 23/03/2021
