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Raucous Rio gets into its carnival rhythm

Rio de Janeiro’s annual samba extravaganza has got underway in typical raucous style.

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Explained: The bribery scandal engulfing Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht and Latin American governments

A multi-million euro bribery scandal involving Brazil’s largest engineering company is spreading through South America.

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Distressing footage shows fast-moving tyre floor pedestrian in Brazil

This is the moment CCTV captured a man being knocked to the ground by a stray tyre.

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Six months on, Rio Olympic venues lie derelict

Organisers promised the Rio de Janeiro Olympics would bring long-term benefits to the Brazilian city and its residents.

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Troops sent to patrol Rio amid police strike threats

The Brazilian government has deployed the first of 9,000 soldiers onto the streets of Rio de Janeiro ahead of the city’s famous carnival later this month.

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Brazil: pre-carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro

Thousands of revelers took part in colourful street parties in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday ahead of the famous Carnival.

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Brazil's former first lady Marisa Leticia dies

Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva, wife of Brazil’s ex-president Lula da Silva, has died at the age of 66.

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Brazil jail riot sees hundreds of inmates escape

At least 150 inmates escaped from a prison in Brazil on Tuesday after a mass a riot broke out.

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Raw emotions as Brazilian football club Chapecoense play first match since plane crash tragedy

Emotions were raw as Chapecoense played their first match since most of their players died in a plane crash.

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Judge in Brazil graft probe dies in plane crash

Teori Zavascki's death raises questions over who will take over the country's biggest corruption case.

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Lambada singer Loalwa Braz found dead in burnt-out car

Brazilian singer Loalwa Braz, who found fame with the 1980s hit Lambada has been found dead near her home in Saquarema, Brazil.

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Brazil's brutal prison violence prompts government action

Brazil's prison violence prompts government action

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Death toll rises in latest prison violence in Brazil

At least 27 inmates have now thought to have died in the latest violence to erupt in a Brazilian prison.

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More beheadings in latest jail violence in Brazil

Another prison uprising in Brazil has left four more people dead.

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At least 31 killed in Brazilian prison 'drug gang revenge attack'

At least 31 inmates are killed in a Brazilian prison in what is believed to be a drug gang revenge attack.

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Another prison riot claims lives in Brazil

It comes only five days after 56 inmates were slaughtered in the country's worst prison massacre in more than two decades.

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Mass escape after prison riot in Brazil claims 56 lives

Over 100 prisoners are on the loose and 56 have died after two rival drugs gangs ran riot in a Brazilian prison.

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Brazil: decapitated bodies tossed over wall after drug gang prison massacre

Around 60 people have been killed in a prison riot in Brazil in what officials say is the biggest prison massacre in the history of the state of Manaus.

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Brazil: decapitated bodies tossed over wall as dozens die in prison drug gang turf war

Around 60 people have been killed in a prison riot in Brazil. The fighting was sparked by a war between rival drug gangs in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus.

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Brazil: man kills 11 'including ex-wife and son' at New Year party

A gunman has stormed a New Year’s party at a house in Brazil, killing eleven people including his ex-wife and eight-year-old son.