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Greek ambassador death: Brazilian policeman admits to murdering 'his lover's husband'

In a plot-twist worthy of a telenovela, a policeman from Rio de Janeiro has confessed to murdering the Greek ambassador to Brazil, who is said to have been his lover’s…

Brazil

Brazil police 'suspect wife' over Greek ambassador murder

Media reports in Brazil say investigators believe a policeman and the wife of the Greek ambassador may have been behind his killing after a body was found in a car.

Brazil

Brazil: Body found in hunt for missing Greek ambassador

Brazilian police looking for the missing Greek ambassador to the country have found a body inside a burnt-out car.

Sport

Stricken Chapecoense football club presented with the Copa Sudamericana trophy

Brazil’s Chapecoense football club were presented with the Copa Sudamericana trophy three weeks after suffering the loss of almost all their players in a plane…

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Brazil

Protests across Brazil as Senate passes 20-year austerity plan

Brazilian Senators approved a constitutional amendment to limit public spending for 20 years, prompting demonstrations in numerous states.

Brazil

Brazil football season ends with tribute to Chapecoense

Teams across Brazil pay tribute to Chapecoense, the club at the centre of a plane crash tragedy, on the last day of the football season

Brazil

Italian tourist killed after GPS system leads him into Rio favela

An Italian tourist has been shot dead after mistakenly entering a hillside favela in Rio de Janeiro.

Bolivia

LaMia chief questioned in Bolivia after Chapecoense plane crash

Gustavo Vargas, the chief executive of Bolivian charter airline LaMia, has been detained for questioning.

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Brazilian beachgoers rescue dolphin stranded in shallow water

A group of man splash water on a dolphin after it became beached on Itacoatiara beach in Niteroi.

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Victims of Colombia air crash remembered in Chapeco

Wake held for soccer plane-crash victims in Brazil The small agricultural town of Chapeco has held a wake for football players who died in a Colombian plane crash as they headed to the Copa Sudamerica

Brazil

Thousands attend memorial for Chapecoense football team

Fans, families and officials gather in southern Brazil to pay their respects to victims of the plane crash that wiped out most of the squad.

Brazil

Brazil holds massive memorial for Chapecoense football team

A huge memorial service has been held for the victims of the deadly plane crash which wiped out a Brazilian football team.

Brazil

Chapecoense hosts a memorial for the victims of LaMia flight 2933

Seventy one of the 77 people on board were killed in the crash

Brazil

Colombia plane crash: bodies identified and prepared for repatriation to Brazil

Officials say the bodies of those killed in the plane crash over Colombia have been identified and are being prepared for transportation.

Colombia

Football air crash - leaked tape shows plane 'ran out of fuel'

The plane that crashed in Colombia wiping out most of a Brazilian football team was running out of fuel and had no electrical power.

Brazil

Iconic statue shrouded in green for Chapecoense

Families and friends gathered at the foot of the Christ the Redeemer statue which looks out over Rio de Janeiro to honour those lost in the Colombia plane crash.

Colombia

Black boxes are recovered from Colombia plane crash

Thousands of grieving football fans have paid tribute to the Brazilian team which lost most of its players in a plane crash in Colombia.

Sport

Chapecoense: A fairytale season turned into everyone's worst nightmare

Chapecoense were founded in 1973 in the town of Chapeco in southern of Brazil – the result of a merger between two amateur teams.

Colombia

Colombia plane crash: Fans gather to mourn Chapecoense footballers

Hundreds of fans have gathered at Chapecoense’s stadium, the Condá Arena in the city of Chapecó, to mourn the players and staff killed in a plane crash in…

Colombia

At least 71 killed as plane carrying Brazilian football club crashes in Colombia

A chartered plane carrying Brazilian football team Chapecoense to the Copa Sudamericana final crashed in the Colombian mountains, killing at least 71 of the 77 people on…