Brazil’s Amazonas state running out of oxygen as COVID-19 surges
The Brazilian state of Amazonas is running out of oxygen during a renewed surge in COVID-19 deaths, its government said on Thursday, with media reporting...
Brazil private clinics seek deal for Indian Covid vaccine
A Brazilian association of private health clinics said Sunday it was negotiating with Indian pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech to buy five million doses of its...
Brazil to import 2 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses, not yet approved for use
Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa said late on Saturday it had approved the import of 2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and...
Brazil says China ‘not transparent’ on COVID-19 vaccine emergency use
Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa said on Monday that China’s health authorities are not transparent in authorizing emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines, a statement that may...
Like everything Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s vaccination plan assailed as ‘incompetent’
President Jair Bolsonaro faced scathing criticism Sunday over his government's plan -- or lack thereof, opponents said -- to vaccinate the population against Covid-19 in...
Brazil rolls out COVID-19 vaccination plan
The Brazilian government unveiled its long-awaited national vaccination plan against COVID-19 on Saturday with an initial goal of vaccinating 51 million people, or about one-fourth...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro to wait ‘a bit longer’ to recognize winner of U.S. election
Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday he will wait “a little bit longer” to recognize a winner in the U.S. presidential election, suggesting...
Carrefour Brasil shares plunge as Brazilians protest killing of Black man at store
Supermarket chain Carrefour Brasil’s share price plummeted 6% in afternoon trading on Monday after the death of a Black man beaten by security guards last...
Violence erupts in Brazil after black man beaten to death
More than 1,000 demonstrators attacked a supermarket in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on Friday after security guards beat to death a black...
‘When saliva runs out, one has to have gunpowder,’ Brazil’s Bolsonaro says in swipe at Biden
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who portrays himself as a close friend of U.S. President Donald Trump, took a swipe at President-elect Joe Biden, referring to...
U.S. and Brazil must reduce dependence on China imports, Pompeo says
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Monday the United States and Brazil need to reduce their dependence on imports from China for their...
Brazil registers 10,220 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday
Brazil registered 10,220 additional cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours and 309 deaths, the nation’s health ministry said on Tuesday. The South American...
Brazil surpasses 150,000 coronavirus deaths, health ministry says
Brazil registered 559 additional coronavirus deaths over the last 24 hours and 26,749 new cases, the nation’s Health Ministry said on Saturday. The South American...
Brazil nears 5 million COVID-19 cases, epidemiologist fears second wave
Brazil approached the mark of 5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as it approached 150,000 deaths in the second most deathly coronavirus outbreak outside...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro slams Biden for ‘coward threats’ over Amazon
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro reacted angrily on Wednesday to U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s call for a world effort to offer Brazil $20 billion...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro’s son charged for corruption scheme – report
O Globo, one of Brazil's leading dailies, cited a more than 300-page indictment detailing the charges. Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's president-elect, on October 28, 2018 (photo...
In Brazil’s Amazon a COVID-19 resurgence dashes herd immunity hopes
The largest city in Brazil’s Amazon has closed bars and river beaches to contain a fresh surge of coronavirus cases, a trend that may dash...
Rio postpones world-famous carnival over Covid-19
Rio has postponed its 2021 Carnival because of the coronavirus pandemic that has already claimed almost 140,000 lives CARL DE SOUZA AFP/File Rio de Janeiro's...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro to undergo surgery Friday, doctor says
FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro looks on after a meeting at the Ministry of Defense headquarters, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brasilia,...
Race to rescue animals as Brazilian wetlands burn
An injured jaguar sits on the bank of a river in the Panatal, the Brazlian tropical wetlands hit by massive fires Mauro Pimentel AFP Wildlife...
Brazil’s Rio risks second wave of COVID-19 with ill-timed reopening
Image: Reuters Brazil has the world’s third-largest coronavirus outbreak behind the United States and India. The reopening of beaches and bars as Rio de Janeiro...
Environmental groups, big ag unite for Amazon in Brazil
Some 23,500 square kilometers (9,000 square miles) of the Brazilian Pantanal wetlands have gone up in smoke between January 2020 and September 2020, nearly 12...
Pompeo to visit Brazil border as U.S. ramps up pressure on Maduro
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the third annual U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue at the State Department in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Erin...
Brazilian ex-president Lula faces new charge
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will face a new charge of money laundering as part of...
In Brazil, pandemic forces ‘pink farm’ to get creative
Pink Farms is the first vertical farm in Sao Paulo, Brazil -- the concept is based on using innovative technology to grow food "up," rather...
Why are Brazil’s wetlands engulfed in flames?
The carcass of an alligator killed during a fire in the Pantanal wetlands, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, on August 27, 2020, picture in a handout...
Controversial Brazil environment minister taunts DiCaprio
US actor Leonardo DiCaprio has criticized the Brazilian government's policies on the Amazon rainforest VALERIE MACON AFP/File Brazil's environment minister challenged Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio...
Brazil to keep Car Wash anti-corruption squad active through at least January
The office of Brazil’s top prosecutor has decided to keep the country’s famed Car Wash anti-corruption task force active through Jan. 31, it said in...
Brazil trials of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine show promising results: governor
The governor of Brazil’s São Paulo state said on Wednesday that Phase 3 clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech...
Brazil wetland fires threaten jaguar reserve
The Pantanal is known for its immense biodiversity, including its jaguars, a species listed as "near threatened" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature...
Brazilian Transgender woman stabbed to death and thrown from seventh-floor, an arrest made
Authorities in Brazil have arrested a knife-wielding man after a transgender woman was stabbed to death and thrown from the seventh floor of a building...
Brazil reports 10,273 coronavirus cases, 310 deaths
FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks walk past a graffiti, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 2, 2020. REUTERS/Pilar...
Amazon animal rescue brings hope from blazes great and small
Xita, a tiny monkey with sad brown eyes, clutches her newborn tight. Both are fighting for their lives. Veterinarian Carine Hanna takes care of Xita,...
Up to a quarter of Brazilians may not take COVID-19 vaccine – newspaper
FILE PHOTO: A nurse holds China's Sinovac vaccine, a potential vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Sao Lucas Hospital of the Pontifical Catholic...
Brazil reports 51,194 coronavirus cases, 907 deaths
Brazil recorded 51,194 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as well as 907 deaths from the disease, the Health...
Brazil’s coronavirus cases pass the four million mark: ministry
Brazil has recorded more than 4 million confirmed cases of coronavirus, with 43,773 new cases and 834 deaths from the disease caused by the virus...
After months of heartache, signs of COVID-19 easing in Brazil
Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll appears to be easing for the first time since May, data shows, a sign the Latin American country could be descending...
Brazilian Amazon fires near level of 2019 crisis
Flames consume a section of the Amazon in the state of Para on August 15, 2020 CARL DE SOUZA AFP/File The number of fires in...
Brazil nears four million coronavirus cases, death toll at 122,596: health ministry
Brazil reported 42,659 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,215 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says nobody will be forced to have coronavirus vaccine
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has consistently downplayed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, said on Monday that nobody will be forced to have the...
Brazil’s iconic chief Raoni hospitalized with Covid-19
The 90-year-old chief Raoni Metuktire of the Kayapo tribe is 'stable' after being diagnosed with Covid-19 CARL DE SOUZA AFP/File One of the most famous...
Brazil police arrest more than 400 people in drug gang crackdown
Brazilian police said on Monday they arrested more than 400 people in a major nationwide operation that highlights the complex structure and vast reach of...
Rio vows to preserve ancient Australian rock shelter after outcry over caves blast
Rio Tinto (RIO.AX) (RIO.L) has pledged to protect a 43,000-year old rock shelter on the fringe of its Silvergrass iron ore mine in Western Australia...
Brazil surpasses 120,000 Covid deaths
In this photo taken on April 18, 2020 a volunteer wearing PPE walks past a mural depicting a Brazilian flag as he disinfects an area...
Brazil, reversing course, says will keep fighting Amazon deforestation
FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly BRASILIA/POCONÉ, Brazil...
Brazil court removes Rio governor over corruption
Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel is alleged to have taken $50 million in kickbacks related to funds to fight the coronavirus pandemic MAURO PIMENTEL...
Brazil hits 3.7 million COVID-19 cases, death toll at 117,666: ministry
Brazil reported 47,161 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,086 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the...
Bolsonaro’s son Flavio tests positive for virus in Brazil
Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, standing behind his father, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, on November 28, 2018 Sergio LIMA AFP/File Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's eldest son, Senator...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he wants to punch reporter in face
FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro looks on as he adjusts his protective face mask during a ceremony launching a program to expand access to...
Peru indigenous leaders push quick Amazon protection vote, defying oil industry
Peru’s indigenous leaders have been lobbying lawmakers to pass a bill to declare swathes of virgin Amazon rainforest off limits to outsiders, but they fear...