Covid-19: Young people have been the variant’s primary focus in Brazil.
In recent months, intensive care doctors in Brazil have seen an increase in the number of young people arriving at their hospitals, with one in...
Brazil’s Senate moves ahead with an investigation into Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 response.
The Brazilian Senate opened an investigation into President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday. A congressional investigation, abbreviated as a CPI in...
Sections of Bolsonaro’s gun-control decrees in Brazil have been halted by a Brazilian court.
On Monday, a judge on Brazil's Supreme Federal Court suspended portions of four decrees signed by President Jair Bolsonaro to relax the country's gun safety...
Brazil has 1,803 COVID-19 deaths; a Chinese vaccine has been shown to be 50.7 percent successful against the variant.
Brazil recorded 1,803 new COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, after a major study showed that a Chinese vaccine that has been the cornerstone of the country's...
After record COVID-19 deaths, Bolsonaro tells Brazilians to stop ‘whining
After two straight days of record COVID-19 deaths in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday told Brazilians to stop "whining" and move on, in his...
Brazilian states blast Bolsonaro over pandemic during worst phase yet
BRASILIA - Disgruntled with President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of a pandemic in its most severe phase, 16 Brazilian governors accused the far-right leader of misleading...
Wife of ‘El Chapo’ drug cartel chief arrested – US Justice Department
She was charged in a one-count complaint with conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamines for unlawful importation into the United States. Emma Coronel...
Brazil confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 9 million: health ministry
Brazil has had 61,811 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours, and 1,386 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry...
Biden extends Europe, Brazil travel restrictions, adds South Africa
U.S. President Joe Biden signed an order on Monday barring most non-U.S. citizens who have recently been in South Africa from entering the United States,...
‘Get out Bolsonaro!’ say ex-supporters in Brazil as COVID-19, vaccines weigh
Meggy Fernandes voted for Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s 2018 presidential election, attracted by the far-right former army captain’s promise to shake up a hidebound political...
Bolsonaro’s support falls sharply, but a majority reject impeachment, polls show
Support for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has overseen the world’s second deadliest coronavirus outbreak, has fallen sharply, a Datafolha poll shows, as a brutal...
Love in the time of COVID-19? ‘No thanks’ say Brazil’s divorcing couples
Brazil recorded a record number of divorces during the second half of 2020, the national college of notaries said on Thursday, as married couples grew...
Brazil keeps 2 pct interest rate despite rising inflation
Brazil's central bank on Wednesday held the country's benchmark interest rate at two percent, concerned that the second wave of Covid-19 infections means the economy...
Deep in remote Amazon, indigenous villagers receive coronavirus vaccine
Brazilian military flew medical personnel and 1,000 doses of a Chinese vaccine deep into the Amazon rainforest on Tuesday to start inoculating indigenous people against...
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...