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Football makes reluctant return in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—After a three-month hiatus for the coronavirus pandemic, football returned to South America in Brazil, with a Rio de Janeiro state...

Rio governor faces impeachment over COVID-19 funds

The Rio de Janeiro state legislature voted Wednesday to open impeachment proceedings against Governor Wilson Witzel over accusations he embezzled funds for fighting the...

Brazil tops 30,000 coronavirus deaths: official

Brazil surpassed 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday as the disease continued to rip through South America's worst-hit country. Figures released by the...

Brazil tops 10,000 deaths from COVID-19

Brazil, the hardest-hit Latin American country in the coronavirus pandemic, has surpassed 10,000 deaths, according to figures released Saturday by the Ministry of Health. While...

Bolsonaro tells rally Brazil lockdown destroying jobs

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro railed against the country's lockdown Sunday in a speech to thousands of anti-confinement demonstrators as the number of confirmed COVID-19...

‘Scorched-earth’ lockdown policies hit

Brasilia—Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro lashed out Tuesday at what he called “scorched-earth” quarantine policies to contain the coronavirus pandemic, saying they risked wrecking the...

Torrential rain kills 21 Brazilians

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Rio de Janeiro carnival opens 

Rio de Janeiro"•Rio de Janeiro kicked off its annual carnival parades Sunday in a swirl of glitter, sequins and barely covered skin, an over-the-top...

At least 11 dead, mostly elderly, in Rio hospital fire

Rio de Janeiro -- At least 11 people, many of them elderly, were killed when a fire swept through a hospital in the Brazilian...

ICTSI completes P10-B acquisition of Rio port

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ICTSI bags Brazil terminal contract

Port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. said Thursday wholly-owned subsidiary ICTSI Americas B.V. is taking over the operation, management and development of a...

Brazil prison clashes leave 40 inmates dead

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‘Godmother of Samba’ dies

Rio de Janeiro"•Brazilian singer and “godmother of samba” Beth Carvalho died from sepsis in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, her publicist and hospital said. She was...

Bolsonaros make Brazilian politics a family affair

Rio de Janeiro—With Jair Bolsonaro president-elect, and his three sons in elected office—Flavio in the Senate, Eduardo in the Congress and Carlos on Rio...
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