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In a statement released early Friday evening, the presidential palace said Lula considers the keeping the minister in his position to be unsustainable considering the nature of the accusations.
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Sergio Mendes, the Grammy-winning Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar, has died after months battling the effects of long COVID. He was 83.
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COMMENTARY Amid this election, we have to figure out how to keep toxic disinformation like X's from undermining U.S. democracy — while remembering that protecting the rights of even Musk muck is what underpins U.S. democracy.
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The blocking of social media platform X — formerly Twitter — in Brazil has divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians had difficulty and doubts about navigating other social media in its absence. Brazil is one of the biggest markets for X.
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In Brazil, wildfires have roared across the Pantanal, a maze of rivers, forests and marshlands that sprawl over an area 20 times the size of the Everglades.
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Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreign citizens from Asia who are seeking refuge in the country as a means to migrate to the United States and Canada.
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In Brazil, rooms for maids, a vestige of the country’s history of slavery, are disappearing or being transformed as the country confronts deeply ingrained inequities.
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Footage of the ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop plunging while in a flat spin sent shockwaves across Brazil. All 62 people aboard died, including eight doctors, at least two of whom were headed for an oncology conference to sharpen their knowledge about a disease that kills tens of thousands of Brazilians every year.
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Meet the Florida Freedom, the state’s first professional bull riding team. The denim-clad cowboys are bringing the most dangerous eight seconds of sports to the Amerant Arena in Sunrise, highlighting a longstanding tradition in the Americas.
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Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has been indicted for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds he received from Saudi Arabia during his time in office, a source told the Associated Press.
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Migrants, police, officials and analysts say President Joe Biden’s halt on asylum has caused a wait-and-see attitude among migrants who are staying in Brazil. Like anywhere along migrants’ routes to new lives, local communities are finding it hard to meet the new populations’ needs.
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A Supreme Court decision to decriminalize possession of marijuana for personal use makes Brazil one of the last countries in Latin America to do so and possibly reduce its massive prison population.