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In Brazil, Xi Jinping Cultivates a Friend as He Braces for Trump
Working with a “like-minded” Lula, China aims to check America’s global dominance and keep trade going.World - The Wall Street Journal - November 20 -
Brazil celebrates Black Consciousness Day as national holiday for first time
Legacy of African Brazilians honored on 329th anniversary of resistance leader Zumbi’s death by Portuguese forces. During the more than 350 years during which slavery was legal in Brazil, harsh ...World - The Guardian - November 20 -
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro charged with plotting coup d’état
Police accuse 37 people of crimes including conspiracy and trying to tear down one of world’s largest democracies. The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest allies are ...World - The Guardian - November 21 -
Brazil police call for Jair Bolsonaro to be charged for alleged coup plot
Former rightwing president among dozens accused of involvement in scheme to prevent Lula taking officeWorld - Financial Times - November 21 -
The dizzying array of legal threats to Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been a target for investigations since his early days in office, and the swarm of cases since his failed reelection bid in 2022 has left him in ...World - ABC News - November 21 -
Could Brazil win its first Winter Olympic medals in 2026?
Brazil has podium contenders in two sports and could be the first South American nation to win a Winter Olympic medal.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 21 -
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Netflix series tells story of Brazil’s notorious police massacre of street children
In 1993 police killed eight young people sleeping outside a church in what became known as the Candelária massacre. For some inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro, the most significant cross of the city’s ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
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Bolsonaro allies nearly launched military coup in 2022, police report says
Senior Brazil military figures backed plot to seize power after Bolsonaro’s election defeat, federal documents allege. Brazil came within a whisker of a far-right military coup and the ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
The Long Wave: How Brazil is celebrating its Black heritage
Afro-Brazilians marked Black Consciousness Day as a national holiday for the first time, but the celebrations are facing resistance. Plus, a fertility ‘miracle’ rattles Nigeria and Kendrick Lamar’s ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
Australia 1-3 Brazil: international women’s football friendly – live
Matildas host Olympic runners-up at Suncorp Stadium Any thoughts? Email or get in touch on Bluesky Peeeeeeeeep! We’re underway at Suncorp Stadium. The Matildas start in a 3-4-3 formation ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Matildas pay price for sluggish start as Brazil spoil Clare Polkinghorne’s party
Australia fail to send off stalwart in style despite Foord goal Gutierres scores brace and Gio adds third in 3-1 victory How do you say goodbye to someone like Clare Polkinghorne? Such is the ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Bolsonaro Is Making a Comeback Bid in Brazil and Betting on Trump's Help
Brazil’s former president wants to return to power and said in an interview he believes the U.S. president-elect will help make that happen, possibly via economic sanctions on his leftist rivals.World - The Wall Street Journal - 7 hours ago -
Bolsonaro floats Trump pressure campaign on Brazil in comeback push
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called on President-elect Trump to help him in his bid to return to power, suggesting Trump in his second term levy economic sanctions on the South ...Politics - The Hill - 4 hours ago -
‘We built Brazil’: how descendants of enslaved Africans have helped shape the country
A new book explores the way Black people are playing a transformative role in the fight for equality despite centuries of enslavement and continued neglect. “A cook for a small family is needed. ...World - The Guardian - October 31 -
Marielle Franco murder: ex-police jailed for decades over crime that shook Brazil
Ronnie Lessa and Élcio de Queiroz sentenced to 78 and 59 years over 2018 murder of prominent Rio city councillor. Two former police officers who confessed to the murder of the Rio city councillor ...World - The Guardian - October 31 -
Brazil judge gives 2 former cops long sentences for the 2018 murder of leftist icon Marielle Franco
A judge has handed down long sentences to two former police officers for the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco, an icon of Brazil’s political left whose killing ...World - ABC News - October 31 -
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Brazil's federal police indict 20 in connection with salt mine catastrophe in country's northeast
Brazil’s federal police have indicted 20 people for rock salt mining in the northeastern coastal city of Maceio that destroyed five urban neighborhoods and forced tens of thousands of people to ...World - ABC News - November 1 -
Norris wins São Paulo GP sprint to narrow gap as Verstappen hit with penalty
Verstappen drops to fourth with five-second penalty Qualifying postponed due to torrential rain After what was an already tense weekend in the world championship battle, the pressure on the ...World - The Guardian - November 2 -
Lando Norris wins Brazil GP sprint race as Max Verstappen receives penalty
Lando Norris admitted he was “not proud” of the way he won Saturday’s sprint race in Brazil after McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri pulled aside with a few laps remaining to gift him the victory. But ...Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 2 -
‘I never thought I’d win’: Verstappen after shock Brazil GP triumph from 17th
Victory means he can seal fourth F1 title in next round Rival Lando Norris says winner ‘got lucky’ with red flags Max Verstappen revealed he had not believed he had a chance of victory after his ...World - The Guardian - November 3 -
Verstappen's Brazil victory silences critics and impresses rivals as he closes in on 4th F1 title
Max Verstappen’s come-from-behind win in the pouring rain at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday didn’t just put him a lot closer to a fourth straight Formula One titleSports - ABC News - November 4 -
1 killed and 3 wounded after gunmen open fire at Brazil’s largest international airport
Brazilian police said that unidentified gunmen in a black car killed at least one person and wounded another three Friday afternoon at Sao Paulo’s international airport in GuarulhosWorld - ABC News - November 8 -
Brazil police eye top crime faction after brazen murder at São Paulo airport
Killing of Antônio Vinicius Lopes Gritzbach, 38, former First Capital Command member, spawns number of theories. Police investigating a brazen murder at the arrivals area of Brazil’s main airport ...World - The Guardian - November 12
