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Ex-Brazil int'l Sandro signs for non-league team
Former Tottenham Hotspur and Brazil midfielder has signed for English seventh-tier side Harborough Town as they continue to make waves in the FA Cup.Sports - ESPN - November 6 -
As sports betting addiction takes hold in Brazil, the government moves to crack down
The story of “King,” who doesn't disclose his real name, is similar to that of many vulnerable Brazilians in recent yearsWorld - ABC News - November 7 -
As sports betting addiction takes hold in Brazil, the government moves to crack down
The story of “King,” who doesn't disclose his real name, is similar to that of many vulnerable Brazilians in recent yearsHealth - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Donna Brazile calls for 'introspection' after Trump gains in Democratic strongholds
Former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile on Sunday called for a “great introspection” after President-elect Trump outperformed expectations in some Democratic strongholds in the ...Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
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Explosions Outside Brazil’s Supreme Court Leave 1 Dead
The authorities were treating the blasts in Brasília, the capital, as the work of a lone bomber, who was believed to have been the person killed.Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday -
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Judge investigating 2023 coup was court bomb target, say Brazilian police
Police name 59-year-old with explosive devices said to have killed himself after trying to enter court in Brasília. The main target of a bomber who killed himself while attempting to attack ...World - The Guardian - 15 hours ago -
Man kills self in explosions outside Brazil's Supreme Court
The Supreme Court in recent years has become a target for threats by far-right groups and supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro due to its crackdown on the spread of false information.Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
Biden's trip to Peru will include last meeting with China's president
Biden will travel to Peru and Brazil for leader summits as he looks to define his legacy and assure allies of America's role on the world stage.Top stories - ABC News - 19 hours ago -
Can southern Brazil’s deadly floods spur the shift to green energy?
Months after devastating rains displaced 420,000 people in Rio Grande do Sul, an unusual consensus has formed around the need for a faster transition to renewables. Beside a narrow canal that runs ...World - The Guardian - 22 hours ago -
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Brazil launches a G20 social summit to highlight needs of low-income people
Brazil has launched what it calls a social summit ahead of next week’s Group of 20 meeting of the top economiesWorld - ABC News - 8 hours ago -
Explosions Outside Brazil’s Supreme Court Leave 1 Dead
Police officials say two blasts near Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday night are being treated as terrorist acts by a lone suicide bomber.World - The New York Times - 12 hours ago -
Luís Roberto Barroso, Brazil’s Chief Justice, Defends Supreme Court’s Expanded Power
The chief justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Luís Roberto Barroso, defended the court in the face of growing debate over its aggressive role in politics.World - The New York Times - October 16 -
Brazil president Lula cancels Brics trip to Russia after ‘small brain haemorrhage’ from fall
Doctors say president sustained ‘great’ trauma to head and slight brain bleed, with long-haul travel cancelled as a precaution but is otherwise fit for duty. The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio ...World - The Guardian - October 21 -
'Nothing can bring a life back': Brazil dam collapse survivors speak as UK trial begins
A lawsuit against mining company BHP starts in London on Monday over the 2015 dam collapse.Top stories - BBC News - October 21 -
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Brazil environmental disaster victims take case against mining giant BHP to UK court
Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster are taking their case for compensation to a UK court on MondayWorld - ABC News - October 21 -
Peru's ex-president gets more than 20 years in prison in corruption case linked to Brazil construction giant Odebrecht
Peru's ex-president gets more than 20 years in prison in corruption case linked to Brazil construction giant OdebrechtWorld - ABC News - October 21 -
US-led Minerals Security Partnership backs new rare earths project in Brazil
The coalition is the west’s answer to China’s control of minerals that are critical to the energy transitionWorld - Financial Times - October 22 -
Brazil reaches a $23 billion settlement with mining firms over a 2015 environmental disaster
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed an agreement worth tens of billions of dollars with the mining companies responsible for a 2015 dam collapse that was one of the country’s ...World - ABC News - October 25 -
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Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster to pursue claim in UK despite $31bn settlement
Case continuing in high court despite deal agreed with miner BHP to compensate those affected by dam collapse in 2015. Lawyers acting for victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster have said ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
Brazil fines meatpacking companies, including giant JBS, for buying illegally raised cattle
Brazil's environmental agency levied $64 million in fines against 23 meatpacking and their suppliers companies for buying and selling cattle raised illegally on deforested land in the AmazonWorld - ABC News - October 28 -
‘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
