Illegal logging in Brazil turns Amazon into a powder keg
RIO: A rifle resting on his shoulder, Tatji Arara looks despondent as he steps over the trunks of huge trees felled by timber traffickers in the heart of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, now…
Brazil football legend Pele released from hospital: report
SAO PAULO: Football great Pele has been released from hospital in Paris and will return to Brazil in the “coming hours,” Brazilian media reported Monday, citing his spokesman. The 78-year-old’s discharge came…
Trump says strongly considering NATO membership for Brazil
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was strongly considering NATO membership for Brazil as he welcomed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to the White House. “We’re going to look at…
Flamengo fire victims were all aged between 14 and 17
RIO DE JANEIRO: bodies of the 10 victims of a fire that ravaged accommodation for youth players at Rio club Flamengo have been identified, Brazilian media reported on Saturday, saying all were…
Toll in Brazil dam disaster rises to 121 dead, 226 missing
BRUMADINHO: The toll from a dam collapse last week at a mine in southeast Brazil has risen to 121 dead and 226 missing, according to officials Saturday. The emergency service for the…
58 dead as firefighters search mud on third day after Brazil dam collapse
RIO: Firefighters are carefully moving over treacherous mud, sometimes walking, sometimes crawling, in search of survivors or bodies left by a dam collapse that buried mine buildings and surrounding neighbourhoods with iron…
Hundreds missing in Brazil, 34 found dead, after Vale dam burst
BRUMADINHO: Brazilian rescue workers halted searches for the night on Saturday for hundreds of people missing and feared dead under a sea of mud after a tailings dam burst at an iron…
Ronaldo would support Valladolid playing La Liga games abroad
TURIN: Ronaldo, the former Brazil striker and current majority shareholder of Real Valladolid, has said he would be in favour of the club playing La Liga games outside of Spain. Ronaldo bought…
At least 12 dead in Brazil bank robbery shootout: officials
BRASILIA: At least 12 people were killed on Friday, including six policemen, in an early morning shootout between police and bank robbers in a small town in northeastern Brazil, the state governor’s…
Far right candidate wins Brazil presidential poll
BRASILIA: Far-right lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday, promising to clean up politics, shrink the state and crack down on crime, in a dramatic swing away from the left…
First ever Dwarf Copa America tackles prejudice
BUENOS AIRES: The first Dwarf Copa America has started in Buenos Aires with the goal of using football to tackle social prejudices. Teams from Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Canada,…
Facebook’s WhatsApp flooded with fake news in Brazil election
BRASILIA: Facebook Inc’s popular messaging service WhatsApp has become a political battleground in Brazil’s most polarized election in decades, raising concerns that it is distorting debate beyond the public eye. Silhouettes of…
Brazil electoral court bars Lula from presidential race
BRASILIA: Brazil’s top electoral court on Friday barred jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from running in this year’s presidential because of his corruption conviction. The widely expected decision removes…
Brazil’s Lula should have political rights: UN
SAO PAULO: The UN Human Rights Committee on Friday said it had requested that the Brazilian government allow imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to exercise his political rights. Lula…
Former Brazil striker Ronaldo ‘hospitalised with pneumonia in Spain’
BARCELONA: Retired Brazilian striker Ronaldo has been hospitalised with pneumonia on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza and is recovering well, a local newspaper reported Sunday. The 41-year-old, widely considered one of the…
Brazil’s top court wrestles with abortion at special hearing
RIO DE JANEIRO: Supporters and opponents of legalizing abortion testified Friday in front of Brazil’s top court, an extraordinary session at a time when strengthening women’s movements are pushing against often decades-old…
Brazil’s center party bloc endorses Alckmin presidential bid
BRASILIA: Brazil’s five-party centrist coalition has united behind business-friendly presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin, boosting the chances of a reformist winning the October election. The businessman tipped to be Alckmin’s running mate, however,…