Pro-Bolsonaro truck drivers threaten new road blockades in Brazil
Six federal highways blocked on Friday as far-right president has still not conceded defeat in last month’s runoff election Protesters in Brazil have blocked roads...
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Sāo Paulo’s far-right governor favorite backs removing body cams from police
Cameras are credited with huge drop in crime by and against law enforcement but Bolsonaro ally prefers ‘to trust the police’ Two years ago, São...
Brazilian politician attacks police with rifle and grenades, wounding two
Bolsonaro ally Roberto Jefferson said he was resisting arrest ‘in the name of freedom, democracy and family values’ Brazil’s toxic presidential election has taken a...
Bail granted to suspect in Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira murder case
Rubens Villar Coelho, suspected of ‘leading and financing’ armed group, to await trial under house arrest A man suspected of involvement in the killing of...
YouTube and Facebook letting Brazil election disinformation spread, NGO says
Global Witness produced – and withdrew – purposely misleading ads that were all approved by YouTube, and half by Facebook YouTube and Facebook are allowing...
Brazil’s fearsome militias: mafia boom increases threat to democracy
Rio’s heavily armed paramilitary groups have exploded in influence in recent years to wield power over dozens of communities The theme from Mel Gibson’s Braveheart...
Lula brands Bolsonaro ‘tiny little dictator’ in Brazil TV debate
Leftist challenger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva calls incumbent Jair Bolsonaro a ‘shameless liar’ who ‘fooled around’ with Covid causing huge fatalities The leftist frontrunner...
‘I’d eat an Indian’: rivals seize on unearthed Bolsonaro cannibalism boast
In a now viral video of a 2016 interview, the Brazilian president claims he would eat human flesh It was a shocking statement, even for...
Manslaughter trial over 2009 Air France crash begins with cries of ‘shame’
Anger as airline and Airbus plead not guilty to charge 13 years after flight AF447 crashed, killing 228 people A manslaughter trial over the 2009...
Amazon loses London-sized area of rainforest in a month with Bolsonaro’s reign under threat
Large area destroyed in September, as environmental criminals raced to wreck the region before possible change of president Amazon deforestation has soared ahead of Brazil’s...
