Argentina seeks arrests of 61 rightwing rioters from Brazil
Supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro wanted for role in 2023 storming of government buildings Argentina has ordered the arrest of 61 Brazilian citizens for...
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Man dead after explosions outside Brazil supreme court ahead of G20
Officials said the man had killed himself with a bomb after trying to enter the Supreme Court, prompting security concerns ahead of the global leaders...
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...
Crypto businessman killed in apparent assassination at São Paulo airport
Three injured as victim named as Antônio Vinícius Lopes Gritzbach, who had been threatened by top crime syndicate A Brazilian businessman has been killed and...
Severe drought puts nearly half a million children at risk in Amazon – report
Warming climate has caused rivers used for transport to dry up, leaving children with little food, water or school access, says Unicef Two years of...
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...
São Paulo election ‘a horror show’ as candidates trade blows and insults
Two televised debates ahead of 6 October mayoral election turn physically violent, with participants treated in hospital Brazilians call overcast São Paulo their country’s “land...
Brazilian president flies into Amazon amid alarm over droughts and wildfires
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says Amazonia suffering its worst drought in more than 40 years Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has flown into the...
Religious groups ‘spending billions to counter gender-equality education’
Report reveals how US Christians, Catholic schools and Islamists fight sex education, LGBTQ+ and equal rights Extreme religious groups and political parties are targeting schools...
Almost 200 people killed last year trying to defend the environment, report finds
Latin America was the most deadly region in which to defend ecosystems from mining and deforestation, with Indigenous people among half the dead At least...
