Brazil
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Clashes between prisoners in Brazil jail leave 15 dead
May 27, 2019Clashes between inmates killed 15 people at a jail in Amazonas state in northern Brazil on Sunday, the regional prison authority said. The clashes broke out around 11:00 am (1500 GMT) during visiting hours at the... -
Cannes prize for Brazilian movie sends message of hope, director says
May 26, 2019A Brazilian victory in Cannes has sent a message of hope at a difficult time for the country’s movie industry, director Karim Ainouz said on Friday after winning an award at one of the film festival’s... -
Plastic polluter: Brazil recycles ‘almost nothing’
May 25, 2019Standing among sacks of used supermarket shopping bags, soft drink bottles and detergent containers, Evelin Marcele is scornful of Brazil’s efforts to recycle plastic waste. “Almost nothing,” said the 40-year-old director of CoopFuturo, a sorting center... -
Supreme court decision in Brazil violates freedom of the press and sets concerning precedent
Apr 23, 2019A decision by Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) to demand the suppression of a media report concerning one of the court’s sitting judges violates the freedom of the press, warns Transparency International Brazil. The demand to... -
Twelve dead in Brazil floods
Mar 12, 2019Floods caused by torrential rain in and around Brazil’s financial hub Sao Paulo killed 12 people and hurt six others overnight, firefighters said Monday. In the town of Ribeirão Pires on the periphery of the country’s... -
Ford to close a factory in Brazil after more than 50 years
Feb 20, 2019Ford has said it will close a factory in Brazil after more than 50 years as it stops selling heavy commercial trucks in South America. The US carmaker said it saw “no viable path to profitability”... -
The official death toll from a dam burst in Brumadinho in Brazil rose to 169
Feb 18, 2019The official death toll from a dam burst in the Brazilian town of Brumadinho rose to 169, authorities in the state of Minas Gerais said on Sunday night. In addition, 141 people have yet to be... -
24,000 to be evacuated after dam burst in Brazil
Jan 27, 2019Firefighters on Sunday called for the evacuation of some 24,000 people from the Brazilian town hit by a deadly mudslide from a ruptured mining dam as rains added to concerns a second dam could collapse. Sirens... -
Vale ordered to pay tribes $26.8 mn over river contamination
Nov 17, 2018A Brazil appeals court on Friday ordered mining giant Vale to pay two indigenous tribes $26.8 million over river contamination that harmed public health, the prosecutors’ office said Friday. The Onca Puma nickel mine in Brazil’s... -
Brazil’s Bolsonaro hesitates over proposed Jerusalem embassy move
Nov 7, 2018Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro suggested Tuesday he was prepared to make a swift U-turn over controversial plans to move the country’s Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Last week, Bolsonaro reiterated a campaign pledge to...
