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Samba school puts Rio’s long-silenced legacy of slavery at center of carnival
In the 1800s, Luiz Gama defied fate to become Brazil’s first Black lawyer. Nearly a century...
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‘They’re treating us like thieves’: Rio de Janeiro traders rage as historic flea market shuts
Feira de Acari is closed down by the mayor after claims that gangsters used it to...
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Jair Bolsonaro surrenders passport in coup attempt investigation
Police seize passport as agents carry out 33 searches and four arrests across Brazil, targeting allies...
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Brazil starts mass vaccination amid upsurge in dengue fever
Emergency measures taken as 364,855 cases of mosquito-borne infection reported this year, a fourfold increase on...
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Police raid villa of Jair Bolsonaro as part of spying investigation
Ex-president’s family retreat targeted early on Monday as nine search warrants executed in other parts of...
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BHP and Vale ordered to pay $15bn in damages for 2015 Brazil dam collapse
Mining companies and their joint venture Samarco ordered by Brazilian judge to pay AU$14.7bn over disaster...
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Brazilian police raid Bolsonaro ally’s home over illegal spying allegations
Alexandre Ramagem ran Brazil’s intelligence agency under Bolsonaro, allegedly using spyware to track political opponentsFederal police...
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Brazilian police arrest man in connection with killing of US art dealer
Brent Sikkema, co-owner of a prominent New York art gallery, found dead with 18 stab wounds...
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Lula vows to win ‘war’ against illegal miners invading Indigenous lands
Brazil president hosts summit amid criticism that easing of crackdown had allowed outsiders to return to...
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Lula hails ‘victory of democracy’ on anniversary of pro-Bolsonaro uprising
Brazilian leaders mark first anniversary of insurrection in Brasília that saw Bolsonaristas attempt to topple new...
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Slain Amazon activist Bruno Pereira’s son fighting rare form of cancer
Pedro, five, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma; a fund has been set up so that his family...