Mauricio Savarese
The Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Fans mourn Pelé at public viewing in Brazil stadium
Mourners walked past his casket in the 16,000-seat stadium outside Sao Paulo. → Read More
Pelé, Brazil’s mighty king of ‘beautiful game,’ has died
Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. → Read More
Pelé, Brazil’s mighty king of ‘beautiful game,’ has died
SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. → Read More
Brazil's da Silva, Bolsonaro clash in 1st one-on-one debate
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaro clashed in their first one-on-one debate Sunday, two weeks before the presidential election’s runoff. → Read More
Bolsonaro, Lula appear headed for runoff in Brazil race
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's top two presidential candidates were neck-and-neck late Sunday in a highly polarized election that could determine if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world’s fourth-largest democracy or keeps the far-right incumbent in office for another four years. → Read More
Pricey tortillas: LatAm's poor struggle to afford staples
Across Latin America, the sharpest price spike in a generation has left many widely consumed local products suddenly hard to attain. → Read More
Brazilian singer and Latin Grammy winner dies in plane crash
SAO PAULO (AP) — Marília Mendonça, one of Brazil’s most popular singers and a Latin Grammy winner, died Friday in an airplane crash on her way to a concert. She was 26. Mendonça’s press office confirmed her death in a statement, and said four other passengers on the flight also perished. Their plane crashed between […] → Read More
EXPLAINER: Brazil senators urge COVID charges for Bolsonaro
SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian Senate committee is recommending that President Jair Bolsonaro face a series of criminal indictments for actions and omissions related to the world’s second highest COVID-19 death toll. The 7-to-4 vote Tuesday by the 11-member committee ended its six-month investigation of the government’s handling of the pandemic and calls for […] → Read More
As daily deaths near 4,000, worst may lie ahead for Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil currently accounts for one-quarter of the entire world’s daily COVID-19 deaths, far more than any other single nation, and health experts are warning that the nation... → Read More
Brazil's Bolsonaro names 4th health minister during pandemic
With COVID-19 still raging in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro picked his fourth health minister since the pandemic began, this time the head of the country’s cardiology society who in the past has spoken favorably of the country’s conservative leader → Read More
Brazil's Bolsonaro picks 4th health minister as COVID rages
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has picked his fourth health minister since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, amid the worst throes of the disease in the country yet → Read More
Bolsonaro allies win in Congress and slow impeachment drive
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has helped elect two allies to the top jobs in both houses of Congress, a success that is expected to help help him blunt a campaign by protesters who have been calling for the conservative leader to be impeached → Read More
Thousands take to streets protesting Brazil's Bolsonaro
Thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets for a second day to call for the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro → Read More
Amazon city scrambles to provide oxygen to COVID-19 patients
Hospital staffers and relatives of COVID-19 patients are rushing to provide facilities with oxygen cylinders just flown into the Amazon rainforest’s biggest city as doctors choose which patients will get to breathe amid dwindling stocks and an effort to airlift some of them to other states → Read More
Ford announces closing of Brazil manufacturing operations
Ford Motor said on Monday it will close three plants in Brazil and stop producing automobiles in the South American country → Read More
Brazil scrambles to approve virus vaccine as pressure mounts
Brazil, a nation proud of its role as a regional leader in science, technology and medicine, finds itself falling behind its neighbors in the global race for immunization against a pandemic that has already killed nearly 200,000 of its people → Read More
Rio de Janeiro police arrest outgoing Mayor Marcelo Crivella
Rio de Janeiro state police have arrested outgoing Mayor Marcelo Crivella in connection with an alleged kickbacks scheme → Read More
Rio de Janeiro police arrest evangelical Mayor Crivella
Rio de Janeiro state police have arrested outgoing Mayor Marcelo Crivella in connection with an alleged kickbacks scheme, yet another showing of political turmoil in Brazil’s postcard city → Read More
Brazil's Bolsonaro rejects COVID-19 shot, calls masks taboo
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he won’t take any working COVID-19 vaccine himself → Read More
Backers blast halt to Brazil trials of Chinese-made vaccine
Brazil’s health regulator has halted clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, citing an “adverse, serious event.” → Read More