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The latest news from the Brazzil Magazine news team.

Supreme Court's building in Brasília

70% of Brazilian Authorities’ Cases in the Higher Court Have to Do with Corruption

Some 70% of cases involving authorities at the Brazilian Supreme Court and the Superior ...

Marina Silva 2 - Wikimedia Commons

Marina Silva Announces She’s Running for the Fourth Time for President of Brazil

Marina Silva, Brazil’s third most popular candidate in the past three presidential elections, has ...

Illustration of black hole tearing apart star - NASA

Brazil Scientist Has New Theory for Universe’s Origin, with No Big Bang

The Big Bang is a widely accepted explanation for the origins of the universe; ...

Victoria Regia and other Amazonian plants species

New Inventory Lowers the Number of Amazonian Trees Species from 16,200 to 6,700

Scientists report that the Amazon region has more than 6,700 species of native trees, ...

A Brazilian woman on her job

Brazil President Softens Pension Reform Bill to Get Congress’s Approval

A new version of Brazil’s unpopular pension reform bill presented this week would require ...

Lula and the masses - Photo: Ricardo Stuckert

Brazilians Can’t Decide: Half Want Lula as President and the Other Half Want Him in Jail

Half of Brazilians want former President Lula da Silva to win next year’s election ...

Armed men set fire to environmental agency buildings in Brazil's Amazon region

In an Act of Revenge, Brazilian Gold Miners Set Government Buildings Ablaze

Hundreds of armed men have set fire to environmental agency buildings in Brazil’s Amazon ...

A Brazilian postal worker separates the mail - Photo: EBC

Brazil Launches Online Service to Simplify Import of Goods

Brazil’s Postal Service and Federal Revenue launched this week, an online system named Minhas ...

Michel Temer - Photo: Marcos Corrêa/PR

Brazil’s President Survives Second Attempt to Push Him Out for Corruption

Brazilian lawmakers have voted against suspending President Michel Temer and rejected the push to ...