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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 ...

A pig - Photo: Maurício Fanfa A pig - Photo: Maurício Fanfa

German Candymaker Caught Using Mistreated Pigs and Slave Labor in Brazil

Germany’s global candymaker Haribo was forced on the defensive on Thursday after a documentary ...

São Paulo's mayor shows what the population calls "pet food" - the Ballarini/SECOM

São Paulo’s Mayor Finds a Solution for Malnutrition in Schools: Human Pet Food

Brazilian prosecutors are probing a plan proposed by São Paulo Mayor João Doria that ...

Students in the Jungle Operations Course train in an area inside the Amazon jungle for 10 weeks - Photo: COMSOC CIGS Team

Meet Brazil’s Jungle Warriors, Ready to Survive and Fight Under the Amazon Trees

On September 20th, 86 students in the Jungle Operations Course (COS, per its Portuguese ...

Dilma Rousseff, former president of Brazil

Ousted Leader Rousseff Accuses Brazil President of Being Submissive to the US

Dilma Rousseff, the former Workers Party president of Brazil, who was ousted by the ...

A gang of 16 dug a sophisticated 600-meter tunnel equipped with lights.

Brazil Police Foil What Would Be World’s Biggest Bank Robbery Ever

A criminal gang dug a 600-meter (2000-foot) tunnel in an attempt to rob 1 ...