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Brazil’s Lula given nearly 13 years in new graft conviction
Feb 07, 2019 09:42A Brazilian court Wednesday handed a nearly 13-year sentence to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in a new corruption conviction for the former leftist president already serving a lengthy jail term in a separate case.
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Deadly Brazil dam burst likely had same cause as previous one: Official
Feb 02, 2019 02:51The collapse of a Brazilian dam controlled by miner Vale a week ago likely happened because parts of the sand and dried-mud structure dissolved into liquid, a state regulator said in an interview, similar to what caused another deadly mining disaster less than four years ago.
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Brazilian town reels from deadly dam collapse
Jan 27, 2019 05:00The normally sleepy Brazilian town of Brumadinho is reeling after a dam collapse killed at least 34 and left hundreds missing.
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Police in Brazil fire tear gas at protesters
Jan 17, 2019 11:09Brazilian riot police have fired teargas and stun grenades to disperse thousands of demonstrators protesting against rising public transport fares in Sao Paulo.
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Brazil quits UN migration pact, will still take in Venezuelan refugees
Jan 09, 2019 12:09Brazil has pulled out of a United Nations pact on dealing with rising migration, joining the United States and a growing number of countries in rejecting the agreement, a Brazilian diplomat with direct knowledge of the matter says.
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Brazil deploys troops to contain criminal violence in northern city
Jan 06, 2019 06:06Troops have been deployed to the northern Brazilian city of Fortaleza to stop widespread criminal activity in the area.
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President Bolsonaro willing to discuss hosting US base in Brazil
Jan 04, 2019 08:07Brazil's new far-right President Jair Bolsonaro says he is open to discussing the possibility of hosting a US military base, underlining a major shift in the Latin American country’s foreign policy.
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People protesting pension reforms clash with police in Brazil’s Sao Paulo
Dec 27, 2018 04:46Police and protesters have clashed in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo during a protest against President-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s plans to overhaul the pension system in the Latin American country.
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Arab League condemns Australia, Brazil for recognizing al-Quds as Israel’s ‘capital’
Dec 19, 2018 04:00The Arab League has in a resolution condemned Australia and Brazil for recognizing al-Quds as the “capital” of the Israeli regime, urging the two states to “abide by international law” concerning the status of the city.
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Brazil: 5 killed, including gunman, in cathedral shooting
Dec 12, 2018 09:59Four people were killed and four were left injured when a gunman opened fire following mass on Tuesday, inside the Metropolitan Cathedral of Campinas city, near the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo. The assailant then turned the gun on himself.