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At least four inmates have been killed in the latest prison riot in Brazil, bringing the overall number of fatalities in such riots over the past week to 100.
At least 33 inmates have lost their lives at a jail disturbance in Brazil’s northernmost state of Roraima, the second such incident in the South American country over the past few days.
A bloody prison riot in Brazil’s northern province of Amazonas has claimed the lives of at least 60 people, Brazilian authorities say.
Brazilian security officials suspect a charred body discovered inside a burned-out car in Rio Rio de Janeiro is that of the Greek ambassador to Brazil, who went missing earlier this week.
Brazilian protesters have staged another rally in the city of Rio de Janeiro to protest austerity measures proposed at the state level.
The bodies of those who died in a plane crash in Colombia earlier this week have been repatriated to their home countries.
Thousands of protesters have poured into the streets of Brazil’s largest city of Sao Paulo to protest a government plan that would set caps on public spending over the next two decades.
Brazilian President Michel Temer has vowed that he would block any bill granting immunity from corruption probes to members of the country’s Congress.
The United States Treasury Department has assured Brazilian banks of financing trade with Tehran in the wake of a nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers, says the South American country’s top diplomat for trade.
Thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets of Sao Paulo to demand the imprisonment of the former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, over alleged corruption charges.