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October 10, 2020 at 3:15 pm

Brazil reaches 150,000 deaths from COVID-19 milestone

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s count of COVID-19 deaths surpassed 150,000 on Saturday night, despite signs the pandemic is slowly retreating in Latin America's...

September 10, 2020 at 10:34 am

Wildfires sweep into Brazil park harboring jaguars

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Wildfire has infiltrated a Brazilian state park known for its population of jaguars as firefighters, environmentalists and ranchers in the...

September 1, 2020 at 11:25 am

Brazil’s economy contracted record 9.7% in second quarter VIEW

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s economy contracted a record 9.7% in the second quarter from the previous three-month period amid the coronavirus pandemic, the...

Business

August 8, 2020 at 9:38 am

Brazil makes grim milestone — 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 VIEW

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil surpassed a grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday night, and five months after the first reported...

August 7, 2020 at 1:52 pm

Endangered Brazilian monkeys get a bridge to themselves VIEW

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The overpass juts from a forest over a four-lane highway in a rural area outside Rio de Janeiro. It's meant...

Nation & World

July 13, 2020 at 12:03 pm

As virus spreads, Bolsonaro ties with military under strain VIEW

SAO PAULO (AP) — After 35 years of civilian-led democracy, President Jair Bolsonaro has created the most militarized Brazilian government since the fall of the...

July 9, 2020 at 11:45 am

Brazil asks investment firms to adopt protected Amazon areas

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s government on Thursday proposed that global asset-managers adopt protected areas in the Amazon rainforest in order to curb illegal...