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An Air Europa Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft experiences severe turbulence while flying from Madrid, Spain, to Montevideo, Uruguay, injuring 40 people and forcing the flight to divert to Natal, Brazil.
2024-07-1

A Spanish court sentences three men to eight months in prison for racist chants directed towards Brazilian football player Vinícius Júnior.
2024-06-10

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies votes 364–130 to confirm the Supreme Federal Court-mandated arrest of congressman Daniel Silveira (PSL-RJ) for posting videos online threatening the judges of the Court, calling for the Court's extinction and for a new AI-5 – considered the most repressive legal instrument of the former Brazilian military government. His party is also considering his expulsion.
2021-02-19

The Spanish Health Ministry introduces a ten-day quarantine for all travelers arriving from Brazil and South Africa.
2021-02-17

Spain reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant in a 44-year-old man who travelled from Brazil to Madrid on January 29 and later tested positive for COVID-19.
2021-02-5

Spain will restrict travel to South Africa and Brazil due to concerns about new variants of SARS-CoV-2.
2021-02-2

The British warship Westminster 6 arrives in Gibraltar amid tensions with Spain.
2013-08-19

Voters in Brazil go to the polls for the second round of the Brazilian presidential election between Dilma Rousseff and José Serra. Rousseff won 55% of the vote and will become the first female President of Brazil.
2010-10-31

Fernando Alonso wins the German Grand Prix ahead of Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa at Hockenheim.
2010-07-25

Two more Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain out of the 52 political prisoners due to be released on humanitarian grounds.
2010-07-14