Sources: Al Jazeera
Gabon, the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Ghana and Albania are elected non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council for the 2022–2023 term. 2021-06-11
Brazil reports a record 90,303 new confirmed cases from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide case total to 11,693,838. 2021-03-17
Brazil reports a record 2,841 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 282,400. 2021-03-16
Brazil begins distribution of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine. 2021-01-23
Members of the Brazilian Primeiro Comando da Capital prison gang kill 31 inmates in the Monte Cristo prison in the state of Roraima. This action was revenge for an earlier massacre in a prison in Amazonas that killed 56 inmates. 2017-01-6
Brazil announces a $17 billion austerity package after Standard and Poors further downgrades its credit rating. 2015-09-14
A record fine of almost three million is upheld by the Superior Labor Court of Brazil (Tribunal Superior do Trabalho, TST). 2010-08-19
Rescue efforts continue in Brazil in an attempt to locate around 200 people believed to have been buried in their homes by a large landslide in Morro do Bumba near Rio de Janeiro city in the state of Rio de Janeiro. 2010-04-9
The death toll in the storm which caused severe damage to Brazil's Rio de Janeiro metro area reaches 200. 2010-04-8
The death toll as a result of recent mudslides which have hit Brazil rises to more than 85, including at least 29 in a hotel collapse, and two nuclear power stations are intended to be shut down as a precaution. 2010-01-3