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The Brazilian Federal Police arrests three men, including federal deputy Chiquinho Brazão and his brother Domingos, for ordering and planning the assassination of Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco in 2018.
2024-03-24

Brazilian drug regulator Anvisa approves the use of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine for children between the ages of 6 and 11 years.
2022-01-20

Peru surpasses 200,000 deaths from COVID-19, which is the second Latin American country to do so after Brazil.
2021-10-22

India surpasses 400,000 deaths from COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after the U.S. and Brazil.
2021-07-2

India surpasses 300,000 deaths from COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after the United States and Brazil. India recorded its last 100,000 deaths in less than a month. Experts warn that the real number of deaths could be much higher as many are not officially recorded; some models speculate that about a million people may have actually died.
2021-05-24

Vice President of the United States Mike Pence postpones his trip to Brazil to focus foreign policy resources on Donald Trump's planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
2018-05-3

A small turboprop plane carrying 18 people crashes while trying to land in bad, rainy weather in the Andes Mountains of northern Bolivia, killing 8, and injuring 10, including the pilot and co-pilot, on a trip from Trinidad, Bolivia to Riberalta, Bolivia, in El Beni Department near Brazil.
2013-11-3

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff convenes a truth commission to investigate Brazil's military dictatorship.
2012-07-30

Brazilian footballer Bruno Fernandes de Souza surrenders to police in connection with the disappearance of his former mistress.
2010-07-8

The death toll from floods and mudslides reaches at least 31 people in Alagoas and Pernambuco in northeastern Brazil.
2010-06-22