Sources: CNN
Nine people are killed and seven others are injured in an explosion at a factory in Quatro Barras, Paraná state, Brazil. 2025-08-12
The estimated area burned by wildfires in Brazil this year reaches 37.6 e6ha, an area larger than the size of Germany and more than double the yearly average from 2012–2023. 2024-09-14
Russia's Lukoil begins shipping crude oil from Murmansk to Madre de Deus, Brazil. 2023-09-8
Brazil's Superior Electoral Court reopens the illegal campaign funding case against President Michel Temer, who was the vice presidential candidate on former President Dilma Rousseff's ticket in 2014. Temer became president in August 2016 when Rousseff was impeached, and could be unseated if the court annuls the Rousseff–Temer election victory. 2017-06-6
Brazil becomes the fifteenth country to legalise same-sex marriage. 2013-05-14
Police in Brazil arrest two people in connection with the murder of environmental activist José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife Maria do Espírito Santo in Pará State. 2011-09-18
Brazil's military increases rescue and supply operations following the worst disaster in the country's history. 2011-01-18
Further landslides and more rain are feared in Brazil which is dealing with the worst disaster in its history. 2011-01-16
Brazilian soldiers arrive in Teresópolis as the death toll from floods and mudslides during Brazil's deadliest disaster passes 600. 2011-01-15
The disaster is declared Brazil's worst ever as the death toll exceeds 500, with additional people missing and more fatalities expected. [https:--news.yahoo.com-s-afp-20110114-wl_afp-brazilweatherflood (AFP via Yahoo! News)] [http:--english.aljazeera.net-news-americas-2011-01-20111140122621565.html (Al Jazeera)] [https:--vancouversun.com-news-Brazil+flood+deaths+rise+rescuers+struggle-4097204-story.html ("Vancouver Sun")]date=May 2020 2011-01-14