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Two explosions occurs near the Supreme Federal Court building and the Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília, Brazil. The perpetrator dies by suicide bombing, being the only fatality. The Federal Police announces an investigation into the explosions, while the Attorney General's Office calls the situation "an attack against the Supreme Federal Court and the Chamber of Deputies".
2024-11-13

Twenty percent of the Brasília National Forest in Brazil is destroyed by a wildfire that investigators suspect was started deliberately.
2024-09-4

Pro-Bolsonaro protesters storm the National Congress, the Supreme Federal Court, and the Palácio do Planalto in Brasília, Brazil.
2023-01-8

An unusually cold spell of weather hits southern Brazil. A meteorological station in Gama noted the lowest temperature since the beginning of weather observations (1963) in the Federal District, which contains the capital, Brasília, at 1.4 C. Several locations in the area have also seen snowfall, which is very rare in the country.
2022-05-19

Protesters in Brazil hold a violent demonstration against a proposed public spending cap in the capital Brasilia. Police used tear gas and rubber bullets in order to disperse the demonstrators.
2016-11-29

Clashes erupt outside the presidential palace in Brazil's capital Brasília between anti-Workers' Party protesters and supporters of ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, where he was due to be sworn in as President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff. Hundreds of anti-government protesters calling for Rousseff's impeachment and Lula's arrest also blocked the central Paulista Avenue in São Paulo, Brazil's largest city and economic hub.
2016-03-17

A Brazilian court suspends the licence for the Belo Monte Dam weeks before it was due to start operating until operator Norte Energia SA and the government of Brazil reorganizes Fundação Nacional do Índio, a protection agency for indigenous Brazilians. [https:--www.cnbc.com-2016-01-14-reuters-america-brazil-court-suspends-amazon-hydrodam-license-on-native-demands.html (Reuters via CNBC)]date=August 2019
2016-01-14

Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, best known for designing the main buildings of the capital Brasília, dies at the age of 104 in a Rio de Janeiro hospital.
2012-12-5

A Brazilian judge blocks construction of the Belo Monte Dam on the Amazon Basin after it fails to meet environmental requirements.
2011-02-26

Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega moves to secure the Brazilian real amid concerns expressed in the "Financial Times" of currency manipulation by the United States, China and others.
2011-01-10