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

Brazil reports a record 298,408 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 26.09 million.
2022-02-3

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

Brazil reports a record 2,286 new deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours as intensive care units in 25 of 27 regional capitals reach near-full capacity, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 270,656.
2021-03-10

British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announces a ban on all travellers from South American countries, as well as Portugal, Panama and Cape Verde due to a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 that was identified in Brazil. The ban will come into effect tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. GMT.
2021-01-14

Brazil reports 1,113 deaths, the country's highest in two weeks, thus bringing the death toll to 133,119.
2020-09-15

Brazil's Supreme Court issues a decision that bans corporate money in elections. This ruling comes as a major investigation is underway in the country on a campaign financing bribery and corruption scandal.
2015-09-17

A UBS whistle blower is assisting the government of Brazil in its investigation of currency manipulation by global banks, according to a Brazilian paper.
2015-07-3

Floods in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, kill more than 250 people.
2011-01-12

At least 19 people are dead and five are injured as mudslide hits an island resort near Angra dos Reis, Ilha Grande. Large numbers also killed elsewhere in Brazil.
2010-01-1