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Scalabrinian nun sister Rosita Milesi is awarded the Nansen Refugee Award by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for her work with refugees and internally displaced people in Brazil for over 40 years.
2024-10-9

Extreme drought in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil causes the river banks of the city of Manaus to fall to their lowest levels since 1902, severely impacting trade in the region.
2024-10-4

At least four people are killed and thirteen others are injured after a fire breaks out in a shelter in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
2023-04-14

Brazil's health regulator Anvisa said Bharat Biotech's Covaxin did not meet its manufacturing standards. The Brazilian government previously signed a contract to buy 20 million doses. Bharat said in a statement that they would appeal the decision.
2021-03-30

Brazil surpasses 200,000 deaths of COVID-19, becoming the second country to do so after the United States, as a record 87,843 cases are reported in the past 24 hours.
2021-01-7

The state government of Minas Gerais, Brazil, declares a health emergency in three areas, Belo Horizonte, Itabira and Ponte Nova, over an outbreak of yellow fever.
2018-01-20

Brazilian police enter the Alcacuz prison outside the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, after a week of fighting leaves 26 inmates dead. At least 126 people have been killed in Brazil's prisons since the beginning of the year.
2017-01-21

Judge Keyla Blanc, of Brazil's Special Tribunal for Fans and Major Events, orders Brazil police to question U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte over inconsistencies describing the armed robbery of himself and three other American Olympians. Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger are later removed from a plane returning to the United States.
2016-08-17

President of the United States Barack Obama is announced to visit Brazil, Chile and El Salvador from March 19 to 23.
2011-02-18

A fire at the Butantan Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, destroys its entire collection of preserved snakes—the world's largest—and nearly half a million arachnid specimens, including many novel and yet-unclassified species.
2010-05-15