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São Paulo mayoral candidate Pablo Marçal is hospitalized after being assaulted by fellow candidate Datena with a metal chair during a televised debate on TV Cultura.
2024-09-15

Congresswoman and Bolsonaro supporter Carla Zambelli draws a handgun and chases a Lula supporter in São Paulo. Zambelli claimed to have been assaulted by the man, but video footage shows that Zambelli tripped and fell to the ground before chasing him.
2022-10-29

Sinovac Biotech's CoronaVac appears to be safe in providing protection against COVID-19, as preliminary results of Phase III clinical trial in Brazil show. São Paulo's Instituto Butantan, one of Brazil's leading biomedical research centres carrying out the trials, says CoronaVac proved to be safe after its two doses were applied to 9,000 volunteers, but said data on how effective it is in protecting people against COVID-19 will not be released until it has been tested on all 15,000 volunteers in newly expanded trials.
2020-10-19

A helicopter carrying Brazilian journalist and news anchor Ricardo Boechat crashes in São Paulo, killing both Boechat and the pilot.
2019-02-11

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes near Tarija, Bolivia, and is felt as far as São Paulo, Brazil, approximately 3,000 km away. There are no reports of major damage or casualties.
2018-04-2

Five people die in a helicopter crash in a São Paulo residential area, including the son of Governor Geraldo Alckmin.
2015-04-3

Brazilians go to the streets in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other cities to claim against the rise of the public transport fee, being part of the 2013 protests in Brazil.
2013-06-17

At least 13 people are killed by floods and mudslides in Sao Paulo state, Brazil.
2011-01-11

Armed attackers attempt to carjack Formula One World Champion Jensen Button in São Paulo as he was returning from practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.
2010-11-6

The Instituto Butantan in São Paulo, Brazil, which had one of the world's largest snake collections, is destroyed by fire.
2010-05-17