Sources: GloboNews
Brazil reports a record 3,251 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 298,843. It is the first time that Brazil has recorded more than 3,000 deaths from COVID-19 in a single day. 2021-03-23
Switzerland reports its first case of the Brazilian P.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2. 2021-02-9
Brazil reports its highest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases days after WHO says the country reaches the plateau, with 67,860 new cases that pushes the nationwide total at more than 2.2 million. 2020-07-22
Hundreds of thousands of students, schoolteachers, and university professors hold demonstrations across Brazil's biggest cities in opposition to large cuts in the education budget. From Dallas, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro calls demonstrators "stupid." 2019-05-15
U.S. President Donald Trump notifies the Congress that he will designate Brazil as a major non-NATO ally in light of recent commitments to increase defense cooperation between both countries. 2019-05-8
A judge in Peru issues an arrest warrant for former President Alejandro Toledo for allegedly receiving US$20 million in bribes from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company, in exchange for a contract deal to build a transoceanic highway between Brazil and the Peruvian coast. Toledo denies any wrongdoing. 2017-02-10
Brazilians vote in a presidential general election using electronic machines. 2014-10-5
Brazilian Sports Minister Orlando Silva resigns following corruption allegations, but insists he is innocent. 2011-10-26
At least 13 people are killed by floods and mudslides in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. 2011-01-11
President of Haiti René Préval, speaking in the Dominican Republic, calls on donors to deliver on their promises to give aid at a meeting in the United States in March following the 2010 Haiti earthquake as only Brazil has delivered its entire pledge of $55 million. 2010-06-3