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A Piper PA-24 Comanche crashes in the forest region between Rio Grande da Serra and Ribeirão Pires, in Greater São Paulo, Brazil. Two people were killed.
2024-01-25

A plane crashes in Minas Gerais, Brazil, killing all five people on board, including singer Marília Mendonça.
2021-11-5

Brazilian federal health regulator Anvisa suspends the use of over 12 million doses of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine that were produced in an unauthorized plant.
2021-09-4

The Brazilian federal government suspends the nationwide vaccination of pregnant women using Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after the death of an expectant mother in Rio de Janeiro from a stroke possibly related to the vaccination.
2021-05-11

The Brazilian Ministry of Health reports 17,408 new confirmed cases and 1,179 more deaths from COVID-19, their highest daily death toll to date, bringing Brazil's death toll to 17,971 and 271,628 total cases.
2020-05-19

Eleven people die, including five hostages, as armed police battle robbers who had tried to raid two banks in Milagres, Ceará, Brazil.
2018-12-7

Brazilian President Michel Temer abolishes the 46,000 km 2 National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca) ecological reserve, which spans the borders of Amapá and Pará states in northern Brazil. More than 20 domestic and multinational firms have expressed an interest in accessing the area's deposits of gold, copper, tantalum, iron ore, nickel and manganese.
2017-08-25

At least 5 people die in a prison riot in the Brazilian city of Cascavel.
2014-08-26

The US Department of State confirms dialogue with Brazil on the alleged intelligence activity.
2013-07-8

Dilma Rousseff is sworn in as Brazil's first female President.
2011-01-1