Sources: BBC
At least two people are killed at an industrial plant in Urupês after trying to control widespread wildfires impacting at least 30 cities in São Paulo state, Brazil. 2024-08-24
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz says that Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a "persona non grata" in Israel until he retracts his comments comparing the war between Israel and Hamas to the Holocaust. In response, Brazil recalls its ambassador to Israel. 2024-02-19
Russia surpasses six million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fourth country to do so after the United States, India, and Brazil. 2021-07-20
Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles tests positive for COVID-19. 2021-02-16
Mexico exceeds 100,000 deaths, becoming the fourth country to do so after Brazil, the United States, and India. 2020-11-19
Brazil's Chief of Staff of the Presidency Walter Souza Braga Netto tests positive for COVID-19. 2020-08-3
A seven-storey apartment block collapses in Fortaleza, Brazil. One person is confirmed dead with seven more rescued; a further ten people are believed to be trapped in the wreckage. 2019-10-15
Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão says the government will not exclude Chinese telecom company Huawei Technologies Co. from operating a fifth-generation (5G) mobile telecom network. 2019-06-7
The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil rejects a bid by the Attorney General to suspend a vote in the parliament to begin impeachment procedures against the President Dilma Rousseff. 2016-04-15
American graphic designer Richard Swanson dies after being struck by a pickup truck in Oregon while attempting to dribble a soccer ball all the way to Brazil to raise money for charity. 2013-05-15