Sources: BBC
The death toll from ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 90, with more than 150,000 people left homeless. 2024-05-7
Brazilian Health minister Marcelo Queiroga tests positive for COVID-19 while in New York City to attend the United Nations General Assembly. 2021-09-22
Poland reports its first three cases of the Lineage P.1 variant, which was first discovered in Brazil, in the southern voivodeship of Silesia. 2021-05-6
Ireland reports its first three cases of the Lineage P.1 variant in people who travelled from Brazil. 2021-02-19
The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency approves Sinovac's vaccine for emergency use in the country. This comes after a clinical trial showed the vaccine had a 65.3% efficacy in Indonesia compared to an efficacy of 91% in Turkey and 78% in Brazil. 2021-01-11
Brazil's lower house of Congress opens impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff over a corruption scandal involving the state-owned oil giant, Petrobras. 2015-12-2
The United Nations sustainable development summit ends in Brazil with a warning on corporate power. 2012-06-23
Brazilian environmentalists and indigenous rights activists protest against the Belo Monte Dam in Brasilia. 2011-02-8
Brazilian soldiers arrive in Teresópolis as the death toll from floods and mudslides during Brazil's deadliest disaster passes 600. 2011-01-15