Sources: BBC
The Brazilian Federal Police arrests three men, including federal deputy Chiquinho Brazão and his brother Domingos, for ordering and planning the assassination of Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco in 2018. 2024-03-24
At least eight people are killed and 19 others are missing after a winter storm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 2023-06-17
Brazil's Central Bank sells US$1 billion to offset declines in the real, which has fallen ⅓ relative to the dollar in 2021 alone, with another US$1 billion in sales scheduled for later today. 2021-10-14
It is revealed that Brazilian Minister of Defence Braga Netto communicated to President of the Chamber of Deputies Arthur Lira that the 2022 elections would not be held if a controversial bill that bans electronic voting and reinstates the use of paper ballots does not pass through Congress. This report follows similar threats made by President Jair Bolsonaro, whose approval ratings and chances of re-election are continuing to decrease. [https:--politica.estadao.com.br-noticias-geral,ministro-da-defesa-faz-ameaca-e-condiciona-eleicoes-de-2022-ao-voto-impresso,70003785916 ("O Estado de S. Paulo)"]2021-07-22
Louisiana reports their first two cases of the Lineage P.1 variant that originated in Brazil. 2021-04-29
France reports four cases of the Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil. 2021-02-4
Brazil surpasses six million total confirmed cases of COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after India and the United States. 2020-11-20
Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras says it will not do business with tankers that visited Venezuela in the past year, adhering to sanctions placed by the United States. 2020-06-12
The fifth-ever case of Brazilian hemorrhagic fever, caused by the Sabiá virus, is reported in São Paulo, Brazil. The patient visited at least three hospitals in three different cities before the diagnosis was established; contact tracing is underway. 2020-01-20
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is convicted on corruption and money laundering charges in connection with the Petrobras investigation. Lula, who remains free on appeal, is sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. 2017-07-12