Sources: BBC
Seven people are killed after a truck collides with a medical transport van in Pernambuco, Brazil. 2026-07-22
The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil orders former president Jair Bolsonaro to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and places him on nightly house arrest, and forbids him from approaching embassies, foreign ambassadors, and diplomats. 2025-07-18
Extreme drought in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil causes the river banks of the city of Manaus to fall to their lowest levels since 1902, severely impacting trade in the region. 2024-10-4
Brazil declares an animal health emergency for the next 180 days after the detection of the influenza A virus subtype H5N1 for the first time in the country. 2023-05-22
Ireland reports its first three cases of the Lineage P.1 variant in people who travelled from Brazil. 2021-02-19
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes near Tarija, Bolivia, and is felt as far as São Paulo, Brazil, approximately 3,000 km away. There are no reports of major damage or casualties. 2018-04-2
Acting on a request from Brazil's top prosecutor, Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki suspends President of the Deputies Chamber Eduardo Cunha for obstructing the Petrobras corruption investigation. The full court confirms this action, Cunha is eliminated from the line of succession to President Dilma Rousseff, who may be suspended from office next week. 2016-05-5
Brazil's ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes Cabinet post as chief of staff to Brazil's current president, Dilma Rousseff, thereby gaining legal shield. Only the Brazilian Supreme Court can try presidential Cabinet members for crimes. 2016-03-16
Twenty-three Brazilian police officers are sentenced to 156 years in jail each for their involvement in the 1992 Carandiru prison massacre. 2013-04-21
Rescue efforts continue in Brazil in an attempt to locate around 200 people believed to have been buried in their homes by a large landslide in Morro do Bumba near Rio de Janeiro city in the state of Rio de Janeiro. 2010-04-9