Sources: BBC
The government announces that Brazil's economy has grown by 4.6%, the largest increase since 2011, after suffering a slump in 2020 due to the COVID-19 recession. 2022-03-4
Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão tests positive for COVID-19. 2020-12-27
The total number of COVID-19 deaths in Brazil surpasses 100,000. 2020-08-8
Brazil reports its highest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases days after WHO says the country reaches the plateau, with 67,860 new cases that pushes the nationwide total at more than 2.2 million. 2020-07-22
Brazil becomes the first country in the Southern Hemisphere to surpass 1,000 deaths from COVID-19, as the death toll rises to 1,068 and 19,789 total cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. 2020-04-11
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
Alleged Brazil serial killer, Sailson Jose das Gracas, confesses to 42 murders in Rio de Janeiro. 2014-12-11
A standoff between security forces and striking policemen occupying the state legislature continues in Salvador, Brazil. 2012-02-7
Brazilian police discover a Rio de Janeiro prison is being run by some of the inmates; a guard is arrested. 2010-08-5
Iran rejects Brazil's offer to grant political asylum to Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who has been sentenced to death in Iran for adultery. 2010-08-3