Sources: BBC
At least 17 people are killed and others are injured when a bus loses control, hits rocks and overturns on a highway in Pernambuco, Brazil. 2025-10-17
The Brazilian Supreme Court unanimously upholds justice Alexandre de Moraes' decision to block social media platform X, in the country. De Moraes also set a daily fine of R$50,000 (US$8,900) for people or companies using VPNs to access the site. 2024-09-2
Ontario reports Canada's first case of the Lineage P.1 variant in a person who travelled from Brazil to Toronto. 2021-02-7
Brazil surpasses seven million total cases of COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after India and the United States. 2020-12-16
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court issues a 10-day injunction against President Jair Bolsonaro's demand that all 30 members of Venezuela's diplomatic team leave the country. 2020-05-2
Brazil records their first death from COVID-19 in São Paulo state. 2020-03-17
Firefighters say 44 people are missing after the collapse of the Edifício Wilton Paes de Almeida tower block in São Paulo, Brazil, yesterday. One missing man was within seconds of rescue when the building came down during a fire. 2018-05-2
A five-story building under construction collapses in the Brazilian city of Guarulhos with no casualties. 2013-12-2
Brazilian police begin an operation in a shanty town in Rio de Janeiro to end a surge of violence; at least 30 people have been killed in recent days. 2010-11-25
The United States threatens Iran with its toughest nuclear sanctions yet, despite the nuclear fuel-swap arrangement Iran made with Brazil and Turkey in May. 2010-06-8