Sources: BBC
Thirty people are killed, 39 others are reported missing and at least 440 are displaced from their homes after heavy rain triggers flash flooding in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 2026-02-24
In a 5–2 vote, the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil rules to ban former president Jair Bolsonaro from holding public office for eight years due to his conduct during last year's election. 2023-06-30
Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia, the three countries with the largest tropical forest area, propose a trilateral alliance to collaborate on forest protection. 2022-11-14
A Brazilian man, identified as 35-year-old Fernando Montiel, is arrested by the Argentine Federal Police shortly after attempting to shoot Vice President Cristina Kirchner. Montiel pointed a loaded pistol at Kirchner's head and apparently pulled the trigger, but the weapon did not fire. 2022-09-1
Brazil, Greece and Ghana report their first cases of monkeypox. 2022-06-8
Armed gang members take hostages during their getaway following three bank robberies in Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. Three people are killed during the incident, including two civilians and one of the robbers. Four other people are wounded, including one during an explosion. Three suspects have been arrested. 2021-08-30
Brazil's Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo states that the fires have mostly been extinguished. 2019-08-31
Brazil's National Space Research Institute Director-General Ricardo Galvão is dismissed from office as a result of the release of data showing a rise in Amazon deforestation. President Jair Bolsonaro has called the release of the data "irresponsible and sensationalist". 2019-08-2
Brazil's Federal Accounts Court (TCU), in a unanimous 8-0 decision, rules that President Dilma Rousseff's government manipulated its accounts in 2014 to disguise a widening fiscal deficit. The ruling, while not legally binding, is expected to be used by opposition lawmakers who are calling for impeachment proceedings. 2015-10-7
The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, approves a bill to modernize the infrastructure of all national ports in her country. She vetoes 13 contradictory sections. 2013-06-6