Sources: BBC
Scalabrinian nun sister Rosita Milesi is awarded the Nansen Refugee Award by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for her work with refugees and internally displaced people in Brazil for over 40 years. 2024-10-9
Brazil wins a bronze medal in women's artistic gymnastics team competition, their first ever medal in the event. 2024-07-30
A forensics report by Rio de Janeiro's Forensic Medical Institute in Brazil finds that hyperthermia led to cardiorespiratory arrest that killed Swiftie Benevides. It says she did not have preexisting conditions or substance abuse that could have led to her death. 2023-12-27
At least eight people are killed in police raids in Curitiba, Brazil. 2022-08-11
Brazil reports a record 2,286 new deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours as intensive care units in 25 of 27 regional capitals reach near-full capacity, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 270,656. 2021-03-10
The German Ministry of Interior bans entry to all travellers from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil, Portugal, and South Africa from tomorrow until February 17 in order to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants. In addition, travellers from Lesotho and Eswatini will also be banned beginning January 31. 2021-01-29
The president-elect of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, states that he will honor his campaign pledge to move the country's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 2018-11-2
The United Nations sustainable development summit ends in Brazil with a warning on corporate power. 2012-06-23
Brazil's military increases rescue and supply operations following the worst disaster in the country's history. 2011-01-18
At least seven people are killed and 20 missing after a bridge collapse in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. 2010-01-5