Sources: BBC
Brazilian Military Police kill the main leader of the Terceiro Comando Puro, a drug trafficking criminal organization, and two other suspected members, in a shootout in the Maré favela in Rio de Janeiro. 2025-05-13
South Africa becomes the first country from Africa to chair the G20 after receiving the leadership position during the second day of the summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2024-11-19
Brazil wins a bronze medal in women's artistic gymnastics team competition, their first ever medal in the event. 2024-07-30
The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 107, with at least 136 people still missing and 165,000 people displaced. 2024-05-9
Three people are killed after a Van's RV-10 crashes near Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil. 2024-03-2
Widespread flooding and landslides in Brazil cause 50 deaths and force thousands to evacuate their homes. 2020-01-27
Hundreds of thousands of students, schoolteachers and university professors hold demonstrations across Brazil against sweeping cuts in the education budget. Protestors also voice opposition to the government's plan to delegate the administrative and financial management of federal universities and institutes to a privately-held fund. 2019-08-13
In response to a controversial pension reform proposal and cuts in the education budget, a general strike by over 40 million workers takes place in Brazil. Demonstrations are held in over 80 cities across the country. 2019-06-14
At least 19 people are dead and five are injured as mudslide hits an island resort near Angra dos Reis, Ilha Grande. Large numbers also killed elsewhere in Brazil. 2010-01-1