Sources: BBC
Two people are killed and seven others are injured in a school shooting in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. A 13-year-old suspect is taken into custody. 2026-05-5
The death toll from the floods across Minas Gerais, Brazil, rises to 54 people, with fourteen more still missing. 2026-02-26
The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil orders former president Jair Bolsonaro to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and places him on nightly house arrest, and forbids him from approaching embassies, foreign ambassadors, and diplomats. 2025-07-18
Russia surpasses seven million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fourth country to do so after the United States, India, and Brazil. 2021-09-5
Arizona reports its first three case of the Lineage P.1 variant, which originated in Brazil. 2021-03-12
In Paraguay, around 50 armed men, allegedly belonging to the Brazil-based Primeiro Comando da Capital criminal gang, storm a security vault and police headquarters in Ciudad del Este, escaping with around $6 million in a daring cross-border raid. 2017-04-24
Brazil's Federal Senate votes 59 to 21 to indict suspended President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws and put her on trial. 2016-08-10
Brazil pulls out of an electoral mission to observe crucial legislative elections in Venezuela over what it says are a lack of guarantees by the government of Venezuela and its veto of the choice to head the delegation. 2015-10-20
Brazilians vote in a presidential general election using electronic machines. 2014-10-5
A large oil field is discovered off the coast of Brazil that could contain between 8 and 15 billion barrels. 2010-10-30