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Four children are killed and four others are injured in a hatchet attack at a kindergarten in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
2023-04-5

Brazil's antitrust authority ruled in favor of a pending acquisition of the commercial aviation division of Embraer S.A. by Boeing, without restrictions.
2020-01-27

Brazil bans land clearance fires for 60 days in response to the ongoing disaster.
2019-08-29

Brazilian prosecutor Rodrigo Janot files charges in the Supreme Court against officials in President Michel Temer's Brazilian Democratic Movement Party accusing them of forming a criminal organization. Earlier the Court said, next week, it will consider Temer's request to block Janot from issuing further charges.
2017-09-8

Clashes erupt outside the presidential palace in Brazil's capital Brasília between anti-Workers' Party protesters and supporters of ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, where he was due to be sworn in as President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff. Hundreds of anti-government protesters calling for Rousseff's impeachment and Lula's arrest also blocked the central Paulista Avenue in São Paulo, Brazil's largest city and economic hub.
2016-03-17

Thursday's flooding and devastating mudslides at the BHP-Vale mine in Minas Gerais involved two dams, not one as initially reported. Brazilian officials report the mud flow is eight kilometers (five miles) long and 2.5 meters deep. Those rescued – and emergency services – are being decontaminated; mining spoils being treated as toxic. There is no official information on the number of casualties or the cause of the incident. The company that runs the mine says it detected seismic activity right before the breach. Both BHP and Vale shares declined over five percent. Brazilian prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation.
2015-11-6

U2's 360° Tour becomes the highest grossing music tour of all time following a show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2011-04-10

At least 25 people are killed after a truck and a bus collide in Brazil's Santa Catarina state.
2011-03-5

110 people are wounded as a stadium collapses during a car race in Paraná, Brazil.
2010-09-20