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Saudi Arabia announces that its gross domestic product has surpassed $1 trillion.
2023-09-24

Two people are killed and at least 12 others are injured in an explosion at a metal factory in Cabreúva, São Paulo, Brazil. Two helicopters and several fire department tanker units are dispatched to the scene of the explosion, which generated a strong fire.
2023-09-1

Brazil and China sign an agreement to trade in their own currencies, ceasing the usage of the United States dollar as an intermediary.
2023-03-29

At least 106 people are killed by mudslides and flooding in the Recife metropolitan area, Pernambuco, Brazil.
2022-05-28

The Mexican energy regulatory commission fines Spanish electric utility Iberdrola for US$467 million for violating local regulations that prohibit selling electricity to third parties.
2022-05-27

Two men, aged 17 and 25 years, attack a school in the Brazilian city of Suzano, São Paulo, with a revolver and a knife, killing eight and wounding 23 people, among students and staff. The two shooters committed suicide after the attack. Police have found a crossbow, Molotov cocktails and a "suitcase with wires" at the scene.
2019-03-13

Brazilian politician and outspoken police critic Marielle Franco is killed along with her driver in a drive-by shooting in Rio de Janeiro.
2018-03-14

A judge in Peru issues an arrest warrant for former President Alejandro Toledo for allegedly receiving US$20 million in bribes from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company, in exchange for a contract deal to build a transoceanic highway between Brazil and the Peruvian coast. Toledo denies any wrongdoing.
2017-02-10

Protesters in Brazil hold a violent demonstration against a proposed public spending cap in the capital Brasilia. Police used tear gas and rubber bullets in order to disperse the demonstrators.
2016-11-29

Clashes between rival gangs in at least two prisons in Brazil, leave at least 18 people killed.
2016-10-17