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Ten people are killed by heavy rain in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
2024-05-1

Brazil reports the deaths of 522 seals along the coast of Rio Grande do Sul, attributing the cause to avian flu.
2023-10-25

At least eight people are killed and 19 others are missing after a winter storm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
2023-06-17

Armed gang members take hostages during their getaway following three bank robberies in Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. Three people are killed during the incident, including two civilians and one of the robbers. Four other people are wounded, including one during an explosion. Three suspects have been arrested.
2021-08-30

At least 62 people are killed, including sixteen who were beheaded, during prison riots in Pará, Brazil, which saw rival gangs battle for five hours.
2019-07-29

Two buildings collapse in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing nine people and leaving fifteen others missing. The buildings were irregularly built.
2019-04-12

Members of the Brazilian Primeiro Comando da Capital prison gang kill 31 inmates in the Monte Cristo prison in the state of Roraima. This action was revenge for an earlier massacre in a prison in Amazonas that killed 56 inmates.
2017-01-6

Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay agree to close their ports to ships flying the flag of the Falkland Islands at a Mercosur meeting; Argentina and the United Kingdom both claim the islands.
2011-12-21

Italian communist militant Cesare Battisti is freed from jail in Brazil after the Brazilian Constitutional Court rules against extraditing him to face charges in Italy.
2011-06-9

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