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The death toll from ongoing flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, increases to 13.
2024-05-2

A forensics report by Rio de Janeiro's Forensic Medical Institute in Brazil finds that hyperthermia led to cardiorespiratory arrest that killed Swiftie Benevides. It says she did not have preexisting conditions or substance abuse that could have led to her death.
2023-12-27

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

A plane crashes in Minas Gerais, Brazil, killing all five people on board, including singer Marília Mendonça.
2021-11-5

Washington (state) reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2, which originated in Brazil. The patient is a person from the King County.
2021-03-11

India surpasses 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, becoming the third country to reach that milestone behind the United States and Brazil.
2020-10-3

Brazil surpasses Italy with the third-highest COVID-19 death toll.
2020-06-4

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court issues a 10-day injunction against President Jair Bolsonaro's demand that all 30 members of Venezuela's diplomatic team leave the country.
2020-05-2

American graphic designer Richard Swanson dies after being struck by a pickup truck in Oregon while attempting to dribble a soccer ball all the way to Brazil to raise money for charity.
2013-05-15

In Brazil, Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, speaks to a group of World Youth Day delegates from 75 countries and 40 movements. He hopes World Youth Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro will have a lasting effect on the hundreds of thousands of young people slated to attend.
2012-12-3