Flooded airport in Porto Alegre, Brazil scheduled to reopen in October, officials say
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil’s Salgado Filho International Airport in the southern city of Porto Alegre is expected to resume operations in October according to...
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Fires ravage Brazil’s Pantanal, threatening its unique biodiversity
São Paulo, Brazil – A series of wildfires is turning the world’s largest tropical wetland into an open-air inferno. Home to over 3,500 plant species,...
Argentina’s Javier Milei meets with Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, not his counterpart President Lula
São Paulo, Brazil – Argentina’s President Javier Milei visited Brazil over the weekend to give a speech at a conservative event. He met with former...
Four in 10 rape victims in Brazil are black girls 17 and under: Report
São Paulo, Brazil – Four in 10 rape victims in Brazil are black girls 17 years and younger, although they represent only 13% of the...
More than 60% of industries in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul suspended activities after floods
São Paulo, Brazil – Heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in Brazil, forced 63% of the state’s industries to partially or...
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro indicted in Saudi jewelry scandal
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil’s Federal Police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro on charges of misappropriation of public assets, criminal association, and money laundering...
Almost a quarter of Brazil’s territory caught fire at least once in the last 40 years: New study
São Paulo, Brazil – Nearly 200 million hectares (about 492 million acres) of land has burned at least once in Brazil between 1985 and 2023,...
Brazil’s Supreme Court decriminalizes marijuana possession for personal use
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled to decriminalize the possession of marijuana for personal use up to 40 grams of the...
Jaguars struggle to survive amid human expansion in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
São Paulo, Brazil – Humans encroaching upon the Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil are jeopardizing the way of life and causing drastic changes in the...
Thousands of Brazilians march against bill that equates abortion to homicide
São Paulo, Brazil – Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to protest proposed legislation that equates abortion...
