Brazil granted record number of refugee applications in 2023
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil approved a record number of refugee applications in 2023, recognizing 77,193 individuals as refugees, according to data released Thursday by...
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Flood damage in southern Brazil estimated at USD $2.2 billion, agribusiness heavily affected
São Paulo, Brazil – Heavy rains that have flooded much of Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state since May have caused losses of more...
Spanish soccer fans sentenced to prison for racial abuse of Brazil striker Vinícius Júnior
São Paulo, Brazil – Three supporters of Spain’s Valencia CF soccer club on Monday were sentenced to eight months in prison for racial abuse they...
Investigated for soccer betting scandal, Brazil’s Lucas Paquetá still tipped to play in Copa América
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazilian soccer star Lucas Paquetá, a midfielder for the English Premier League’s West Ham United and Brazil’s national team, is being...
65 people charged with crimes related to Jan. 8 attacks on Brazil’s government fled to Argentina: Brazil Police
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil’s Federal Police on June 6 said they have identified at least 65 people charged with crimes related to the January...
Airport in Porto Alegre, Brazil, could remain closed until December following floods
São Paulo, Brazil – Following severe flooding last month in Porto Alegre, the capital of Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, the city’s Salgado...
Brazil registered 82% of global dengue cases in 2024: WHO
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil recorded the highest number of dengue cases globally in 2024 according to new data from the World Health Organization (WHO)....
São Paulo, Brazil’s LGBT+ parade draws over 3 million in a spectacle of pride and politics
São Paulo, Brazil – LGBT+ people and supporters from all corners of Brazil and even other countries gathered on Sunday in the country’s largest city,...
Brazil permanently withdraws its ambassador from Israel
São Paulo, Brazil – The Brazilian government announced on Wednesday that it has permanently removed its ambassador to Israel. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s...
Historic flooding in southern Brazil triggers record insurance claims
São Paulo, Brazil – As floodwaters begin to recede in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state which was ravaged by rains in May,...
