Brazil - Page 20

August 8, 2023

Brazilian census reveals country’s Indigenous people has nearly doubled its previous population count

The number of Indigenous people in Brazil, which makes up 0.8% of the country, has nearly doubled its previous census count in 2010 with almost 1.7 million.

August 7, 2023

Governments gather to discuss strategies to protect Amazon rainforest: 'We are accelerating climate change'

A major two-day Amazon Summit opens in Belem on Aug. 8, 2023. Governments of multiple countries are set to discuss strategies to save the rainforest.

August 3, 2023

President Lula's former lawyer takes seat on Brazilian Supreme Court

Cristiano Zanin, the former personal lawyer of socialist Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has assumed his seat on the nation's Supreme Court.

August 2, 2023

14 dead in São Paulo police raid as elite officer's murder investigation continues

The casualty count from an ongoing operation in Brazil's São Paulo state is now 14, as officials continue their efforts to apprehend suspects in an elite police officer's killing.

August 2, 2023

Nigerian stowaways survive 14-day trip across Atlantic on ship's rudder, drank ocean water: report

Four Nigerian stowaways are claiming to have survived a trip across the Atlantic Ocean to Brazil on a cargo ship’s rudder by drinking sea water.

August 1, 2023

Population of Brazil's endangered golden monkeys bounces back following yellow fever outbreak

The population of golden lion tamarins in the Brazilian rainforest is at a high since the effort to save the species began in the 1970s.

July 27, 2023

'Barbie' moms brawl over bad theater behavior in viral video

A viral TikTok video shows two "Barbie" moms duking it out in a movie theater after one accused the other of letting her child watch YouTube videos throughout the screening.

July 21, 2023

Brazilian petrochemical giant reaches $356M settlement with city where mining destroyed neighborhoods

Brazilian petrochemical titan Braskem has reached a $356 million settlement with the city of Maceio, which was devastated by the company's rock salt mining operations.

July 20, 2023

Study reveals homicides in Brazil at the lowest level in over a decade

According to a non-governmental organization tracking crimes, Brazil witnessed a notable decline in violent deaths in 2022, marking the lowest level in more than ten years.

July 17, 2023

MA restaurant employee gets time served for giving Brazilian colleagues fake green cards

Marcos Chacon Gil, a Salvadoran ex-employee of a Woburn, Massachusetts restaurant, was sentenced to time served for giving Brazilian colleagues phony identification documents.