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FILE - This photo provided by Brazil's Federal Revenue Department shows jewelry, part of an investigation into gifts received by ex-President Jair Bolsonaro during his term, seized by customs authorities at Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the week of March 24, 2023. Brazilian police indicted Bolsonaro on Thursday, July 4, 2024, for money laundering and criminal association, sources say. (Brazil's Federal Revenue Department via AP, File)
Brazilian police indict ex-President Bolsonaro in undeclared diamonds case, sources say
Brazilian police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia during his time in office, according to a source with knowledge of the accusations.
 
FILE - Encontro das Aguas park stands in the Pantanal wetlands near Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, Nov. 17, 2023, after wildfires burned part of it in the Pantanal biome, the world's biggest tropical wetlands. Typically the world’s largest topical wetlands dry out and are prone to fires from July to September. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands fire season hasn’t officially started but it’s already breaking records
Brazil’s massive Pantanal wetlands haven’t technically entered annual fire season but already the number of blazes reported has broken records and is leading experts to predict this year will be the most devastating in decades.
 
The retail store Lojas Americanas is open for business in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, June 28, 2024. The former CEO of Brazilian retail giant Americanas, Miguel Gutierrez, was arrested Friday, June 28, 2024, in Madrid, accused of participating in a fraud scheme that involved the company. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Former CEO of Brazilian retail giant Americanas arrested amid allegations of billions in fraud
The former CEO of Brazilian retail giant Americanas, Miguel Gutierrez, was arrested Friday in Madrid, and stands accused of participating in a 25 billion reais ($4.5 billion) fraud scheme.
 
FILE - The Brazilian Supreme Court meets during the session regarding Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's corruption conviction, in Brasilia, Brazil, April 4, 2018. The Supreme Court decriminalized possession of marijuana for personal use on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
Brazil’s Supreme Court decriminalizes possession of marijuana for personal use
Brazil’s Supreme Court has voted to decriminalize possession of marijuana for personal use. That makes Brazil one of the last countries in Latin America to do so and could reduce its massive prison population.
 
A humpback whale breaches off the coast of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday, June 20, 2024. The whale-watching season has begun for tourists taking part in expeditions to get close to the humpback whales coming from Antarctica in search of warm waters to breed and have their babies. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Whale-watching excursions off Rio de Janeiro’s coast begin captivating tourists
Rio de Janeiro is famous for its beaches and vibrant parties in the Southern Hemisphere’s summer. The city now has a growing attraction for winter: humpback whales.
 
An abortion rights activist holds a sign with a message that reads in Portuguese, "A child is not a mother" during a march against an anti-abortion congressional bill, along Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)
Outraged Brazilian women stage protests against bill to equate late abortions with homicide
Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Sao Paulo as protests sweep across Brazil in opposition to a bill that would further criminalize abortions.
 
FILE - Fish carcasses cover the shore of Jacarepagua lagoon in front of Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 29, 2015. Eight years after the 2016 Olympic Games, a private concessionaire is working to recover the aquatic ecosystem in Rio's western zone. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
An overdue Olympic pledge to restore Rio de Janeiro’s lagoons is finally taking shape
When Rio de Janeiro hosted the Olympics in 2016, videos of the extensive lagoon complex surrounding the Olympic Park were everywhere.
 
A man rows a boat on a street flooded by heavy rains, in Sao Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Saturday, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Brazil’s flooded south sees first deaths from disease, as experts warn of coming surge in fatalities
 
In Brazil’s flooded south, a secret mission to recover thousands of guns from an airport
A group of volunteers working to save people from the floods in southern Brazil have claimed they were misled into participating in an operation to remove several thousand firearms from the airport of Rio Grande do Sul state’s capital Porto Alegre.
 
Firefighters evacuate people from a flooded area after heavy rain in Sao Sebastiao do Cai, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Macedo)
A second scourge is battering Brazil’s flooded south: Disinformation
The vast flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside. But another scourge has spread across the region: Disinformation on social media that has hampered desperate efforts to get aid to hundreds of thousands in need.
 
Firefighters use a raft to transport a horse after rescuing it from a roof, where it was trapped for days amid flooding, after heavy rain in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Thursday, May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Wesley Santos)
Caramelo, the Brazilian horse stranded on a roof by floods, is rescued after stirring the nation
A horse that was perilously stranded on a rooftop by Brazil’s deadly floods has been rescued. The horse nicknamed Caramelo was one of many animals rescuers have tried help.
 
Residents rest in a makeshift shelter for people whose homes were flooded by heavy rains, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Macedo)
Southern Brazil is still reeling from massive flooding as it faces risk from new storms
Authorities in southern Brazil are rushing to rescue survivors of massive flooding that has killed at least 100 people, but some residents are refusing to leave belongings behind while others are returning to evacuated homes despite the risk of new storms.
 
Volunteers help to evacuate residents from an area flooded by heavy rains, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Too much water, and not enough: Brazil’s flooded south struggles to access basic goods
More than 80% of residents in Brazil’s southern city of Porto Alegre don’t have running water one week after major flooding. The floods have left at least 90 people dead and more than 130 missing.
 
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands for the media during a meeting at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)
Brazil’s Lula invites Japan’s prime minister to eat his country’s beef, and become a believer
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has welcomed Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on his first visit to the country, with the two meeting in Brasilia and the South American leader pushing his counterpart to buy his beef.
 
Residents and their pets evacuate a flooded area after heavy rain in Sao Sebastiao do Cai, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Macedo)
Southern Brazil has been hit by the worst floods in more than 80 years. At least 39 people have died
The civil defense agency in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul says heavy rains have killed 39 people, with another 68 still missing.
 
FILE - Brazilian singer Catia de Franca, 77, performs at a warehouse converted into a venue for independent artists in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 19, 2024. It took almost half a century for de França to find her audience. Her belated fame largely reflects a revival taking place in Brazil, where vinyl records outsold CDs and DVDs for the first time last year. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
Revival of vinyl records in Brazil spares a 77-year-old singer – and others – from oblivion
It took almost a half century for Brazilian singer Cátia de França to find her audience, but she finally has — with the help of a near-obsolete audio technology.
 
FILE - Police ride past residents in a bulldozer they use to clear street barricades during a security operation against organized crime in the Mare Complex favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 9, 2023. The Brazilian Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, April 12, 2024, that the state must compensate victims of stray bullets during military and law enforcement operations. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
Brazil court says government must compensate victims of stray bullets in police raids
The Brazilian Supreme Court has ruled that the state must compensate victims of stray bullets during military and law enforcement operations.
 
FILE - Elon Musk appears at an event in London, on Nov. 2, 2023. A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late Sunday, April 7, 2024, into the executive for alleged obstruction. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)
What to know about Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ feud with a Brazilian judge
Elon Musk is clashing with a bald, athletically built Supreme Court justice in Brazil over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation on X. The headline-grabbbing billionaire bought the social media platform when it was Twitter.
 
FILE - A tourist takes a selfie with the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 25, 2017. Brazil’s government has postponed until April 2025 tourist visa exemptions for citizens of the U.S., Australia, and Canada that had been scheduled to end on Wednesday, according to a decree published in the nation's official gazette. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)
Brazil again extends visa exemptions for US, Canada and Australia, this time until 2025
Brazil’s government has extended exemptions to tourist visa requirements for citizens of the U.S., Australia and Canada until April 2025, extending a program aimed at boosting tourism that had been scheduled to end Wednesday.
 
FILE - A supporter of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro salutes while singing the nation's anthem outside a military base during a protest against his reelection defeat in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 3, 2022. Brazil’s Supreme Court unanimously voted Monday, April 8, 2024, that the armed forces have no constitutional power to intervene in disputes between government branches, marking a largely symbolic decision aimed at bolstering democracy after years of increasing threat of military intervention.(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
Brazil Supreme Court strikes down military intervention thesis in symbolic vote for democracy
Brazil’s Supreme Court has voted unanimously that the armed forces have no constitutional power to intervene in disputes between government branches, marking a largely symbolic decision aimed at bolstering democracy after years of increasing threat of military intervention.
 
FILE - Elon Musk appears at an event in London, on Nov. 2, 2023. A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late Sunday, April 7, 2024, into the executive for alleged obstruction. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)
Brazil Supreme Court justice orders investigation of Elon Musk over fake news and obstruction
A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice is adding Elon Musk to an investigation over the dissemination of fake news and investigating him separately for alleged obstruction.
 
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2018 file photo, Rio de Janeiro Councilwoman Marielle Franco smiles for a photo in Cinelandia square. Brazil’s federal police arrested on Sunday, March 24, 2024 the men suspected of ordering Franco's killing in 2018, a long-awaited step after years of society clamoring for justice. (AP Photo/Ellis Rua, File)
A Rio councilwoman’s killing was a mystery. An arrest gave a peek at corruption keeping it unsolved
Brazil’s federal police have arrested the chief of the Rio de Janeiro state civil police for allegedly helping orchestrate the killing of popular councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018 and taking money to obstruct the very investigation he would oversee.
 
FILE - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press outside his home after Federal Police agents carried out a search and seizure warrant in Brasilia, Brazil, May 3, 2023. When asked about the search of Bolsonaro's home in Brasilia, the Federal Police press office gave a statement saying officers were carrying out searches and arrests related to the introduction of fraudulent data related to the COVID-19 vaccine into the nation's health system. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Brazil’s Bolsonaro requests court permission to accept Netanyahu’s invite to Israel
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has requested federal authorities return his passport and authorize travel to Israel so he can accept an event invitation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit in May.
 
Monica Benicio, partner of slain councilwoman Marielle Franco, speaks to journalists at the Federal Police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 24, 2024. Police arrested on Sunday the men suspected of ordering Franco's killing in 2018. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazilian police arrest suspected masterminds behind the killing of councilwoman-turned-icon
Brazil’s federal police have arrested two men for allegedly ordering the killing of popular Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018.
 
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