Brazil
Brazilians favor COVID-19 vaccinating of children, oppose need for prescription – hearing
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Health Ministry said on Tuesday that most participants in a public hearing on vaccinating children aged...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro hospitalized with obstructed gut, may need surgery
By Gabriel Araujo and Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized on Monday with an intestinal...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro is improving, need for surgery unclear, hospital says
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The condition of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is improving, though it is not yet known if...
Read moreBrazilian cruise ships pause operations after COVID-19 outbreaks
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Cruise ship companies in Brazil will suspend most operations until Jan. 21, an industry association said on...
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Brazil health agency warns against boarding cruise ships amid COVID-19 outbreaks
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian health agency Anvisa on Sunday warned passengers against boarding cruise ships operating along the Brazilian...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro creates $126 million credit line to flood-ravaged northeast
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Friday a 700 million reais ($125.67 million) relief credit line...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro refuses flood aid from Argentina, drawing Bahia rebuke
By Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro rejected an offer of aid from Argentina, saying...
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‘Christmas of our dreams’ turns to nightmare as Brazil floods level homes
By Leonardo Benassatto ITAMBE, Brazil (Reuters) - Juliana Reis, a 37-year-old from the isolated Brazilian town of Itambe, was finally...
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Analysis-South America, battered by COVID-19, now winning global vaccination race
By Gram Slattery and Augustin Geist RIO DE JANEIRO/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Throughout much of 2020 and early 2021, South...
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Death toll from Brazil flooding rises in Bahia’s ‘worst disaster’ ever
By Leonardo Benassatto and Sergio Queiroz ITABUNA, Brazil (Reuters) - The death toll from floods hammering northeast Brazil rose to...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro says daughter, 11, will not get COVID-19 jab
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will not vaccinate his 11-year-old daughter against COVID-19, he said on Monday, maintaining...
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Dams burst in northeastern Brazil as region hit by floods
By Leonardo Benassatto and Amanda Perobelli ITABUNA, Brazil (Reuters) -Two dams gave way in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia...
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Brazil infrastructure minister to run for Sao Paulo governor
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that Infrastructure Minister Tarcisio Freitas will run for governor...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he does not expect energy crisis next year due to rains
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he did not expect energy problems next year...
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Over 300 tax customs officials quit over Brazil’s 2022 budget
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Over 300 Brazilian senior officials have resigned from their posts over budget cuts to the country's...
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Santa Claus delivers Christmas cheer in Brazil’s City of God slum
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Santa Claus strode into the Brazil's City of God favela this week, delivering much-needed Christmas...
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Exclusive: Brazil shuts illegal timber schemes, sheds light on Amazon logging
By Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian environmental agents this week shut down schemes involving hundreds of companies the agents...
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‘I’m back’ says Lula, vowing a broad alliance ahead of Brazil election
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Stephen Eisenhammer SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is...
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Bolsonaro directly spread disinformation on Brazil’s voting system, police report says
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro had a "direct and relevant" role in spreading disinformation about...
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After guilty pleas, Panama wants to recoup illicit gains from Martinelli sons
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama's government said on Wednesday it wanted to recover millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains made...
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