Brazil
Brazil’s Supreme Court judge opens probe into Bolsonaro over investigation leak
By Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre Moraes on Thursday opened a probe into right-wing...
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Brazil Senate approves bill that could allow coronavirus vaccine patents to be broken
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate on Wednesday approved a bill authorizing the president to temporarily break patents for vaccines and...
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Analysis-Brazil’s Bolsonaro rolls out tanks to cover his weak position
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - The clouds of dark exhaust spewing from aging tanks and amphibious vehicles rolling past...
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Brazil Congress blocks changes to voting system despite military show of force
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's lower house of Congress voted down a plan by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to...
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Brazil Congress votes down Bolsonaro proposal to change voting system
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house of Congress late on Tuesday voted down a proposed constitutional amendment backed by President...
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Brazil unveils plan to deal with gov’t legal debts, new welfare program
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro sent Congress on Monday a proposal for a constitutional amendment to help handle the...
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Sao Paulo’s glass box lookout puts fear of heights to the test
(This August 4 story has corrected spelling of first and last names of woman quoted in last paragraph) By Pablo...
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Brazil could use oil royalties to fund cooking gas subsidy – minister
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's government is considering the use of oil industry royalties to...
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Biden envoy told Brazil’s Bolsonaro important not to undermine elections – source
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - When U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan visited Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on...
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Brazil reports 43,033 COVID cases, 990 deaths in 24 hours
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil had 43,033 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours, and...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro fans judiciary flames, calls top judge ‘son of a whore’
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro ignored calls to drop his feud with the Supreme Court...
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U.S. national security adviser visits Brazil, meets with Bolsonaro
BRASILIA (Reuters) - U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan met on Thursday with Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on a...
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Voting change sought by Brazil’s Bolsonaro defeated in Congress
BRASILIA (Reuters) -A Brazilian congressional committee on Thursday voted against a constitutional amendment to adopt printed ballots, in a major...
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Brazilian business leaders, in letter, rebuke Bolsonaro’s ‘authoritarian adventures’
By Tatiana Bautzer and Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Hundreds of business leaders representing large Brazilian banks and other companies...
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Ranks of Mexican poor swell to reach nearly half the population
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's poverty rate grew to nearly 44% at the end of last year, government data released...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro rages against probe, threatens to act beyond constitution
By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday raged against a Supreme Court investigation...
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Bolsonaro’s new chief of staff vows to fight hunger in Brazil
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's incoming presidential chief of staff Ciro Nogueira said on Wednesday the government will relaunch an ambitious social...
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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 200 million as Delta variant spreads
By Roshan Abraham and Kavya B (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 200 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters...
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Bolsonaro’s ‘land grab’ bill passes Brazil’s lower house
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house of Congress passed a land bill on Tuesday that is backed by the country's...
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Brazil court to probe Bolsonaro for attacks on voting system
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) decided on Monday to open an investigation into far-right President...
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