Tag: Brazil
Brazillian president Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for Covid-19
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Tuesday that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, reported Xinhua news agency.
Brazil’s Coronavirus death count rises by record 1,179 over past day-...
The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brazil has risen by a record 1,179 people over the past 24 hours to 17,971, the country's Health Ministry said.
Brazil to use Military forces to fight Amazon fires
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ordered military means to fight the massive fires in the Amazon rainforest region on Friday, Xinhua...
Land-locked Bolivia gains sea rights…to Atlantic Ocean
LA PAZ -- Land-locked Bolivia has access to the sea - the Atlantic Ocean. As of Oct 30, the land-locked South American country now...
Ex-Brazilian president Lula sentenced for corruption
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was convicted on Wednesday and sentenced to nine years and six months in...
Brazil declares Zika state of emergency over
Brasilia - Brazil has declared an end to the state of emergency imposed 18 months ago over the Zika virus epidemic and the surge...
Brazil’s ex-president Lula declares innocence in corruption probe
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said his accusers "had nothing" Thursday after testifying in court in a...
Top Brazil judge overseeing corruption probe killed in plane crash
Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian Supreme Court judge Teori Zavascki, who was overseeing the court's investigation into a wide-ranging corruption scandal, was killed Thursday...
Brazil police: wife, lover plotted murder of Greek ambassador
Rio de Janeiro - The wife of Greece's ambassador to Brazil and her presumed lover were arrested Friday for murdering the diplomat in what...
Rousseff and Lula – the last stand of Brazil’s embattled politicians?
The Social Democrat simply referred to by his initials FHC had once been president, before the Workers Party took power back in 2003. Now,...
