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Brazil’s biggest bribery trial opens
Party officials connected to Lula da Silva are accused of political payoffs
Party officials connected to Lula da Silva are accused of political payoffs
First city to be given such heritage status
Deported artist goes on hunger strike to protest treatment at Barajas
Rousseff threatens to veto law that will change the Amazon protection code
Strains between president and top brass intensify after document is published Former minister Valdésio Guilheme de Figuereido one of three generals who signed the statement
Law enforcers agree to give the protest a break until after Carnival