The ‘Bahia Emerald’: The story of a giant cursed gem stolen from Brazil
A US judge has authorized the repatriation of the 837 lb gem, valued at hundreds of millions of dollars
A US judge has authorized the repatriation of the 837 lb gem, valued at hundreds of millions of dollars
Investigators maintain that the former president’s plan failed because the heads of the Army and Air Force refused to support him
French leader Macron and Germany’s Scholz regretted the lukewarm wording of the final declaration regarding Ukraine, while the host Lula urged members to do more about climate goals
The final declaration of the Rio summit also includes a timid statement on the war in Ukraine
The G20 summit that opens on Monday in Rio de Janeiro is the first test of the new climate generated by the radical change of course expected to take place under the Republican president-elect
Venezuela’s president traveled to Kazan in search of legitimacy, but returns without joining the bloc of countries aligned against the West and amid a diplomatic war with Brazil that further complicates his role in the international community
President Maduro considers the Brazilian veto ‘an aggression and a hostile gesture’ but the country is reacting to Maduro’s failure to keep his promise to release electoral records
Health authorities in Rio de Janeiro are reviewing samples from 288 donors after discovering that two HIV-positive people were declared fit to be organ donors
The president has announced extra funding to fight the 200,000 wildfire outbreaks that are engulfing 60% of the country in smoke
The South American country is hosting troops from the two rival superpowers in what is yet another sign of the country’s ambition to play a bigger role on the global stage
A forestry engineer tells of researchers’ foray into the jungle to inventory the flora and fauna living near the 70-meter tall giants
For a third time, police are calling for a 24-year-old businessman who killed an Uber driver while going at 93mph to be remanded in custody. He had earlier had his license revoked for reckless driving
The soccer player, who died in 2011, was one of the protagonists of the Diretas Já campaign 40 years ago to restore democracy after the dictatorship
The Federal Police were able to determine the victims’ origin thanks to their documentation and belongings, and are now trying to identify the bodies
The promising results have followed the introduction of laboratory-bred insects into the environment. This has encouraged other municipalities to replicate this method, which was discovered in Australia and has since been used in 14 countries
The unprecedented step coincides with the 60th anniversary of the coup d’état that gave rise to a military regime responsible for the deaths of over 8,300 natives
Two corrupt politicians and a police commissioner from Rio de Janeiro are arrested as the masterminds of the 2018 crime
Sixty years have passed since the 1964 military coup, an event that current President Lula would rather not mark with any ceremony so as not to further strain his relationship with the military
Keila Simpson presides over ANTRA, the association that prepares the annual report on the murder of trans people in Brazil… the world’s deadliest country for this community
The EU, the United States and even leftist governments from Brazil and Colombia reacted negatively to difficulties placed in the way of the opposition to register candidates for the July 28 election
Three military police officers from Bahia are on trial for allegedly killing three young people in cold blood, planting weapons on them and altering the crime scene during the 2022 Carnival
Lula’s government announced that the former police officer is collaborating with the investigation but, as the case is under seal, no further details were given
The biggest corruption investigation in Brazilian history, which had repercussions throughout Latin America, turns ten years old. It has become irrelevant, and many sentences have been overturned in the country where it started
The latest census confirms — after 150 years — a change in the racial majority in Latin America’s biggest country. This shift is due to demographic causes, affirmative action policies and greater consciousness
The Brazilian – among the 250 richest people in the world – is the only millionaire in Latin America who is demanding that governments raise taxes, so as to prevent the hoarding of wealth and the deepening of inequality
Two dangerous inmates from the Comando Vermelho criminal organization have escaped in the first jailbreak in the history of the federal prison system, which was created in 2006
The former far-right president, several generals and around 20 other men are accused of spending months organizing a plot to annul the results of the 2022 elections and block Lula from taking office