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Fire at Brazilian Soccer Team Complex Leaves 10 Dead, 3 Hurt

February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brazil, Fire, soccer

A fire tore through the sleeping quarters of a development league for one of Brazil’s most popular professional soccer clubs on Friday, killing 10 people who were most likely players and injuring three others, authorities said.

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Business Criminal International 

Brazil Issues 5 Arrest Warrants in Deadly Mine Dam Collapse

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
arrests, Brazil, mining

Brazilian authorities issued arrest warrants Tuesday for five people in connection with a dam collapse that killed at least 65 people and left nearly 300 missing as it plastered part of a small city with reddish-brown mud and iron ore mining waste.

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International 

Firefighters Search Mud After Brazil Dam Collapse; 60 Dead

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brazil, Disaster, rescue

Firefighters on Monday carefully moved over treacherous mud, sometimes walking, sometimes crawling, in search of survivors or bodies, four days after a dam collapse that buried mine buildings and surrounding neighborhoods with iron ore waste.

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Health International Science 

1st Baby Born Using Uterus Transplanted From Deceased Donor

December 5, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
babies, Brazil, Medicine, pregnancy

Brazilian doctors are reporting the world’s first baby born to a woman with a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor.

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Business Civil Rights Government Health International Law Personal Injury Politics 

Health Organization Accused of Trafficking Doctors to Brazil

December 3, 2018December 4, 2018 MONICA PAIS
Brazil, Cuba, doctors, trafficking

A class action claims an international health organization conspired with the Cuban government to collect millions of dollars by unlawfully trafficking Cuban doctors to Brazil.

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Criminal Government International Law Politics 

Rio de Janeiro Governor Arrested, Latest in ‘Car Wash’ Probe

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brazil, bribery, corruption

The governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro was arrested on Thursday for allegedly taking about $10 million in bribes since 2007, adding to a string of corruption arrests of senior political figures.

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Environment 

Termite Mounds in Brazil Can Be Seen From Space

November 19, 2018 JULIE ST. LOUIS
Brazil, insects

For the last 4,000 years, termites in northeastern Brazil have been busy building their home: 200 million cone-shaped mounds that can be seen from space.

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Government International Politics 

Brazilians Weigh Stark Visions of Future in Runoff Election

October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brazil, Elections

By PETER PRENGAMAN, SARAH DILORENZO and MAURICIO SAVARESE RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilians showed their disgust with corruption and

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Government International Securities 

$1.8 Billion Settlement

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
Brazil, bribery, Brief1, corruption, oil, SEC

Petrobras, the Brazilian oil giant at the center of a giant political corruption scandal, reached a $1.8 billion settlement Wednesday to resolve bribery and bid-rigging allegations from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Criminal Entertainment International Media Sports Trials 

Ex-Brazilian Soccer Boss Gets 4 Years for FIFA Fraud

August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 AMANDA OTTAWAY
Brazil, corruption, FIFA, sentencing, soccer

A federal judge ordered a four-year prison sentence Wednesday for Jose Maria Marin, the former boss of Brazilian soccer who went to trial and lost in the U.S. government’s crackdown on FIFA corruption.

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Environment Government International 

Endangered Macaw

August 10, 2018August 13, 2018 BRIEF
birds, Brazil, Brief1, endangered species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday will list the hyacinth macaw, a bird that lives mostly in Brazil, as endangered due to habitat loss from deforestation in the Amazon and climate change.

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Business International 

Boeing and Embraer Attempt a Joint Venture

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Aviation, Boeing, Brazil, mergers & acquisitions

Boeing and the Brazilian jet maker Embraer will attempt to form a joint venture that would push the U.S. aerospace giant more aggressively into the regional aircraft market.

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Government International 

High Court Shuts Down ‘Bare-Bones’ Deportation Notices

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 BARBARA LEONARD
Brazil, deportation, immigration, Massachusetts, U.S. Supreme Court

In an 8-1 vindication for a Brazilian handyman, the Supreme Court scoffed Thursday at the U.S. government’s claim to have initiated removal proceedings with a notice to appear that lacked both time and location.

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International 

Burning Building in Sao Paulo Collapses; at Least 1 Dead

May 1, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brazil, Fire

An abandoned high-rise building occupied by squatters in downtown Sao Paulo caught fire and collapsed Tuesday, sending chunks of fiery debris crashing into neighboring buildings and surrounding streets.

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Criminal International Sports 

FIFA Bans Brazilian Official Del Nero for Life for Bribery

April 27, 2018April 27, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brazil, bribery, corruption, ethics, FIFA, soccer

FIFA’s ethics committee has banned top Brazilian soccer official Marco Polo del Nero for life for bribery and corruption.

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Criminal Government International Uncategorized 

Undeterred by Failed Appeal, Brazil’s da Silva Vows to Run

January 25, 2018January 26, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brazil, corruption, Elections, politician

A day after a corruption conviction cast serious doubts on his future, former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva insisted on Thursday that he’ll be on October’s presidential ballot, while also appearing to acknowledge that he could be sidelined.

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Government International Politics 

Future of Brazil’s da Silva, Elections, at Stake in Case

January 24, 2018January 24, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brazil, Elections, politician, sentencing

An appellate court judge on Wednesday voted to increase the jail time for a graft conviction against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the first of three judges to weigh in on a case that could impact the presidential elections and even stability in Latin America’s largest nation.

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Business International Securities 

Investor Claims Advanced Against Brazilian Bank in Bribery Soup

October 3, 2017October 4, 2017 PAMELA BAKER
banking, Brazil, corruption, National4, Shareholder Class Action

Senior executives of Brazil’s third largest bank will have to face a securities class action after a federal judge found that investors supplied enough information to accuse the lender of concealing its involvement in a sweeping corporate corruption scandal.

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Business Government International Politics Sports 

Brazil, France Allege Rio Olympics Vote-Buying Scheme

September 5, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brazil, corruption, France, Inter2, Olympics

Brazilian and French authorities said Tuesday they uncovered an international corruption scheme aimed at buying votes in awarding the 2016 Olympics. This is the latest allegation to sully the legacy of the Rio Games, the first Olympics in South America.

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Criminal Government International Politics Sports 

Police Raid House of Brazil Olympic Committee President

September 5, 2017September 5, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brazil, corruption, Inter2, Olympics, warrant

Federal police searched the house of the president of the Brazilian Olympic committee on Tuesday and issued a warrant forcing him to testify in an investigation into bribery surrounding the awarding of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

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