Brazil

Firefighters of Minas Gerais state search for victms after a wall of rock collapsed on top of motor boats below a waterfall in Capitolio, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil January 8, 2022. Photo :Reuters
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Family, friends mourn as death toll rises to 10 in Brazil cliff fall tragedy

The victims were all Brazilian nationals, aged between 14 and 68, accordingto preliminary investigations

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures while being hospitalized due to an intestinal blockage in Sao Paulo, Brazil January 3, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. Photo :Reuters
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Brazil's Bolsonaro hospitalized with obstructed gut, may need surgery

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro poses for photos with the mascot of his nation's vaccination campaign, named "Ze Gotinha," or Joseph Droplet, during a ceremony to present the National Vaccination Plan Against Covid-19 at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Dec. 16, 2020. Brazil's government started taking an online public survey on Dec. 24, 2021 to inform their decisions about whether and how to vaccinate children against the coronavirus. Photo: UNB/AP
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Should kids be vaccinated? Brazil turns to online survey

An aerial view shows flooded streets, caused due to heavy rains, in Itajuipe, Bahia state, Brazil December 27, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Death toll from Brazil flooding rises in Bahia's 'worst disaster' ever

An aerial view shows a neighbourhood during flooding caused by the overflowing Cachoeira river in Itabuna, Bahia state, Brazil, 26 December, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. PHOTO: REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto
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Dams burst in northeastern Brazil as region hit by floods

Dam collapses in northeastern Brazil after torrential rain
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Dam collapses in northeastern Brazil after torrential rain

The robusta coffee fruits are seen in Sao Gabriel da Palha, Espirito Santo state, Brazil May 2, 2018. Photo :Reuters
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Experts count coffee trees in Brazil as prices hit 10-year highs

Brazilian singer and composer Hildemar Diniz. pHOTO: BSS/AFP
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Brazil's samba symbol Monarco dead at 88

Photo :AFP
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Brazil's samba symbol Monarco dead at 88

A banner displaying the photos of the 242 people who died was hung in Porto Alegre. Photo : AFP
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Four convicted for Brazil disco fire that killed 242

A boy's face is seen through the Indian national flag during Independence day celebrations in Mumbai, India, August 15, 2018/ Reuters
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India unseats Brazil to become top food supplier to Arab nations after 15 years

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a signing decrees ceremony of gas assistance in Brasilia, Brazil December 2, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Brazilian Supreme Court orders probe into Bolsonaro for linking Covid-19 vaccines to AIDS

A nurse carries out a swab test on a patient as part of the new measures of Rio de Janeiro's government against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Sao Goncalo, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 4, 2020. Photo :Reuters
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Brazil reports first Latin American cases of Omicron variant