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Brazil's national bird, the toucan, in the Amazon forest

For Amazon’s Largest Restoration Ever the Forest Will Get 73 Million New Trees in Six Years

A major initiative for the restoration of degraded areas in the Brazilian Amazon calls ...

Lula visits MST's encampment in Jandaíra - Photo: Ricardo Stuckert

Once Again Defiant Lula Calls Judge Biased and Says Charges Against Him Are a Witch Hunt

Former President Lula da Silva told a Brazilian court on Wednesday that the corruption ...

IMichel Temer, during interview to daily newpaper Estadão / Marcos Corrêa/PR

For Second Time, Brazil President Charged with Taking Bribes and Obstructing Justice

Brazilian President Michel Temer was charged with obstruction of justice and racketeering on Thursday, ...

Lula's former finance minister Antonio Palocci

Lula’s Ex-minister and Confidante Accuses Brazil’s Former President of Accepting US$ 100 Million in Bribes

A former finance minister and close confidant of Lula accused Brazil’s ex-president of receiving ...

Former Brazilian presidents Dilma Rousseff and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Former Brazilian Presidents Lula and Rousseff Charged with Stealing US$ 470 Million from Oil Giant Petrobras

The Brazilian Attorney General, Rodrigo Janot, has accused former presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da ...

President Michel Temer meets with this ministers in Brasília - Alan Santos/PR

This Time Brazilian President Will Have a Tougher Time Escaping Corruption Charges

Brazilian President Michel Temer faces a tougher battle to quash an imminent second corruption ...

Eletrobrás is on the block to be sold

Fire Sale: Dozens of Brazil Firms to Be Privatized Including Crown Jewel Eletrobrás

The government of Brazilian President Michel Temer says 57 public companies and airport terminals ...

Boat Captain Ribeiro, which sank in Pará state, Brazil

More than 40 Lives Lost After Two Boats Sink in Brazil

Two separate boats that capsized in Brazil have led to the deaths of at ...

Lula meets the masses - Ricardo Stuckert/Instituto Lula

Lula Goes Back to His Roots in Effort to Win Once Again Brazil’s Presidency

The former President of Brazil and founder of the Workers Party, Luiz Inácio Lula ...