Tag: Brazil

Robinho must serve his nine-year jail sentence for rape in his native Brazil

Brazilian Justice Rules Robinho Will Serve Italian Nine-year Rape Sentence in Brazil

Brazilian judges have ruled to uphold former footballer Robinho’s Italian rape conviction, adding that ...

Brazil's ex Army chief Marco Antonio Freire Gomes beside former president Jair Bolsonaro

Top Military Men of Bolsonaro Throw Ex-President Under the Bus Over a Coup d’État

Two former Brazilian military commanders said former President Jair Bolsonaro discussed a possible coup ...

Heat waves killed 50,000 people in Brasil, in the last two decades

Brazil’s Killer Heat More Lethal to Blacks, Women and Older People

“The heat at night was too much; we couldn’t sleep,” says Evanice Auxiliadora da ...

Vieira said he was confident that Brazil's friendship with Israel would survive the behavior of the current government in Tel Aviv

Brazil Keeps Lula’s Line of Blaming Israel for Genocide and Blocking Humanitarian Aid

Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira told his country’s Senate Thursday that Israel’s “blockade of ...

“The leave is also intended to protect adoptive mothers and non-pregnant mothers in same-sex unions.”

Woman Married to Woman Entitled to Paternity Leave When Companion Gives Birth, Rules Brazil Supreme

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled that non-pregnant women in same-sex unions are entitled ...

Indigenous chief Merong Kamakã Mongoió led a group settled in Brumadinho. Photo: Alenice Baeta

Officially Brazilian Indigenous Leader Killed Himself. It Was Murder, Say Friends

Indigenous chief Merong Kamakã Mongoió, who was found dead in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, on ...

Justice investigates Bolsonaro’s participation in the events of 8 January 2023: coup attempt failed, but country still divided

Brazilians Find Out How Far Bolsonaro Was Ready to Go to Hold on to Power

President Jair Bolsonaro summoned his ministers and staff to a meeting at his official ...