World Feb 17 Brazil’s Carnival is back in full form after pandemic Brazil's Carnival is back. The COVID-19 pandemic last year prompted Rio to delay Carnival by two months, and watered-down some of the fun, which was attended by mostly locals. This year, Brazil's federal government expects 46 million people to join…
Arts Jan 03 Pelé buried in Brazilian city he made famous Pelé was buried in his final resting place Tuesday as millions of fans in Brazil and around the world mourned the sports legend.
World Jan 02 Thousands bid farewell to Pelé at public viewing in Brazil stadium Mourners began paying their respects to Pelé in a solemn procession past his coffin at the Vila Belmiro Stadium in his hometown of Santos.
World Jan 01 Brazil’s Lula sworn in as president to lead a polarized country Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as president on Sunday, assuming office for the third time after thwarting far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro’s reelection bid.
Arts Dec 29 Pelé, Brazil’s mighty king of ‘the beautiful game,’ dies at 82 Pelé was one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century. He won a record three World Cups with Brazil and was the standard-bearer of "the beautiful game" with the national team and his club Santos.
Arts Dec 28 Pelé nears monthlong hospital stay without sign of improvement The three-time World Cup winner's cancer has advanced and doctors at Albert Einstein hospital recently said he's under “elevated care” related to “kidney and cardiac dysfunctions.”…
World Nov 02 Bolsonaro supporters call on Brazil’s military to keep him in power Thousands of people who back the far-right president gathered outside one of the army's eight regional headquarters a day after Bolsonaro stopped short of conceding the election but authorized his chief of staff to begin the transition process.
World Oct 31 Brazil’s voters return Lula to presidency, right-wing Bolsonaro yet to concede Brazilians have delivered a very tight victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a divisive presidential election, giving the leftist former president another shot at power in a rejection of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro's far-right politics.
World Oct 29 Bolsonaro, Lula make final appeals for votes ahead of Brazil’s runoff Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made their final appeals for support ahead of Sunday’s presidential runoff vote following an acrimonious face-to-face debate.
World Oct 28 Bolsonaro courts farm vote with former Brazilian minister of agriculture President Jair Bolsonaro's former agriculture minister has become the face of his campaign in Brazil's agribusiness heartland — a part of the country where the conservative incumbent appears to be leading his leftist rival, ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.