Aug 11 Brazilians rally for democracy, seek to rein in President Jair Bolsonaro By Diane Jeantet, Débora Álvares, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press The event was held Thursday at the University of Sao Paulo’s law school. It carried echoes of a gathering nearly 45 years ago when citizens amassed to denounce a brutal military dictatorship, which lasted two decades. Continue reading
Jul 30 Spain and Brazil report monkeypox deaths By Joseph Wilson, Maria Cheng, Associated Press The ministry based in Madrid said both fatalities were young men. It reported its first death on Friday, the same day that Brazil also reported its first death from monkeypox. Continue reading
Jul 22 Brazil prosecutors charge three suspects in murder of British journalist, Indigenous activist By David Biller, Associated Press Public prosecutors have charged three individuals with the June murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the remote western reaches of Brazil's Amazon rainforest, according to a statement. Continue reading
Jul 13 Brazil’s former President Lula da Silva asks for calm after leftist official’s killing By Mauricio Savarese, Diane Jeantet, Associated Press Da Silva's calls for peace reflect growing concerns about the presidential campaign and October election in a highly polarized Brazil. President Jair Bolsonaro has suggested he may not accept the ballot, while urging Brazilians to arm themselves. Continue reading
Jul 11 Brazil leaders call for calm after prison guard kills Workers’ Party official By Diane Jeantet, Associated Press A state police report said that according to witnesses, Jorge Jose da Rocha stormed the birthday party of local Workers' Party official, Marcelo Arruda, and shot him. Continue reading
Jun 18 3rd suspect arrested in Amazon shooting deaths, Brazilian police say By Débora Álvares, Associated Press Phillips was shot in the chest and Pereira was shot in the head and the abdomen, police said in a statement. It said the autopsy indicated the use of a “firearm with typical hunting ammunition.”… Continue reading
Jun 17 Brazil police say remains found in the Amazon are those of missing British journalist By Fabiano Maisonnave, Associated Press Federal police say that some of the human remains found deep in Brazil's Amazon have been identified as belonging to British journalist Dom Phillips. Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch 8:37 ‘Outrage and heartbreak’ after murder of journalist, Indigenous activist in the Amazon By Stephanie Sy, Zeba Warsi, Teresa Cebrian Aranda The desperate search for an Indigenous rights advocate and renowned journalist in a remote area of the Amazon in Brazil has apparently come to a grim conclusion. Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips disappeared 10 days ago, and now there are… Continue watching
Jun 16 Amazon fisherman confesses to killing missing journalist and Indigenous expert By Fabiano Maisonnave, Edmar Barros, Maurico Savarese, Associated Press Brazilian authorities say a fisherman confessed to killing a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in Brazil's remote Amazon region and took police to a site where human remains were recovered. Continue reading
Jun 07 Dom Phillips, Indigenous expert and British writer, still missing in Brazil By David Biller, Fabiano Maisonnave, Associated Press A British journalist and an Indigenous affairs expert remain missing in a remote part of Brazil’s Amazon region and authorities say they are expanding search efforts. Continue reading