Brazil

Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup that included a plan to poison Lula

By Eléonore Hughes, Maurico Savarese, Associated Press

Brazil’s top prosecutor Paulo Gonet has formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.

Passenger bus and truck collide in southeastern Brazil, killing 37 people

By Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Associated Press

Authorities said Saturday afternoon that all victims had been removed from the site and an investigation would determine the cause of the accident.

Brazilian police formally accuse Bolsonaro and his aides of alleged 2022 coup attempt

By Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press

Brazil’s federal police on Thursday formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people of attempting a coup to keep him in office after his defeat in the 2022 elections.

Brazil’s president urges G20 members to take more action on climate change

By Mauricio Savarese, Eléonore Hughes, David Biller, Associated Press

Brazil’s president has opened the second day of a meeting of the world’s 20 major economies by calling for more action to slow global warming.

WATCH: State Department holds daily briefing as Biden attends G20 in Brazil

By Eléonore Hughes, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press

The gathering on Monday and Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro is being held amid two major wars and around two weeks after Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election.

News Wrap: Biden administration allows Ukraine to fire long-range missiles into Russia

In our news wrap Sunday, a senior U.S. official confirmed that Ukraine will be allowed for the first time to fire American-supplied missiles into Russia, an Israeli strike killed a senior Hezbollah official in Lebanon, Ohio’s governor denounced a march…

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WATCH: Biden delivers remarks after making historic visit to Amazon rainforest in Brazil

By Aamer Madhani, Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Colleen Long, Associated Press

Biden spoke after becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest Sunday, declaring that nobody can reverse “the clean energy revolution that’s underway in America” even as Trump is poised to scale back efforts to combat climate…

Biden begins six-day trip to international summits in South America as world braces for Trump presidency

By Aamer Madhani, Isabel DeBre, Associated Press

Biden heads to Peru on Thursday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit just as world leaders are assessing what President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House means for their countries.

As record acreage burns in Brazil’s Amazon, criminals are exploiting rainforest to clear land

By Fabianno Maisonnave, Associated Press

Brazil's Amazon dry season just ended with a staggering 846% increase in burned forest area compared to the year before.

Brazil’s trailblazing transgender candidates face violence and death threats as they campaign

By Eléonore Hughes, Associated Press

As trans people have set their sights on political office, many have been met with intimidation efforts bent on turning them away, including a candidate in Brazil’s biggest city who survived an assassination attempt last week.