Brazilian federal police seek to charge Bolsonaro with COVID crime

Brazilian federal police seek to charge Bolsonaro with COVID crime

The Brazilian President spent much of the pandemic discouraging mask use and spreading false information,including a report that vaccines caused AIDS.

  • byRicardo Brito andMauricio Savarese

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First monkeypox deaths recorded outside Africa in Brazil and Spain

First monkeypox deaths recorded outside Africa in Brazil and Spain

The first monkeypox death in Europe and the Americas came less than a week after the WHO declared the outbreak a global health emergency.

  • byPedro Fonseca
Brazil grants permit to pave highway through heart of Amazon forest

Brazil grants permit to pave highway through heart of Amazon forest

A study estimates the project will result in a five-fold rise in deforestation by 2030,the equivalent of an area more than twice the size of Tasmania.

  • byJake Spring andCarolina Pulice
Top bankers,business leaders say Brazil’s democracy in ‘grave danger’

Top bankers,business leaders say Brazil’s democracy in ‘grave danger’

Some 3000 leading figures are warning against Jair Bolsonaro’s claims of fraud in elections worried the president is setting his followers on the wrong path.

  • byLisandra Paraguassu
Three people charged over the murder of journalist and indigenous expert in Amazon

Three people charged over the murder of journalist and indigenous expert in Amazon

Public prosecutors have charged three individuals with the June murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira.

  • byDavid Biller
Electoral authority slams Bolsonaro’s claims of fraudulent election to come

Electoral authority slams Bolsonaro’s claims of fraudulent election to come

The Brazilian president,who counts Donald Trump as a friend,faces an uphill battle to win a second term.

  • byMauricio Savarese
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Human remains found in Amazon belong to British journalist,exam confirms

Human remains found in Amazon belong to British journalist,exam confirms

A forensic exam carried out on the remains confirmed that they belonged to British journalist Dom Phillips,Brazil’s federal police said.

  • byGabriel Araujo andCarolina Pulice
Caught Russian spy was on the way to Hague internship

Caught Russian spy was on the way to Hague internship

Dutch intelligence said the spy’s elaborate 12-year plot included stealing a Brazilian’s identity and a cover story complete with trance music and bean stew.

  • byAnthony Deutsch andAnthony Boadles
Bodies retrieved in Amazon search for British journalist,Indigenous worker

Bodies retrieved in Amazon search for British journalist,Indigenous worker

A man earlier confessed to killing them,police said. The 10-day search for the men has provoked international outrage.

  • byAndré Spigariol,Jack Nicas andAna Ionova
‘Deeply sorry’:Brazil apologises for telling journalist’s family bodies were found in Amazon

‘Deeply sorry’:Brazil apologises for telling journalist’s family bodies were found in Amazon

The confusion is the latest misstep by officials in the search for the British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous worker Bruno Pereira.

  • byTerrence McCoy
Family waits for ID of bodies found in Amazon search for missing pair

Family waits for ID of bodies found in Amazon search for missing pair

British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous rights worker Bruno Pereira went missing after receiving threats. Family and official reports differ.

  • byTerrence McCoy