For a third time, police are calling for a 24-year-old businessman who killed an Uber driver while going at 93mph to be remanded in custody. He had earlier had his license revoked for reckless driving
The soccer player, who died in 2011, was one of the protagonists of the Diretas Já campaign 40 years ago to restore democracy after the dictatorship
The Federal Police were able to determine the victims’ origin thanks to their documentation and belongings, and are now trying to identify the bodies
The promising results have followed the introduction of laboratory-bred insects into the environment. This has encouraged other municipalities to replicate this method, which was discovered in Australia and has since been used in 14 countries
The unprecedented step coincides with the 60th anniversary of the coup d’état that gave rise to a military regime responsible for the deaths of over 8,300 natives
Two corrupt politicians and a police commissioner from Rio de Janeiro are arrested as the masterminds of the 2018 crime
Sixty years have passed since the 1964 military coup, an event that current President Lula would rather not mark with any ceremony so as not to further strain his relationship with the military
Keila Simpson presides over ANTRA, the association that prepares the annual report on the murder of trans people in Brazil… the world’s deadliest country for this community
The EU, the United States and even leftist governments from Brazil and Colombia reacted negatively to difficulties placed in the way of the opposition to register candidates for the July 28 election
Three military police officers from Bahia are on trial for allegedly killing three young people in cold blood, planting weapons on them and altering the crime scene during the 2022 Carnival
Lula’s government announced that the former police officer is collaborating with the investigation but, as the case is under seal, no further details were given
The biggest corruption investigation in Brazilian history, which had repercussions throughout Latin America, turns ten years old. It has become irrelevant, and many sentences have been overturned in the country where it started
The latest census confirms — after 150 years — a change in the racial majority in Latin America’s biggest country. This shift is due to demographic causes, affirmative action policies and greater consciousness
The Brazilian – among the 250 richest people in the world – is the only millionaire in Latin America who is demanding that governments raise taxes, so as to prevent the hoarding of wealth and the deepening of inequality
Two dangerous inmates from the Comando Vermelho criminal organization have escaped in the first jailbreak in the history of the federal prison system, which was created in 2006
The former far-right president, several generals and around 20 other men are accused of spending months organizing a plot to annul the results of the 2022 elections and block Lula from taking office
Investigators accused the former president of drafting a decree to annul the 2022 elections, forbade him to leave the country and confiscated his passport
The prelate of the diocese of Santo Amaro, in São Paulo, Brazil, submitted the consultation to the Vatican. That inquiry led to the authorization to baptize the LGBTQ+ faithful, who can also be godparents and witnesses to a wedding
Brazilian Nataly Castro has traveled to 180 countries and territories and plans to visit 200 in 18 months to break the Guinness World Record
The former general director of the ABIN, now a federal lawmaker, is suspected of having monitored 30,000 people considered adversaries of the former president
She decided to fight on behalf of the Amazon on the frontlines of its destruction, moving from São Paulo to Altamira. In her writing, she warns that putting the world’s largest tropical rainforest at risk could mean a holocaust for many species, including our own
The death of a Venezuelan artist rekindles the debate on gender-based violence and puts the spotlight on the challenges facing street performers
Leila Pereira, the head of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras responds to her many critics in a press conference exclusively for female journalists
The Army Headquarters, where the coup leaders came out a year ago to oppose President Lula da Silva, was built by Brazil’s most universal architect during the worst years of the dictatorship
On Monday, the president is leading an event with Congress and the Supreme Court to celebrate the country’s democracy on the first anniversary of Bolsonaro supporters’ assault in Brasília
Economic growth has bolstered the president, who has just completed one year in power. His administration has prioritized the fight against hunger and poverty, while investing in public works and environmental protection
The move from the institution, founded 170 years ago, was in response to a call from a group of historians who urged the Public Prosecutor’s Office to open an investigation into its ties with slavery