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Claudia Sheinbaum claims sweeping mandate to become Mexico's first female president
MEXICO CITY - Claudia Sheinbaum, a Nobel Prize-winning climate scientist, will become Mexico's first female president after winning a...
Jun 3, 20244 min read
Soccer-Brazil picked to host 2027 Women's World Cup at FIFA Congress
BANGKOK -Brazil was declared host of the 2027 Women's World Cup after winning a vote at the annual FIFA Congress on Friday, beating the...
May 17, 20243 min read
Death toll from floods in Brazil's south reaches 143, as rains continue to pour
PORTO ALEGRE -The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state rose to 143, up from 136 on the day before, the local...
May 13, 20242 min read
Brazilian athletes drop Olympic dreams to help flood victims
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil -Less than three months from the Olympic Games in Paris, Brazilian athletes from the devastated southern state of...
May 11, 20242 min read
Death toll from floods in Brazil hits 126 as rain returns
CANOAS, Brazil -Rains returned to Rio Grande do Sul on Friday as the death toll from historic floods in Brazil's southernmost state...
May 11, 20242 min read
Brazil floods leave 150,000 homeless, scores dead or missing
ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil -Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio...
May 8, 20243 min read
Heavy rains in southern Brazil kill nearly 60, over 70 still missing
SAO PAULO -Heavy rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul this week killed at least 55 people, local authorities said on...
May 5, 20242 min read
Rains in southern Brazil kill at least 39, some 70 still missing
Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 39 people, local authorities said on Friday, and the...
May 4, 20242 min read
Brazil rejects Vale, BHP settlement offer for Mariana disaster
RIO DE JANEIRO -Brazil and the state of Espirito Santo have rejected a proposal by miners Vale and BHP regarding reparations for the...
May 4, 20242 min read
Vale, BHP propose $25 billion deal to settle reparations for Mariana disaster
SAO PAULO - Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco have presented Brazilian authorities with a settlement proposal related to...
Apr 29, 20241 min read
Indigenous people protest Brazil not protecting ancestral lands
BRASILIA -Several thousand Indigenous demonstrators marched chanting to drum beats on Thursday to the seat of power in Brazil's capital...
Apr 27, 20242 min read
Brazil's government submits rules to streamline consumption taxes
BRASILIA - Brazil's government submitted proposed rules to Congress on Wednesday to carry out a historic tax overhaul approved last year,...
Apr 26, 20242 min read
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