Officers and vehicles of the National Security Force stand guard outside the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on January 11, 2023. The Brazilian government boosted security around its buildings in the capital Wednesday ahead of another planned protest by followers of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro who...
BRASILIA, Brazil -- A former minister under defeated Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro was arrested early Saturday, local media reported, in connection with last week's sacking of government buildings. Anderson Torres, Bolsonaro's last justice minister, was arrested when he arrived in the...
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazilian far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro will be included in an investigation into the origins of the January 8 sacking of government buildings in Brasilia, a Supreme Court judge announced Friday. In this file photo taken on October 28, 2022, Brazilian President and...
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazil intensified a mop-up operation Thursday after the shock weekend ransacking of government buildings in the capital, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the rioters likely had inside help. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a breakfast with...
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting with Governors at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on January 9, 2023, a day after supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Congress, presidential palace, and Supreme Court. (MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)...
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazilian security forces locked down the area around Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court Monday, a day after supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the seat of power in riots that triggered an international outcry. In stunning scenes reminiscent...
SANTOS, Brazil (AFP) — An emotional Brazil began paying its final respects Monday, Jan. 2, to football legend Pele with a wake at the stadium where he first took the world's breath away with his dazzling skill. A fan of late Brazilian football legend Pele gestures while attending his wake at...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -- Pele is revered in Brazil as the eternal "King of Football." Pele (AFP) But the legendary player's image is more complicated when it comes to the trickier terrain of politics in his home country, where he faced criticism for his failure to speak out on racism and his...
PARIS (AFP) -- His face appeared on televisions around the world and dominated the homepages of news outlets everywhere as global media bowed to the late, great Pele, the undisputed "King" of football. A man takes a picture of a wall depicting an image of late football stars Diego Maradona of...
BRASÃLIA, Brazil – Brazil's leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returns triumphant to the presidency Sunday after years out in the cold, with plans for a spectacular inauguration amid ultra-tight security. Some 300,000 revelers and more than a dozen heads of state and government are...
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazilian football icon Pele, a three-time World Cup winner who transformed the "beautiful game" and is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, died on Thursday, Dec. 29, at the age of 82. In this file photo taken on December 08, 2005, Brazilian football...
Aside from the EU and the US, the Department of Trade and Industry will pursue discussions for bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) with Latin American countries Chile, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina to widen the reach of Philippine exports. Trad and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual told...
