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1:47pm, 16th April, 2019

Venezuelan scavengers vie with vultures for Brazilian trash

Surrounded by vultures perched on trees awaiting their turn, Venezuelan migrants scrape out a living scavenging for metal, plastic, cardboard and food in a Brazilian border town's rubbish dump.

U.S., Brazilian vice presidents discuss Venezuela pressure at White House

4:03pm, 8th April, 2019

World

U.S., Brazilian vice presidents discuss Venezuela pressure at White House

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met with his Brazilian counterpart Hamilton Mourao at the White House on Monday to discuss sanctions and diplomatic efforts aimed at increasing the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to exit.

Portrait of Brazilian revolutionary is a salvo in fight over history

2:30pm, 15th February, 2019

Entertainment

Portrait of Brazilian revolutionary is a salvo in fight over history

The makers of "Marighella", a film about a left-wing revolutionary murdered by Brazil's 1960s military dictatorship, hope their film will help counter a version of the country's history that they see far-right President Jair Bolsonaro as pr...

Brazilian documentary asks: do we live for work or work for life?

12:24pm, 15th February, 2019

Entertainment

Brazilian documentary asks: do we live for work or work for life?

High in the hills of Brazil's remote northeast, the town of Toritama echoes with the sound of sewing machines: in the self-proclaimed capital of jeans, people work all hours of the day to produce denim trousers.

Brazilian president Bolsonaro has pneumonia, hospital says

2:51pm, 7th February, 2019

World

Brazilian president Bolsonaro has pneumonia, hospital says

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has pneumonia, the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo said in a statement on Thursday.

Brazilian women lead nationwide protests against far-right candidate

6:07pm, 29th September, 2018

World

Brazilian women lead nationwide protests against far-right candidate

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Brazil's major cities on Saturday in women-led protests against far-right presidential front-runner Jair Bolsonaro, who flew home after weeks in hospital recovering from a near-fatal stab wound.

Stabbed Brazilian presidential candidate stable, in therapy

8:45pm, 8th September, 2018

World

Stabbed Brazilian presidential candidate stable, in therapy

A front-running and far-right Brazilian presidential candidate began physical therapy on Saturday and remained in serious but stable condition after being stabbed during a campaign rally earlier this week, doctors and family members said.

Brazilian border state asks supreme court to halt entry of Venezuelans

10:17am, 20th August, 2018

World

Brazilian border state asks supreme court to halt entry of Venezuelans

The government of the northern Brazilian state of Roraima on Monday asked the country's supreme court to halt the entry of Venezuelan immigrants, as the border state struggles to cope with a flow that has already sparked violent confrontations.

Brazilian border town residents drive out Venezuelan immigrants

2:54pm, 18th August, 2018

World

Brazilian border town residents drive out Venezuelan immigrants

Angry residents of a Brazilian border town, Pacaraima, ran riot and drove out Venezuelan immigrants on Saturday after a local restaurant owner was stabbed and beaten, residents and government officials said.

Brazilian judge orders border closed to Venezuelan immigrants

4:58pm, 6th August, 2018

World

Brazilian judge orders border closed to Venezuelan immigrants

A Brazilian judge has ordered the border crossing from Venezuela closed to Venezuelan immigrants fleeing their country's economic and political turmoil but the border remained open on Monday pending an appeal by the federal government.