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Updated Aug 15, 2024, 05:58 AM Published Aug 15, 2024, 12:43 AM BRASILIA - The presidents of Brazil and Colombia discussed options for negotiating an end to the Venezuelan crisis in a phone call on Wednesday, Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said. "I was on a phone call…

World Triathlon’s Executive Board has approved three changes to the World Cup calendar for the second half of the 2024 season. The date of the World Triathlon Cup Brasilia has been moved and it will now take place on November 9-10. The event in Vina del Mar, Chile, will no…

Saudi Minister of Economy in Talks with Brazilian FM ahead of G20 Brazil Summit The Minister of Economy and Planning, Faisal bin Fadel Al-Ibrahim met today with the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, as part of the G20 Development Ministerial Meeting in Brasilia, reported the Saudi Press Agency…

Updated Apr 26, 2024, 05:03 PM Published Apr 26, 2024, 06:38 AM BRASILIA - Several thousand Indigenous demonstrators marched chanting to drum beats on Thursday to the seat of power in Brazil's capital to protest against the government's failure to protect their ancestral lands. The annual event this year focused…

Updated Apr 19, 2024, 08:20 AM Published Apr 19, 2024, 08:20 AM BRASILIA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva officially recognized two more Indigenous territories on Thursday, but said he decided not to sign off on four others because they still need to be cleared by people currently…

BRASILIA - Leonardo Muylaert was just another mild-mannered professional on vacation with his girlfriend when the 36-year-old Brazilian went viral on social media thanks to an unexpected superpower that has changed his life: his uncanny resemblance to Superman. Muylaert -- a strapping, bespectacled civil rights lawyer from Brasilia -- was…

BRASILIA (AP) — Muchos indígenas yanomami, la mayor tribu de la Amazonía que vive en relativo aislamiento, han sido contaminados con mercurio procedente de la muy generalizada minería ilegal de oro, según un informe publicado el jueves por el principal instituto de salud de Brasil. La investigación fue realizada en…

Bayer Leverkusen’s record unbeaten march continues with a 2-0 win at Roma in Europa League ROME: An imposing stadium in a major foreign capital did nothing to stop Bayer Leverkusen’s record unbeaten march across Europe. The freshly crowned first-time Bundesliga champions silenced the Stadio Olimpico with a 2-0 win at…

Whether she read them all herself remains to be seen, but the fact is that after last month, Italian Alice Betto had become something of a persona non grata within the triathlon world. Hundreds, maybe even thousands of hate comments were published online after Betto collided with teammate Nicole van…

World Triathlon Cup Brasilia will make its debut this weekend as the Brazilian capital hosts the first of two South American world cups this winter, with the World Triathlon Cup Vina Del Mar still to come in November. Among the entrants this weekend are local heroes Manoel Messias and Miguel…