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BRASILIA/SAO PAULO/MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - The death toll from COVID-19 in the worst hit part of Brazil’s remote Amazon region may be three times the official count, according to data from public notaries reviewed by Reuters, as the spread of the disease overwhelms the public health system. FILE PHOTO: Workers…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Indigenous groups from nine countries in the Amazon basin called on Wednesday for donations to help protect 3 million rainforest inhabitants who are vulnerable to the spread of the novel coronavirus because they lack adequate access to healthcare. They said the failure of regional governments to consider…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - São Luis became Brazil’s first major city to begin a coronavirus “lockdown” on Tuesday with another, Fortaleza, saying it would follow suit on Friday, as local health services struggle to cope with the pandemic. Tuesday’s lockdown measure covers São Luis and parts of three other municipalities with…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday picked a new head of the federal police following a Supreme Court decision to block his effort to appoint a family friend - a tactical retreat a day after he and supporters threatened the court in anti-democratic protests. Brazil's President Jair…

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, May 3 (Reuters) - Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro attacked Congress and the courts in a speech to hundreds of supporters on Sunday, underlining the former army captain’s increasing isolation as he downplays the impacts of the novel coronavirus on Latin America’s largest nation. Right-wing Bolsonaro has drawn…

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro attacked Congress and the courts in a speech to hundreds of supporters on Sunday, underlining the former army captain’s increasing isolation as he downplays the impacts of the COVID-19 on Latin America’s largest nation.Right-wing Bolsonaro has drawn widespread criticism from across the political spectrum for dismissing…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Supreme Court judge issued an injunction on Saturday suspending for 10 days a decision by Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro to expel Venezuela's 30 diplomats and consular staff.Bolsonaro and Brazil's Foreign Ministry had given Venezuela until Saturday to remove its diplomats in the latest chapter of…

A man rides a bicycle next to a message reading "Use mask" painted on the street, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Pilar OlivaresBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil has reported a record 7,218 confirmed cases of new coronavirus in the last 24 hours,…

View photosWednesday, April 29, at 4:00 p.m. ET – 5 p.m. Brasilia and Buenos Aires time, Javier Hasse, managing director at Benzinga Cannabis, and co-founder and CEO of El Planteo, will be interviewed live on TV Folha. The channel belongs to Folha de Sao Paulo, one of the largest media…

By Ricardo Brito and Lisandra ParaguassuBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday withdrew the name of a family friend he had picked to run the federal police, after a Supreme Court justice blocked an appointment that opponents said would allow him inappropriate influence over law enforcement.His decision to…