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Brazilian Minister of Justice Sergio Moro announced his resignation on Friday in a public address accusing President Jair Bolsonaro of political interference in law enforcement. Moro said Bolsonaro had insisted on firing federal police chief Mauricio Valeixo without agreeing to a replacement of a similar technical profile. More: Brazil reports…

Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro resigned on Friday, marking the second high official to leave ... the Bolsonaro Administration in a week. (Photo by Andre Coelho/Getty Images) Getty Images Another one bites the dust. The government of Jair Bolsonaro just lost its biggest star, Sergio Moro, the Brazilian Justice Minister…

LISBON (Reuters) - Brazilians who make up Portugal’s biggest migrant community mainly came to Europe in search of a better life, but the coronavirus crisis has wiped out incomes and jobs for many - and even pushed some onto the street. Food supplies donated to Brazilian migrants living in an…

Brazil's Justice Minister Sergio Moro attends a news conference, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Brasilia, Brazil April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano MachadoBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro has threatened to resign if President Jair Bolsonaro goes ahead with plans to change the head of the federal police,…

Hundreds of people have taken to the streets across large cities in Brazil, snarling traffic as they denounced pandemic lockdown measures opposed by President Jair Bolsonaro. Protesters in trucks, cars and motorcycles, some wrapping in the country's green and yellow flags, honked horns in the streets of Rio de Janeiro,…

Coronavirus-related deaths in the US topped 40,000 with New York recording nearly half of all fatalities.  Governor Andrew Cuomo said the coronavirus curve is "on the descent" after hospitalisations and deaths continue to fall. Iran partially reopened its capital, Tehran, allowing "low-risk businesses", including shops, factories and warehouses to resume…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fired his health minister on Thursday after clashing with him over how to fight the new coronavirus, and again called for states to end stay-at-home orders that he said were hurting the economy. Few global leaders have done more than Bolsonaro to play…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian health officials braced on Wednesday for President Jair Bolsonaro to fire his health minister over disagreements on how to handle the coronavirus outbreak, with at least one secretary offering his resignation in protest. Brazil's Minister of Health Luiz Henrique Mandetta gestures during a news conference, amid…

RIO DE JANEIRO/MAPUTO (Reuters) - One of Brazil’s top cocaine traffickers has been arrested in Mozambique, officials in both countries said, underlining the growing global footprint of the First Capital Command (PCC) gang, Brazil’s most powerful criminal organization. Gilberto Aparecido dos Santos, aka “Fuminho,” had been on the run for…

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro talked to supporters as he left Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, ... Brazil this week. AFP via Getty Images Topline: As confirmed coronavirus deaths in Brazil topped 1,000 Friday, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro rebuffed social distancing measures to go out into the streets of Brasilia, the nation’s…