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A health worker gives a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to 8-year-old Indigenous youth Davi Seremramiwe Xavante at the Hospital da Clinicas in São Paulo, Brazil, Jan. 14, 2022. 
COVID-19
Omicron hits Indigenous communities in Brazil as fake news and denialism undermine vaccination efforts
Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro carry Brazil's national flag along Copacabana Beach on Independence Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. 
Brazil under Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro pulls out all the stops to rally base on Brazil’s Independence Day
Colombia's players celebrate winning 1-0 against Ecuador during a Copa America soccer match at Arena Pantanal stadium in Cuiaba, Brazil, June 13, 2021.
Sports
Copa America soccer championship in Brazil draws protest while coronavirus cases rise
Health care workers of the public Mobile Emergency Service bring a patient suspected of suffering from COVID-19 to the Base Public Hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. 
COVID-19
Health workers in Brazil fear COVID-19 cases may keep rising: ‘We cannot continue to trivialize these deaths’
A supporter of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro places his image on a car.
Global Politics
Bolsonaro’s Cabinet reshuffle triggers worst military crisis since the ’70s
Demonstrators wearing masks with text written in Portuguese that read "Bolsonaro out," and a sign with the phrase "Oxygen, Breathe Brazil," protest against the government's response in combating COVID-19 and demanding the impeachment of Brazil's President
Brazil under Bolsonaro
Calls for Bolsonaro’s impeachment intensify  
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro leaves after he voted during the municipal elections in Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 15, 2020.
Elections
Bolsonaro loses big in Brazil’s local elections 
Greenpeace activists hold signs between two ice sculptures depicting US President Donald Trump and Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro across the Hudson River from UN headquarters in the Queens borough of New York City, Sept. 30, 2020.
Foreign policy
US election could have profound effect on Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Riot police block demonstrators during a protest against the 2014 World Cup, in Sao Paulo June 12, 2014.
Justice
How police violence in the US could help spark racial justice in Brazil
Arts, Culture & Media
Carmen Miranda
Joyce Cândido
Arts, Culture & Media
Joyce Cândido is the young voice of samba in Rio de Janeiro
A model presents a creation from the Cola Cola 2013/2014 summer collection during Rio Fashion Week in Rio de Janeiro April 18, 2013.
Arts, Culture & Media
Black is the new white at Rio’s Fashion Week
A burning effigy of President Barack Obama is seen during a protest by Brazilian students against possible US military action in Syria, in front of the US embassy in Brasilia last month.
Global Politics
Brazilians cool on US after NSA surveillance
Arts, Culture & Media
Brazilian rap artist earns high praise from country’s music scene
English in demand
Arts, Culture & Media
The revolving door of expat Brazilians
Arts, Culture & Media
200 Arrested in Raid on Latin American Wood Mafia
Arts, Culture & Media
Brazilian Musicians in New York, Yesterday & Today
Arts, Culture & Media
Singer Daniela Mercury’s ‘Cannibalist’ Approach to Music
Brazil Environment Minister Sacked
New Amazon Reserves Anger Brazilians
Urban Visionary
Arts, Culture & Media
Global Hit
Arts, Culture & Media
Global Hit
Global Politics
Global Hit