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Dance, Dribble, Durga Puja And Hilsa: Ronaldinho's Day Out In Kolkata
From inaugurating Durga Puja pandals to trying his hand at cooking to beating a lawmaker to score a goal, Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho's day out in Kolkata was full of surprises.
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US Lawmakers Urge Joe Biden To Expel Jair Bolsonaro Over Brazil Riots
Democratic lawmakers called Thursday on President Joe Biden to revoke the visa of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, saying the United States should not offer refuge to anyone involved in riots against Brazil's newly elected government.
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US Lawmakers May Assist Brazil With Investigation Into Riots
Aides to US lawmakers from the Jan. 6 committee have engaged in early talks to cooperate with Brazilian lawmakers looking to investigate the storming of the capital Brasilia by protesters.
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Brazil Crypto Law Back On Agenda As FTX Meltdown Sends Shockwaves
Brazilian crypto advocates are urging lawmakers to give final approval on a bill aimed at boosting oversight of the sector, after the collapse of FTX - once an industry darling - raised fresh concern about unregulated digital currencies.
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Brazil Politician Gets 50 Years' Jail For Killing Husband. Children Helped
Prosecutors charged Former Brazilian congresswoman Flordelis dos Santos in August 2020 with "orchestrating the homicide, enlisting several of her grown children to take part in the crime and attempting to disguise it as an armed robbery."
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Brazilian Army's Viagra Order Draws Quips, Scrutiny
The Brazilian military came in for stiff scrutiny Monday after a lawmaker revealed it had purchased Viagra pills for the troops, drawing a flurry of jokes on social media.
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Facebook Removes False Accounts Linked to Brazil's Bolsonaro
Facebook said Wednesday that it has removed dozens of accounts, some used by employees of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and two of his lawmaker sons. The company said its decision was based on the creation of false profiles that engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior.”
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Brazil's President Wins, Justice Minister Loses In Congress
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro surmounted a crucial hurdle for his young government on Wednesday by winning approval from disgruntled lower house lawmakers for his move to reorganize the country's executive branch.
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Brazil President Temer Led Graft Scheme, Says Billionaire Businessman
Brazilian President Michel Temer led a corruption scheme in which lawmakers squeezed high-profile executives for bribes, billionaire Joesley Batista told magazine Epoca in an interview published on Saturday. In his first interview since striking a leniency agreement with Brazilian prosecutors, Batista told Epoca that Temer asked for money several t...
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Brazil Impeachment Drive Against Dilma Rousseff Tips Into Chaos
The impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was thrown into confusion Monday when the acting speaker of the lower house of Congress annulled the April vote by lawmakers that launched the process.
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Senator With Hairy Past Oversees Brazil President's Fate
With President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment case moving to the Senate, the fate of Latin America's biggest country rests in part on Renan Calheiros -- a man, who like most Brazilian lawmakers, faces hair-raising legal problems of his own.
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Brazil Lawmakers Green-Light President Dilma Rousseff's Impeachment Trial
Brazilian lawmakers on Sunday reached the two thirds majority necessary to authorize impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff.
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Brazilian Lawmakers Vote On President Dilma Rousseff Impeachment
Brazilian lawmakers voted Sunday on whether President Dilma Rousseff should face impeachment trial in a tense, at times circus-like showdown watched live by millions around the deeply divided country.
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Brazil's Impeachment Problem: The Accusers Are Also Accused
One by one, Brazilian lawmakers rise on national television, faces red with indignation, voices shaking, to demand impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.
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Too 'Ugly' to Rape: Brazil Lawmaker's Comment Sparks Fury
A debate about sexual violence in Brazil sparked by a lawmaker's comments on the floor of Congress has spread beyond government chambers, triggering a national debate about rape and sexism in the South American nation.
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Dance, Dribble, Durga Puja And Hilsa: Ronaldinho's Day Out In Kolkata
From inaugurating Durga Puja pandals to trying his hand at cooking to beating a lawmaker to score a goal, Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho's day out in Kolkata was full of surprises.
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US Lawmakers Urge Joe Biden To Expel Jair Bolsonaro Over Brazil Riots
Democratic lawmakers called Thursday on President Joe Biden to revoke the visa of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, saying the United States should not offer refuge to anyone involved in riots against Brazil's newly elected government.
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US Lawmakers May Assist Brazil With Investigation Into Riots
Aides to US lawmakers from the Jan. 6 committee have engaged in early talks to cooperate with Brazilian lawmakers looking to investigate the storming of the capital Brasilia by protesters.
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Brazil Crypto Law Back On Agenda As FTX Meltdown Sends Shockwaves
Brazilian crypto advocates are urging lawmakers to give final approval on a bill aimed at boosting oversight of the sector, after the collapse of FTX - once an industry darling - raised fresh concern about unregulated digital currencies.
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Brazil Politician Gets 50 Years' Jail For Killing Husband. Children Helped
Prosecutors charged Former Brazilian congresswoman Flordelis dos Santos in August 2020 with "orchestrating the homicide, enlisting several of her grown children to take part in the crime and attempting to disguise it as an armed robbery."
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Brazilian Army's Viagra Order Draws Quips, Scrutiny
The Brazilian military came in for stiff scrutiny Monday after a lawmaker revealed it had purchased Viagra pills for the troops, drawing a flurry of jokes on social media.
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Facebook Removes False Accounts Linked to Brazil's Bolsonaro
Facebook said Wednesday that it has removed dozens of accounts, some used by employees of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and two of his lawmaker sons. The company said its decision was based on the creation of false profiles that engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior.”
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Brazil's President Wins, Justice Minister Loses In Congress
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro surmounted a crucial hurdle for his young government on Wednesday by winning approval from disgruntled lower house lawmakers for his move to reorganize the country's executive branch.
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Brazil President Temer Led Graft Scheme, Says Billionaire Businessman
Brazilian President Michel Temer led a corruption scheme in which lawmakers squeezed high-profile executives for bribes, billionaire Joesley Batista told magazine Epoca in an interview published on Saturday. In his first interview since striking a leniency agreement with Brazilian prosecutors, Batista told Epoca that Temer asked for money several t...
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Brazil Impeachment Drive Against Dilma Rousseff Tips Into Chaos
The impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was thrown into confusion Monday when the acting speaker of the lower house of Congress annulled the April vote by lawmakers that launched the process.
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Senator With Hairy Past Oversees Brazil President's Fate
With President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment case moving to the Senate, the fate of Latin America's biggest country rests in part on Renan Calheiros -- a man, who like most Brazilian lawmakers, faces hair-raising legal problems of his own.
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Brazil Lawmakers Green-Light President Dilma Rousseff's Impeachment Trial
Brazilian lawmakers on Sunday reached the two thirds majority necessary to authorize impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff.
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Brazilian Lawmakers Vote On President Dilma Rousseff Impeachment
Brazilian lawmakers voted Sunday on whether President Dilma Rousseff should face impeachment trial in a tense, at times circus-like showdown watched live by millions around the deeply divided country.
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Brazil's Impeachment Problem: The Accusers Are Also Accused
One by one, Brazilian lawmakers rise on national television, faces red with indignation, voices shaking, to demand impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.
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Too 'Ugly' to Rape: Brazil Lawmaker's Comment Sparks Fury
A debate about sexual violence in Brazil sparked by a lawmaker's comments on the floor of Congress has spread beyond government chambers, triggering a national debate about rape and sexism in the South American nation.
