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Germany vows millions for Amazon as Scholz meets Lula in Brazil

Brasília (AFP) - Germany on Monday outlined more than $200 million in contributions for environmental projects in Brazil as Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the South American giant reeling from Amazon destruction under ex-president Jair Bolsonaro.

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Violent spark followed by a fizzle: Is 'bolsonarismo' spent?

Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's democracy has withstood a vicious initial assault by die-hard backers of vanquished far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro who on Sunday sacked the symbolic seats of a government since recently in leftist hands.

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Bolsonaro backers deface Congress in ugly anti-Lula stand

Brasília (AFP) - Decked out in the colors of Brazil's national flag, supporters of vanquished ex-president Jair Bolsonaro smashed windows and sowed destruction as they barged into Congress Sunday clamoring for "military intervention."

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'Lulapalooza': inauguration party sweeps Brazil's capital

Brasília (AFP) - Singing at the top of their lungs, parading with carnival-style flare and waving giant red and rainbow flags, tens of thousands of people flooded Brazil's capital Sunday for "Lulapalooza," a presidential inauguration with a rock-festival vibe.

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Brazil sees area burned by fire nearly double in November

Brasília (AFP) - Fires scorched almost two million acres of territory in Brazil in November, according to data released by an NGO group Wednesday, nearly 90 percent more than in the same month last year.

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Brazil's Lula appoints former mayor as finance minister

Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday named former Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad, viewed unfavorably by many in the business community, as his finance minister.

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Lula wins Brazil's bitter presidential vote, Bolsonaro silent

Sao Paulo (AFP) - Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for "peace and unity" after narrowly winning a divisive runoff election Sunday, capping a remarkable political comeback by defeating far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro -- who has yet to accept defeat.

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Rival colors and hand signs... A gang war? No, Brazil's elections

Brasília (AFP) - To some, rival colors and hand signs might evoke a gang war.

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Meet the feisty woman kingmaker in Brazil's presidential runoff

Brasília (AFP) - A feisty and little-known woman senator has emerged as kingmaker in Brazil's very close presidential runoff.

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Neymar swept up in Brazil vote battle after video for Bolsonaro

Brasília (AFP) - Football superstar Neymar was swept up in Brazil's presidential election campaign after posting a video on social media Wednesday thanking President Jair Bolsonaro for visiting the player's charitable children's foundation.

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Bolsonaro sign-language interpreter launches own campaign

Brasília (AFP) - Few people know his name, but as President Jair Bolsonaro's ever-present sign-language interpreter, Fabiano Guimaraes is a familiar face to millions of Brazilians -- fame he now hopes will help him win a seat in Congress.

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'Man of the hole' dies, last known survivor of Amazon tribe

Brasília (AFP) - For more than 20 years he lived alone in the Brazilian Amazon eating nuts, fruit and game -- a symbol of the struggle of indigenous people who exist in isolation in the rainforest.

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Brazil fines Apple $2.4 mn, prohibits sale of iPhone without charger

Brasília (AFP) - Apple has been barred from selling iPhones without a charger in Brazil and fined more than $2 million over the issue, the government said Tuesday, after accusing the US tech giant of "discriminatory practices."

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Last member of Brazilian indigenous community found dead

Brasília (AFP) - The last of his people, a Brazilian indigenous man known only as "the man of the hole" has been found dead, decades after the rest of his uncontacted tribe were killed off by ranchers and illegal miners, officials said.

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Emperor Pedro I's heart returns to Brazil for 'state visit'

Brasília (AFP) - Nearly two centuries after it was cut from his corpse and stashed in formaldehyde, the heart of Emperor Pedro I, who declared Brazil's independence from Portugal, returned Monday for politically charged commemorations of the South American nation's 200th birthday.

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Petrobras CEO quits in fuel price standoff with Bolsonaro

Brasília (AFP) - The CEO of Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras, who has stayed in his post despite being fired by Jair Bolsonaro in May, resigned Monday after a new fuel price hike that enraged the far-right president.

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Suspect confesses to burying bodies of two men missing in Amazon

Manaus (Brazil) (AFP) - One of two men arrested over the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in the Brazilian Amazon confessed to having buried the pair in the jungle, federal police said Wednesday after human remains were found.

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Human remains found buried at Amazon missing search site: minister

Brasília (AFP) - Human remains were found buried at a site in the Brazilian Amazon during a search for a missing British journalist and an Indigenous expert, a minister said Wednesday.

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Calls mount for Brazil to find missing British reporter, expert

Brasília (AFP) - Pressure mounted Wednesday on Brazil's government to redouble efforts to find a British journalist and Brazilian indigenous expert missing in the Amazon, as the search entered its fourth day and a suspect was reportedly detained.

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Petrobras shares fall after Bolsonaro fires its boss

Brasília (AFP) - The price of shares in Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras fell Tuesday in reaction to President Jair Bolsonaro firing its boss after only 40 days on the job.

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Brazil's Bolsonaro fires third Petrobras chief as fuel prices soar

Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday dismissed the president of state oil giant Petrobras, who had been in the job for only 40 days.

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