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Dog who disappeared after being scared by fireworks found on remote island 3 miles away

Pet dog Mel managed to swim more than three miles away to the Ilhas Maricas (Maricas Islands) off the coast of Marica, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after being left terrified by fireworks

Daily Mirror

Brazil seeks to fight police violence with body cams

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Seeking to curb chronic police violence, Rio de Janeiro plans to start using officer body cams, a measure that has shown promising results elsewhere in Brazil but that experts say won't be a panacea.

AFP

Brazil April inflation hits 26-year high

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazil's inflation rate hit a 26-year high for the month of April, the government said Wednesday, as spiraling prices continued to defy the central bank's push to rein them in.

AFP

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In-form Jesus returns to Brazil squad for Asian friendlies

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - In-form Manchester city striker Gabriel Jesus was recalled to the Brazil squad on Wednesday for friendlies against South Korea and Japan in June.

AFP

Will Brazil's Bolsonaro stage a comeback election win?

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - A few months back, President Jair Bolsonaro was getting crushed in the polls for Brazil's October elections, trailing his nemesis, ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, so badly it seemed he might lose in the first round.

AFP

Rio to host top tech conference Web Summit

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - The head of Web Summit, the huge technology conference dubbed the "Davos for geeks," announced Tuesday that Rio de Janeiro will host the first edition of the event outside Europe.

AFP

Brazilian town builds Christ statue taller than Rio's

Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ the Redeemer has competition.

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Solar energy projects lower bills in Rio de Janeiro favelas

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - In a hillside slum with breathtaking views of Rio de Janeiro's famed Copacabana beach, a rooftop covered in photovoltaic panels glitters in the tropical sun -- one of many in Brazil's first favela solar energy project.

AFP

Rio's flamboyant Carnival parade returns after pandemic hiatus

Colorful floats and flamboyant dancers are delighting tens of thousands jammed into Rio de Janeiro's iconic Sambadrome, putting on a delayed Carnival celebration after the pandemic halted the dazzling displays.

France 24

'So Much Joy': Brazil Holds First Carnival since Covid

Rio de Janeiro's carnival, a glittering, sequin-studded festival of the flesh, exploded back to life Friday with the first famed samba school parades since Covid-19 started devastating Brazil. After two long years, a flood of dancers and drummers reclaimed the iconic beach city's "Sambadrome," its dedicated carnival parade venue, which…

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'So much joy': Brazil holds first carnival since Covid-19

Rio de Janeiro's carnival, a glittering, sequin-studded festival of the flesh, exploded back to life Friday with the first famed samba school parades since Covid-19 started devastating Brazil.

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Rio de Janeiro's dazzling Carnival parade resumes after COVID-19 pandemic hiatus

Ahead of the first time Carnival has been held since 2020, Rio de Janeiro's top samba schools begin putting on their delayed parades.

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Rio's flamboyant Carnival parade is back after the pandemic

Rio de Janeiro’s samba schools have begun putting on this year's delayed Carnival parades, the first after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19-pandemic

The Independent UK

'So much joy': Brazil holds first carnival since Covid

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Rio de Janeiro's carnival, a glittering, sequin-studded festival of the flesh, exploded back to life Friday with the first famed samba school parades since Covid-19 hit Brazil.

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Rio's dazzling Carnival parade resumes after pandemic hiatus

Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival parade have returned after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19-pandemic

AFP

Brazil holds first carnival since Covid

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - After two long years without its frenetic festival of sparkling sequins, sultry samba and towering floats, Rio de Janeiro will hold its famed carnival parades Friday night for the first time since Covid-19 hit Brazil.

AFP

'Long live the samba!': Brazil holds first carnival since Covid

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Rio mayor hands key to city to carnival king

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - After two years of Covid-19 cancellations, Rio de Janeiro's mayor officially opened the world's most famous carnival celebration Wednesday, handing the key to the city to "King Momo," the symbolic ruler of the festivities.

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Rio's Carnival parade is back, as street bands ache to party

Starting Wednesday night, Rio de Janeiro samba schools’ elaborate floats and feather-festooned dancers will parade between packed bleachers

AFP

Brazil readies first carnival since Covid

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - After two bleak years of lock-downs and loss, Rio de Janeiro will hold its famed carnival this weekend for the first time since Covid-19 hit Brazil, promising a giant, glittering spectacle of pandemic catharsis.

AFP

Brazil paper plane pilots seek international glory

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - More than a century after their beloved countryman Alberto Santos-Dumont made aviation history, young Brazilians are taking to the skies seeking international glory of their own...with paper airplanes.

AFP

Brazil's Petrobras names new CEO amid fuel price row with Bolsonaro

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - The board of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras on Thursday named Jose Mauro Coelho as its third CEO in just over a year after President Jair Bolsonaro fired his predecessors in a stand-off over fuel prices.

Reuters

Brazil youth voter drive battles apathy - and could help Lula

In the patio of an evangelical youth group in the rough suburbs of Rio de Janeiro one recent weekday afternoon, 18-year-old Vitoria Rodrigues opened up her laptop and began to register young voters for Brazil's upcoming elections.

The Independent UK

In Rio, rescue dogs watch out for their rescuers

In Rio de Janeiro, two rescue dogs have turned local mascots and budding online influencers after joining their rescuers’ ranks, wooing their growing audience, one bark at a time

AFP

Illegal mining, abuses surge on Brazil indigenous land: report

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Illegal gold mining surged by a record amount last year on Brazil's biggest indigenous reservation, said a report published Monday, which carried chilling accounts of abuses by miners, including extorting sex from women and girls.

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