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China-Brazil investment fund launched to promote productive capacity

Brazilian and Chinese officials launched a joint Brazil-China investment promotion fund here on Tuesday to increase productive capacity.

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China-Brazil investment fund launched to promote productive capacity

BrazilianandChineseofficialslaunchedajointBrazil-ChinainvestmentpromotionfundhereonTuesdaytoincreaseproductivecapacity.Thefund,nowinoperation,willhaveaninitials

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Brazil prison break: Nearly 90 prisoners escaped

Authoritiesaretryingtofindnearly90inmateswhoescapedfromaprisoninBrazil'snortheasternstateofRioGrandedoNorte.Localofficialssay88prisonersescapedbycrawlingthrough

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Zika virus: Brazil says emergency is over

BrazilhasdeclaredanendtoanationalemergencyovertheZikavirusafterasharpdecreaseincases.Thenumberofcasesdropped95%betweenJanuaryandApril,comparedtothesameperiodaye

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Brazil's ex-President Lula questioned over corruption

The former Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has given evidence before the country's top anti-corruption judge.

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China, Brazil boost huge potential for cooperation in energy technology

China and Brazil are showing great potential for technological cooperation in renewable energies such as solar, wind and hydropower, a Brazilian expert said Friday.

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Brazil prosecutor plans to investigate ministers, senators for graft: source

Brazil's top prosecutor will seek authorization from the Supreme Court as soon as this week to investigate senior ministers in President Michel Temer's Cabinet and senators from his PMDB party for corruption, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.

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Brazil to build 30 jails in one year to tackle prison crisis

Brazil aims to build nearly 30 prisons over the next year to ease chronic overcrowding in its penitentiary system as part of a package of emergency measures to tackle a wave of deadly prison riots, according to President Michel Temer.

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Brazil sees record high number of foreign visitors in 2016

​Brazil saw a record high 6.6 million foreign tourists in 2016, up 4.8 percent compared to 2015, which is largely due to the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to the Ministry of Tourism on Wednesday.

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Brazil drug gangs spark prison riot, 56 dead

Drug gangs sparked a prison riot that killed 56 people, with decapitated bodies thrown over prison walls in the bloodiest violence in more than two decades in Brazil's overcrowded penitentiary system, officials said on Monday.

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Christmas cheer missing in crisis-hit Rio

The Grinch -- in the form of devastating recession, giant corruption and unpaid salaries -- has stolen Rio de Janeiro's Christmas.

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UN warns Brazil of anti-poverty setback

Brazil's anti-poverty fight could suffer a setback due to economic strife, the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) warned on Monday.

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Soccer plane in Colombia crash was running out of fuel: recording

The plane that crashed in Colombia virtually wiping out an entire Brazilian soccer team was running out of fuel, had no electrical power, and was preparing for an emergency landing, according to the pilot's final words.

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Soccer crash survivors undergo operations in Colombia, probe begins

Doctors treated traumatized survivors and an investigation was to get underway on Wednesday into an air crash that killed 71 people and wiped out Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team en route to a cup final in Colombia.

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Number of Venezuelans seeking refuge in Brazil surges

​Demands for refugee status by Venezuelans crossing the land border with Brazil in the northern state of Roraima have been surging in the last two years.

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Rousseff's allies at home and abroad enraged at impeachment

​As Brazil and Latin America reeled from the impeachment of Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday, reactions quickly began pouring in, mostly from her saddened supporters.