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MAURICIO SAVARESE

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Brawling fans in stands delay start of Argentina-Brazil World Cup qualifying match for 27 minutes

A brawl between fans at Maracana Stadium delayed the start of the South American World Cup qualifying match between Argentina and Brazil for 27 minutes

Brawling fans in stands delay start of Argentina-Brazil World Cup qualifying match for 27 minutes
News|Sports|World

Messi's Argentina beats Brazil in a World Cup qualifying game delayed by crowd violence

Many fans went to the Maracana Stadium to watch Lionel Messi in his likely last match in Brazil, a superclasico in World Cup qualifying against the hosts

Messi's Argentina beats Brazil in a World Cup qualifying game delayed by crowd violence
Americas|News|Technology|World

Brazilian city enacts an ordinance that was secretly written by ChatGPT

City lawmakers in Brazil passed what appears to be the nation’s first legislation written entirely by artificial intelligence — even if they didn’t know it at the time

Brazilian city enacts an ordinance that was secretly written by ChatGPT
Americas|Business|Economy|Finance

Investment banks to put $10 billion into projects aimed at interconnecting South America

Four investment banks have announced during a meeting of leaders of trade bloc Mercosur they will put $10 billion for infrastructure works aiming to better connect South America

Investment banks to put $10 billion into projects aimed at interconnecting South America
Americas|Sports

No Santos player will wear Pelé's No. 10 until the club returns to Serie A, new club president says

The new president of Brazil's Santos soccer club says no player will wear the team's number 10 shirt made globally famous by the late Pelé as long as the team plays in the country’s second division

No Santos player will wear Pelé's No. 10 until the club returns to Serie A, new club president says
Americas|News|World

Brazil’s Congress overrides president's veto to reinstate legislation threatening Indigenous rights

Brazil’s Congress has overturned a veto by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva so it can reinstate legislation that undoes protections of Indigenous peoples’ land rights

Brazil’s Congress overrides president's veto to reinstate legislation threatening Indigenous rights
Celebrity|Entertainment|Health

Heat exhaustion killed Taylor Swift fan attending Rio concert, forensics report says

Heat exhaustion is the cause of death of a Brazilian fan who attended a concert of singer Taylor Swift in November, according to a forensics report obtained by The Associated Press

Heat exhaustion killed Taylor Swift fan attending Rio concert, forensics report says
Americas|News|Sports

Christ the Redeemer lit in Pele shirt as Brazil honors first anniversary of his death

Christ the Redeemer has been lit up in a Pele shirt among Brazilian tributes to the soccer great on the first anniversary of his death

Christ the Redeemer lit in Pele shirt as Brazil honors first anniversary of his death
Sports

Mario Zagallo, the World Cup winning player and coach for Brazil, dies at age 92

Mario Zagallo, who won two World Cups as a player, one as a coach and another as an assistant coach for Brazil, has died

Mario Zagallo, the World Cup winning player and coach for Brazil, dies at age 92
Americas|Election|News|World

Brazil's Bolsonaro gathers thousands of supporters to defend him amid investigations

Tens of thousands of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have rallied in the country's biggest city to defend him against legal challenges that could put him in jail

Brazil's Bolsonaro gathers thousands of supporters to defend him amid investigations
Sports

Former F1 driver Massa sues FIA, FOM and Ecclestone in a London court to claim 2008 title

Former Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa says he has filed a lawsuit in a London court amid his attempt to claim the 2008 title

Former F1 driver Massa sues FIA, FOM and Ecclestone in a London court to claim 2008 title
Americas|Election

Brazilian military leaders told police Bolsonaro presented a plan to reverse the 2022 election

Judicial documents show that top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented to them a plan to reverse the results of the 2022 election he lost, but they refused and warned him that they would arrest him if he tried it

Brazilian military leaders told police Bolsonaro presented a plan to reverse the 2022 election
Crime|News|World

Brazil's Bolsonaro is indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his own vaccination data

Brazil’s Federal Police have accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of criminal association and falsifying his own COVID-19 vaccination data, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader with others potentially in store

Brazil's Bolsonaro is indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his own vaccination data
Americas|News|World

Several probes target Brazil's Bolsonaro, but his COVID decisions are catching up to him first

As Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s term wound down in the final days of December 2022, he had decided to skip the ritual of handing over the presidential sash to his successor, and instead made plans to travel abroad

Several probes target Brazil's Bolsonaro, but his COVID decisions are catching up to him first
Americas|Crime|News|Sports

Former soccer star Robinho starts 9-year prison sentence in Brazil for 2013 rape in Italy

Former soccer star Robinho has started serving a nine-year prison sentence in his native Brazil more than 10 years after he was first accused of raping a woman in Italy

Former soccer star Robinho starts 9-year prison sentence in Brazil for 2013 rape in Italy
Americas|News|World

Brazilian police launch investigation into Bolsonaro's 2-night sleepover at Hungarian embassy

Brazil’s Federal Police on Monday launched an investigation into former President Jair Bolsonaro’s two-night stay at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia, amid widespread speculation from his opponents that he may have been attempting to evade arrest

Brazilian police launch investigation into Bolsonaro's 2-night sleepover at Hungarian embassy
Education|Lifestyle|World

Book of kids' drawings reflect regular violence shaping their lives in a Rio de Janeiro favela

Dozens of kids and teenagers from Rio de Janeiro’s Mare neighborhood gathered for the launch of a book in which they show, with their own words and pictures, how violence in their poor, bayside community weighs on their young lives

Book of kids' drawings reflect regular violence shaping their lives in a Rio de Janeiro favela
Americas|Economy|Environment|News|World

The presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon

The Brazilian and the French presidents announced on Tuesday a plan to invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) on the Amazon, including its part in neighboring French Guiana

The presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon
Business|Economy|Europe|News

France's Macron tells Brazilian execs that prospective Mercosur-EU deal is 'terrible' and outdated

French President Emmanuel Macron has told Brazilian executives that a proposed deal between the European Union and the South American trade bloc Mercosur is bad for both parties

France's Macron tells Brazilian execs that prospective Mercosur-EU deal is 'terrible' and outdated
Americas|News|World

Brazil's Krenak Indigenous group gets literary esteem and an apology for dictatorship crimes

It was a monumental week for Brazil’s Krenak Indigenous group after decades of being overlooked at best, and at worst, subjugated and tortured

Brazil's Krenak Indigenous group gets literary esteem and an apology for dictatorship crimes
Americas|Environment|News

Too much water, and not enough: Brazil's flooded south struggles to access basic goods

More than 80% of residents in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre don't have running water one week after major flooding

Too much water, and not enough: Brazil's flooded south struggles to access basic goods
Americas|News|World

Southern Brazil is still reeling from massive flooding as it faces risk from new storms

Authorities in southern Brazil are rushing to rescue survivors of massive flooding that has killed at least 100 people, but some residents are refusing to leave belongings behind while others are returning to evacuated homes despite the risk of new storms

Southern Brazil is still reeling from massive flooding as it faces risk from new storms
Americas|News|World

Caramelo, the Brazilian horse stranded on a roof by floods, is rescued after stirring the nation

A horse that was perilously stranded on a rooftop by Brazil's deadly floods has been rescued

Caramelo, the Brazilian horse stranded on a roof by floods, is rescued after stirring the nation
Americas|Environment|News

Inside a makeshift shelter saving hundreds of dogs from floods in southern Brazil

Hundreds of volunteers have set up a makeshift dog shelter in an abandoned, roofless warehouse in the Brazilian city of Canoas, one of the hardest hit by floods in southern Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state

Inside a makeshift shelter saving hundreds of dogs from floods in southern Brazil
Americas|Environment|News|World

A second scourge is battering Brazil's flooded south: Disinformation

The vast flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside

A second scourge is battering Brazil's flooded south: Disinformation

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