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MAURICIO SAVARESE

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Young women in Rio favela hope to overcome poverty and violence to play in Women's World Cup in 2027

Young Brazilian female footballers are hopeful that their country playing host to the 2027 Women's World Cup will boost the sport in the South American nation

Young women in Rio favela hope to overcome poverty and violence to play in Women's World Cup in 2027
Sports

Besides Messi, there is Vinicius Júnior, Valverde, Garnacho and Pulisic to watch at Copa America

Lionel Messi is undoubtedly the face of this year’s Copa America

Besides Messi, there is Vinicius Júnior, Valverde, Garnacho and Pulisic to watch at Copa America
Americas|Crime|News|Political|World

Brazil police indict ex-President Bolsonaro for money laundering, criminal association, sources say

Brazilian police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia during his time in office, according to a source with knowledge of the accusations

Brazil police indict ex-President Bolsonaro for money laundering, criminal association, sources say
Americas|Crime|News|World

Brazil's Bolsonaro indicted for alleged money laundering for undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia

The indictment of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia marked the far-right leader’s second formal accusation with more potentially in store

Brazil's Bolsonaro indicted for alleged money laundering for undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia
Americas|Crime|News

Brazil's police say Bolsonaro embezzled $1.2 million in undeclared jewelry from Saudi Arabia

Brazil’s Federal Police allege former President Jair Bolsonaro embezzled jewelry worth about $1.2 million during his time in office

Brazil's police say Bolsonaro embezzled $1.2 million in undeclared jewelry from Saudi Arabia
Americas|Election|News|Political|World

Brazil's Lula urges Venezuela's Maduro to respect vote results, is 'frightened' by talk of bloodbath

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro should respect the results of the elections scheduled for Sunday

Americas|News|World

Brazil expels Nicaraguan ambassador in retaliation as rift between leaders grows

Brazil’s government has kicked out Nicaragua’s ambassador to the nation in retaliation for a similar move by the Central American country’s President Daniel Ortega

Brazil expels Nicaraguan ambassador in retaliation as rift between leaders grows
Americas|Crime|News|World

Plane crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 aboard, airline says

A Brazilian airliner says one of its passenger planes with 61 people aboard has crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday, killing all who were aboard

Plane crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 aboard, airline says
Americas|News|World

Rescuers retrieve remains of all 62 passengers in Brazil plane crash. Families gather in Sao Paulo

Brazilian rescue teams have retrieved the remains of all 62 passengers from the wreckage of a plane crash in Sao Paulo state as families began gathering in the metropolis to identify and bury their loved ones

Rescuers retrieve remains of all 62 passengers in Brazil plane crash. Families gather in Sao Paulo
News|Travel|World

Families of Brazilian plane crash victims gather in Sao Paulo as French experts join investigation

More than 40 families of victims of an airliner crash in Brazil have gathered at a morgue and hotels in Sao Paulo as three French government investigators arrived in the country

Families of Brazilian plane crash victims gather in Sao Paulo as French experts join investigation
Americas|News|World

Brazil buries pilot who died in plane crash that killed 62, as questions remain about its cause

The pilot of the plane that crashed down in Brazil last week has been buried in Sao Paulo, becoming the first person laid to rest among the 62 victims, as authorities continue working to determine what caused the accident

Brazil buries pilot who died in plane crash that killed 62, as questions remain about its cause
Americas|Asia|News|World

Brazil will restrict entry to some Asian nationals, aiming to curb migration to the US and Canada

Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreign citizens from Asia who are seeking refuge in the country as a means to migrate to the United States and Canada

Brazil will restrict entry to some Asian nationals, aiming to curb migration to the US and Canada
News|Sports|World

Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo dies in hospital days after collapsing during game in Brazil

Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo has died at a hospital in Brazil five days after collapsing during a game in Sao Paulo

Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo dies in hospital days after collapsing during game in Brazil
Business|News|Technology

Brazil blocks Musk’s X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud with judge

Brazil has started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through its mobile app after the company refused to comply with a judge’s order

Brazil blocks Musk’s X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud with judge
News|Sports

Sao Paulo beefs up security for Brazil's 1st ever NFL game as players raise crime concerns

Sao Paulo state’s government says it will deploy hundreds of police officers and provide escorts for team buses for Friday’s NFL game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers after some players expressed concern about playing in Brazil

Sao Paulo beefs up security for Brazil's 1st ever NFL game as players raise crime concerns
Entertainment|Sports

Some NFL fans defy host soccer club's preference by wearing green to Packers-Eagles game in Brazil

The host of the NFL’s first game in Brazil, soccer club Corinthians, is not keen on the green-dominated color schemes of its Friday night visitors, the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles

Some NFL fans defy host soccer club's preference by wearing green to Packers-Eagles game in Brazil
Americas|News|Sports

Barkley scores 3 TDs as Eagles beat Packers 34-29 in Brazil. Packers' Love injured in final minute

Saquon Barkley scored three touchdowns in his debut for Philadelphia, leading the Eagles past the Green Bay Packers 34-29 in the first NFL game in South America

Barkley scores 3 TDs as Eagles beat Packers 34-29 in Brazil. Packers' Love injured in final minute
Americas|Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment

Judge suspends arrest order of a top Brazilian country music star amid money laundering probe

A Brazilian judge has suspended the preventive arrest of one of the country’s most popular country music stars in connection with a money laundering investigation

Business|Technology|World

Brazil judge makes new requests to allow X to be reinstated from suspension

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday added conditions for Elon Musk’s X to have its service reestablished in the country, one day after the social media platform said it had complied with all the judge’s demands

Brazil judge makes new requests to allow X to be reinstated from suspension
Americas|News|World

A plane carrying Brazil President Lula lands safely at Mexico City airport after circling for hours

An airplane carrying Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva back to Brasilia landed safely on Tuesday at Mexico City's Felipe Angeles airport after circling for hours due to a technical problem

A plane carrying Brazil President Lula lands safely at Mexico City airport after circling for hours
Americas|Business|Economy|Lifestyle|Technology|World

Brazil starts blocking irregular online gambling as concern rises over addiction

Brazil on Friday started blocking over 2,000 gambling websites designated as irregular, part of a push by the government to regulate the sector, after concern rose about gambling addicts, especially vulnerable people

Crime|US

Au pair charged in double homicide pleads guilty to manslaughter

A judge in Virginia has accepted a guilty plea in what prosecutors say was an elaborate double-murder scheme involving a Brazilian au pair, an IRS agent, a pediatric nurse and a man who had been lured into their home with promises of rough sex

Sports

Red Bull's Verstappen nears 4th straight F1 title after winning Brazilian Grand Prix under rain

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has taken a major step toward securing his fourth straight F1 title by winning the Brazilian Grand Prix despite starting 17th and increasing his lead over McLaren’s Lando Norris with three races remaining

Red Bull's Verstappen nears 4th straight F1 title after winning Brazilian Grand Prix under rain
Americas|Crime|World

Man kills himself with blasts outside Brazil's Supreme Court after failing to get inside

Authorities say a man who failed in an attempt to break into Brazil’s Supreme Court has killed himself in explosions outside the building that forced justices and staff to evacuate

Man kills himself with blasts outside Brazil's Supreme Court after failing to get inside
Economy|Political|World

Brazil’s G20 summit produces a broad declaration that’s short on specifics

The summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in Rio de Janeiro has produced a joint declaration that, while not totally endorsed by one of the group’s members, succeeded in addressing most topics host Brazil had prioritized addressing: both ongoing major wars, a global pact to fight hunger, taxation of the world’s wealthiest people and changes to global governance

Brazil’s G20 summit produces a broad declaration that’s short on specifics

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