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Brazil: Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro clash with police in Brasilia

Since Bolsonaro lost re-election to da Silva on 30 October, many of his supporters have gathered outside military barracks across the country refusing to concede defeat and asking for the armed forces to intervene

Copa America 2021: Dozen Venezuela players and coaching staff members test positive for COVID-19 on eve of opening game against Brazil

The health secretariat of the Federal District, which includes Brasilia, said in a statement that all of the infected people were isolated in a hotel. None of the Venezuelans were named.

Brazil’s experts raise alarm as Amazon witnesses 28% more fires in July than a year ago

The National Institute for Space Research recorded 6,803 fires in the Amazon rainforest last month, compared to 5,318 in the same month of 2019.

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro says latest coronavirus test came back negative, posts picture with hydroxychloroquine

He'd spent many weekends since the pandemic began in close proximity to supporters, sometimes without wearing a mask.

Will 'recover swiftly' due to hydroxychloroquine, says Jair Bolsonaro day after testing positive for COVID-19

Bolsonaro posted a video on Facebook of him taking a dose of hydroxychloroquine, a day after he tested positive for COVID-19.

Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19, says he's 'well and normal'

Bolsonaro, 65, had earlier said that his history as an athlete would protect him from the virus, and that it would be nothing more than a 'little flu' if he were to contract it

Brazil restores detailed COVID-19 data on national website after Supreme Court ruling, uproar over government's attempt to downplay virus

Brazil on Tuesday restored detailed COVID-19 data to its official national website following controversy over the removal of cumulative totals and a ruling by a Supreme Court justice that the full set of information be reinstated

Brazil stops publishing coronavirus data; Bolsonaro says website 'not representative' of reality as experts warn against undermining pandemic’s gravity

Brazil's government has stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths and infections in an extraordinary move that critics call an attempt to hide the true toll of the disease in Latin America's largest nation

Brazil celebrates 196th anniversary of independence from Portugal; President Michel Temer attends military parade

Brazil president Michel Temer attends a parade celebrating the country's Independence Day in Brasilia.

Uber drivers protest in Brazil against new legislation that would turn them into regular taxi drivers

The CEO of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, arrived in Brazil to lobby against the bill that is due to be voted on by the Senate on Tuesday.