Latest Brazil News

Outraged Brazilian women stage protests against bill to equate late abortions with homicide

Jun. 15, 2024 19:41 PM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Sao Paulo on Saturday as protests sweep across Brazil in opposition to a bill that would further criminalize abortions. If passed, the law would equate the termination of a pregnancy after 22 weeks with homicide. ...

High orange juice prices may be on the table for a while due to disease and extreme weather

Jun. 14, 2024 11:14 AM EDT

MOGI GUACU, Brazil (AP) — Orange juice prices have always been volatile, falling when bumper harvests create an oversupply of oranges and rising when frost or a hurricane knocks out fruit trees. But the record-high prices the world is seeing for OJ right now may be on the table for...

US views Copa America as last big challenge before hosting 2026 World Cup

Jun. 13, 2024 14:30 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — In a region that provides few tests, the United States views the Copa America as its last significant challenge ahead of the 2026 World Cup. “A World Cup on home soil is the biggest thing that you know we’ll probably do in our career,” star attacker Christian...

Pulisic offsets Rodrygo goal as US gains 1-1 tie against Brazil in last Copa America warmup

Jun. 12, 2024 21:59 PM EDT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Four days after one of their worst matches, Christian Pulisic and the U.S. soccer team stopped an 11-game losing streak to Brazil with a spirted 1-1 draw that left them with a positive mindset heading into the Copa America. Pulisic scored in 26th minute to...

Linguist and activist Noam Chomsky hospitalized in his wife's native country of Brazil after stroke

Jun. 11, 2024 17:12 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Linguist, activist and social critic Noam Chomsky is hospitalized in his wife's native country of Brazil recovering from a massive stroke he had a year ago, she confirmed Tuesday. Valeria Chomsky said via email that her 95-year-old husband is in a Sao Paulo...

US captain Tyler Adams to have limited role in friendly against Brazil

Jun. 11, 2024 11:39 AM EDT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. captain Tyler Adams will be available in a limited role for the Americans' friendly game against Brazil on Wednesday night but forward Josh Sargent will miss his second straight match ahead of the Copa America. Adams, a 25-year-old defensive midfielder,...

China says it is willing to upgrade economic corridor with Pakistan and deepen ties with Brazil

Jun. 07, 2024 12:24 PM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing is willing to work with Islamabad to build an upgraded version of an economic corridor linking the two countries, China's leader Xi Jinping told visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday. Sharif pledged to ensure the safety of Chinese workers...

UN chief wants a tax on profits of fossil fuel companies, calling them 'godfathers of climate chaos'

Jun. 05, 2024 16:27 PM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called Wednesday for a “windfall” tax on profits of fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming, calling them the “godfathers of climate chaos.” Guterres spoke in a bid to revive the world's...

She's the world's most expensive cow, and part of Brazil's plan to put beef on everyone's plate

Jun. 04, 2024 00:07 AM EDT

UBERABA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil has hundreds of millions of cows, but one in particular is extraordinary. Her massive, snow-white body is watched over by security cameras, a veterinarian and an armed guard. Worth $4 million, Viatina-19 FIV Mara Movéis is the most expensive cow ever...

Gay pride revelers in Sao Paulo reclaim Brazil's national symbols

Jun. 02, 2024 20:53 PM EDT

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — The iconic yellow and green of Brazil's flag mixed with a sea of rainbow-colored tutus, hand fans and drag queen hairdos at Sunday's LGBTQ+ pride parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The annual event along Sao Paulo's main thoroughfare is among the biggest gay...