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KGB Spies May Have Done a Huge Favor for Successors

Investigators believe they obtained Brazilian birth certificates for next generation of spies

(Newser) - As the Soviet Union started to collapse, KGB spies in Brazil may have done their Russian successors a huge favor. Investigators trying to determine how Brazil became an "assembly line" for deep-cover Russian agents believe KGB agents in the country obtained birth certificates for nonexistent babies in the final...

Remote Tribe Sues NYT: We're Not Hooked on Porn

Amazon's Marubo tribe says newspaper story on their exposure to internet misrepresented things

(Newser) - An Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon has sued the New York Times, saying the newspaper's reporting on the tribe's first exposure to the internet led to its members being widely portrayed as technology-addled and addicted to pornography.
  • The Marubo Tribe of the Javari Valley, a sovereign community
...

Brazil Was 'Assembly Line' for Deep-Cover Russian Spies

Their job wasn't to spy on Brazil, but to become Brazilians with perfect cover stories

(Newser) - Russia is known to have deep-cover spies in numerous countries—but the ones it sent to Brazil were different. According to a New York Times investigation, Moscow used the country as an "assembly line" for spies whose job it was "not to spy on Brazil, but to become...

'Phenomenal Scientist' Wins World Food Prize

Mariangela Hungria's research helped Brazilian farmers cut chemical fertilizer use

(Newser) - For decades, Brazilian scientist Mariangela Hungria dug through dirt in search of bacteria that could help crops thrive. It was a quest few believed in early in her career, but her discoveries are changing the way Brazil farms and feeds the world. The microbiologist has been awarded this year'...

Police Say They Foiled Bombing of Lady Gaga's Show

Free Rio de Janeiro concert went on before 2 million fans

(Newser) - Brazilian police said Sunday that they had thwarted a plot to detonate a bomb at Lady Gaga's concert the night before in Rio de Janeiro. The event, the biggest show of her career, drew some 2 million fans to Copacabana Beach. Rio de Janeiro's state police said they...

Lady Gaga Is Hosting Free Show Tonight on Brazil Beach

Saturday night show on Rio's Copacabana Beach is expected to draw 1.6M

(Newser) - Lady Gaga will give a free concert on Copacabana Beach Saturday night, the second such show in as many years organized by Rio de Janeiro's City Hall. The show will be the biggest of the pop star's career, as it was for Madonna , who also turned the expansive...

Suit Alleges Forced, Child Labor at Starbucks' Coffee Farms

One report describes 'slavery-like conditions'

(Newser) - Eight people who labored on a Brazilian coffee farm that supplies beans to Starbucks are suing the coffee giant, demanding compensation for alleged forced labor and unpaid child labor. The suit comes less than a year after a raid on a Starbucks-affiliated coffee farm in Brazil's Minas Gerais, per...

Americans Now Need a Visa to Go to Brazil

Country brings back requirement Bolsonaro scrapped in 2019

(Newser) - Brazil will reintroduce visa requirements Thursday for US, Canadian, and Australian citizens, a move that ends the country's open entry for people of those nationalities after six years. The United States Embassy in Brasilia said Monday that Americans will still be able to request visas electronically if they visit...

Brazil Judge Used Fake British Name for Entire Career

Edward Albert Lancelot Dodd Canterbury Caterham Wickfield was not who he seemed

(Newser) - A judge in Brazil went by the name Edward Albert Lancelot Dodd Canterbury Caterham Wickfield for his entire career but it was only after he retired that authorities discovered it was fake. Investigators say his real name is Jose Eduardo Franco dos Reis, which the Guardian notes is "a...

Bolsonaro Must Stand Trial Over Poison Coup Plot

Brazil's Supreme Court ruled to accept the charges against him

(Newser) - A big decision in Brazil: A five-judge panel on the country's Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in favor of accepting the charges filed by prosecutors against former President Jair Bolsonaro last month and ordered him to stand trial. He is accused of attempting a coup following his 2022 election...

To Prep for Climate Summit, Brazil Cuts Down Rainforest

A new 4-lane highway is being constructed ahead of COP30

(Newser) - World leaders will be among the 50,000 people descending on the Brazilian city of Belem this November for the COP30 climate summit . Brazil is hailing it as historic—"a COP in the Amazon, not a COP about the Amazon." But it's attracting some controversy: Many will...

Bolsonaro Accused of Plotting to Poison Lula
Bolsonaro Accused
of Plotting a Coup
Feb 19, 2025 12:00 AM CST

Bolsonaro Accused of Plotting a Coup

Former Brazil president, 33 others charged in right-wing plot

(Newser) - The former president of Brazil has been charged by the country's top prosecutor with attempting a coup. Jair Bolsonaro is accused of plotting to assassinate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva before he took office as president in 2023, in an effort for Bolsonaro to hold on to power...

Court Won't Let Bolsonaro Attend Trump Inauguration

Brazil's former president said he was so excited about invite he's 'not even taking Viagra anymore'

(Newser) - Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's former president, has been invited to President-elect's Trump inauguration but he can't get out of the country. His passport was confiscated by the country's Supreme Court almost a year ago during an investigation of an alleged coup attempt, and his request to have...

World's Oldest Person Is 'Young, Pretty, and Friendly'

Sister Inah Canabarro wasn't a sure bet to survive childhood

(Newser) - A soccer-loving nun in Brazil is believed to have become the world's oldest living person at nearly 117 following the recent death of a woman from Japan. Sister Inah Canabarro was so skinny growing up that many didn't think she would survive childhood, Cleber Canabarro, her 84-year-old nephew,...

Does a Wave Have Rights?
A Wave Is a Wave,
but Here It's a Person, Too
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Dec 29, 2024 8:30 AM CST

A Wave Is a Wave, but Here It's a Person, Too

Brazilian city grants personhood rights to its renowned waves

(Newser) - It's a story about surfing that goes way beyond surfing. In Nautilus , Kristen French describes her experience trying to ride a unique wave at a Brazilian beach. In this case, however, "unique" doesn't refer to the wave's physical properties. It refers to the fact that the...

Brazil's Lula Undergoes Emergency Brain Surgery

President has hematoma drained following a fall in October

(Newser) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is recovering in an intensive care unit after undergoing emergency surgery for an intracranial hemorrhage, the Sirio-Libanes Hospital said in a statement early Tuesday. The procedure was performed after the 79-year-old leftist leader felt headaches doctors believed resulted from a fall at home...

Bolsonaro Was Actively Behind Coup Attempt: Report

884-page Federal Police report says Bolsonaro 'planned, acted, and was directly and effectively aware'

(Newser) - Brazil's former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot to remain in office after his defeat in the 2022 election, according to a Federal Police report unsealed Tuesday. Federal Police last Thursday formally accused Bolsonaro and 36 other people of attempting...

Bolsonaro, 36 Others Indicted Over Alleged Coup Attempt

Former president denies that he tried to stay in office after losing Brazil's 2022 elections

(Newser) - Brazil's federal police said Thursday they indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people for allegedly attempting a coup to keep him in office after his defeat in the 2022 elections. Police said their findings were being delivered Thursday to Brazil's Supreme Court, which must decide whether...

Man Kills Himself in Explosions Outside Brazil's Supreme Court

Authorities have not yet speculated on a motive

(Newser) - A man who failed in an attempt to break into Brazil's Supreme Court killed himself in explosions outside the building Wednesday that forced justices and staff to evacuate, authorities said. The two strong blasts were heard about 7:30pm after the day's session finished and all the justices...

Deforestation Plummets Nearly a Third in Brazil's Amazon

It was the lowest level of destruction in the rainforest in 9 years

(Newser) - Forest loss in Brazil's Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span, the Amazon rainforest lost 2,428 square miles, roughly the size of the US state of Delaware, per the AP...

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