The Latest Breaking News from Brazil

Brazil's environmental authority on Thursday granted an initial permit that will allow a major highway to be paved through the center of the Amazon rainforest, the minister of infrastructure said, in a move that threatens to increase deforestation.

Legalizing mining on indigenous land and other protected areas in Brazil's Amazon rainforest would lead to thousands of square kilometers in new deforestation, according to a study published on Thursday.

Raphinha became a Brazil international after playing under legendary Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds and has since joined Barcelona in a £55million transfer

Brazilian sensation Endrick has just signed his first pro contact at Palmeiras but many of the European's elite -including Chelsea- have been linked with the youngster dubbed the 'next Neymar'

In the clip posted online, the man can be heard suggesting that she had misunderstood him, telling her: “You’ve got it wrong” and “it was only a joke”

The Brazilian midfielder reportedly isn't keen on a move to the Emirates Stadium this summer

As keen supporters of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro claim polls signaling he will lose his reelection bid can’t be trusted, an unlikely proxy has emerged: towel sales

Zinger Brief Dr. Dartiu da Silveira is a renowned Brazilian psychiatrist and a pioneer in psychedelics scientific research. Dr. Silveira will collaborate with Bienstar as a scientific advisor. The advisor will focus on ibogaine assisted therapies protocols, medical education programs and clinical research development.

U.S. President Joe Biden's defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, on Wednesday said Brazil's defense minister told him that his country's armed forces were focused on providing security to ensure a "safe, secure and transparent" election in October.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday that nearly 5,300 monkeypox cases have so far been reported across 18 countries and territories in the Americas, with the majority in the United States, Canada and Brazil.

Brazil's presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that, if elected in October, he would call on the European Union to improve the terms of its trade agreement with South American trade bloc Mercosur.