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Brazil to redeploy troops to Amazon to fight surging deforestation

President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree to dispatch Brazilian soldiers to the Amazon in a bid to curb surging deforestation, just two months after withdrawing troops from the region

Bolsonaro linked to alleged corruption in buying of Bharat Bio's vaccine

Brazil senate probing the president's handling of the pandemic; country signed a contract with the Indian firm to purchase 20 million doses for $325 million.

Bolsonaro says Brazil didn't spend cent on Bharat Bio vax deal under probe

Brazil officials are investigating the deal with the Indian company, citing the fact that the government struck a speedy agreement and ignored offers from Pfizer in 2020.

Brazil's Bolsonaro fined as he flouts mask rule before motorcyclists

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro led a throng of motorcyclist supporters through the streets of Sao Paulo on Saturday and got hit with a fine for failure to wear a mask

Jair Bolsonaro wants Copa America in Brazil; Sergio Aguero casts doubts

Argentina forward Sergio Aguero has cast doubt on holding the Copa America just hours after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro pushed ahead with late plans to host the tournament

World Coronavirus Dispatch: What socialising may look like after lockdowns

Pandemic fuels gun buying in America, Tens of thousands of Brazilians demand Bolsonaro's impeachment, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Brazil Supreme Court allows probe of Bolsonaro's coronavirus response

The court is also weighing the political future of former president Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, a potential rival to Bolsonaro.

Coronavirus update: Brazil reports 3,808 Covid-19 deaths in a single day

Brazil on Tuesday reported 3,808 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, raising its pandemic death toll to 358,425.

Covid-19 surge: Brazil top court orders probe of Bolsonaro's pandemic steps

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the Senate to investigate the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis that seem to further strain tensions between President and the judiciary

Brazil Prez Bolsonaro forced into Cabinet shuffle, changes top diplomat

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has reshuffled his Cabinet amid intense pressure to change his foreign relations minister

Jair Bolsonaro under fire as Brazil hits 300,000 coronavirus deaths

Bolsonaro this month began shifting rhetoric on the value of vaccines but continues to refuse restrictions on activity he paints as infringement on freedom and still promotes unproven Covid cures

Petrobras shares slump as Brazil's Bolsonaro doubles down on intervention

Shares in state electricity company Eletrobras also plunged on Monday after Bolsonaro said it would be the next sector in which the government would "stick its finger"

Petrobras CEO resisting pressure from Bolsonaro to resign: Report

Roberto Castello Branco was appointed CEO of Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the state-controlled firm is known, when Bolsonaro took office at the start of 2019

Brazil President thanks India for 'Sanjeevni Booti' against Covid-19

India had previously cleared commercial exports of COVID-19 vaccines, and the first consignments were shipped to Brazil and Morocco on Friday

Protests in Brazil support President Bolsonaro in anti-vaccine stance

Groups of protesters gathered in Brazil's two biggest cities to demonstrate against any mandate for the taking of a Covid-19 vaccine, supporting a rejection campaign encouraged by President Bolsonaro

Brazil's Bolsonaro rejects plan to buy China's coronavirus vaccine

Earlier, the health minister said it would be included in the nation's immunisation program

Trump gets Covid-19: Here's what it meant for Boris Johnson and Bolsonaro

With the presidential election just a month away, some insight into the consequences for Donald Trump of testing positive for Covid-19 might be gained from Boris Johnson's brush with the virus

Bolsonaro to world: Brazil wrongly portrayed as an environmental villain

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro defended his administration's record protecting the Amazon rainforest

Brazil practically winning battle against coroanvirus: Prez Jair Bolsonaro

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that the country was "practically winning" the battle against the coronavirus pandemic due to a reduction in the number of single-day deaths over the last week

Bolsonaro says supermarkets 'committed' to lowering prices on basic goods

Speaking at the presidential palace in Brasilia, Bolsonaro said there would be no government interference "whatsoever" in the food retail sector