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Brazil presidential candidate Bolsonaro keeps lead, leftist gains: poll
Brazil's far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, in intensive care after being stabbed at a campaign rally, kept his first-round lead in an election opinion poll on Fri...
WORLD NEWS
Brazil presidential election thrown into chaos after front-runner stabbed
Brazil's presidential race was thrown into chaos on Friday with the far-right front-runner Jair Bolsonaro in serious but stable condition in an intensive care unit after being s...
BRAZIL
Brazil hospital officials say Bolsonaro risked death after stabbing
Doctors and hospital officials who treated Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro after he was stabbed at a campaign rally on Thursday said he risked dying at...
BRAZIL
How long to find a home? In Sao Paulo, 120 years
By Karla Mendes SAO PAULO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Once a proud symbol of resistance to racial segregation, a shabby square in Sao Paulo's dilapidated downtown now ...
BRAZIL
Heineken considers closing Brazilian factories due to court dispute
Heineken NV (HEIN.AS), the world's second-largest beer maker, is considering closing two factories in northeastern Brazil as "an extreme measu...
BRAZIL
U.S.-China trade rift favors Brazil: Minerva CEO
The trade war between the United States and China is good for Brazil, chief executive of meatpacker Minerva SA (BEEF3.SA) said on Tuesday, a...
BRAZIL
U.N. food agency sees Brazil as major hub for arable land growth
Brazil, already a farm powerhouse, will account for an estimated 70 percent of the world's arable land growth through 2050, Alan Bojanic, a representative for the United Nations...
WORLD NEWS
Brazil presidential frontrunner Bolsonaro officially confirms candidacy
Right-wing Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro vowed to support the sale of assets by state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA on Sunday, as he received the offi...
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE
Brazil rightwing candidate slams centrists, softens tone in campaign launch
Brazil's far-right presidential hopeful, Jair Bolsonaro, officially kicked off his campaign on Sunday, excoriating the political center but softening his incendiary stance on g...
BRAZIL