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2017 |
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Brazilian leader denies hush money claim
2016 |
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Brazil's ex-Speaker Cunha expelled from Congress
| Mar.4 |
Sao Paulo |
Brazil Petrobras scandal: Former president Lula questioned Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been questioned by police and his house raided as part of a major fraud inquiry into the state oil company Petrobras | |
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2016 |
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Brazil's Lula faces trial linked to Petrobras scandal
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2017 |
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Ex-Brazilian President Silva convicted of corruption Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was found guilty of corruption and money laundering Wednesday and sentenced to almost 10 years in prison | |
| Jun.26 |
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Brazil's Michel Temer charged with corruption
President has been charged with accepting bribes by the country's chief prosecutor
| May.4 |
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Brazil jails eight militants over Rio Olympic plot |
| Jan.30 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil's former richest man Eike Batista sent to prison
2016 |
| Mar.9 |
Sao Paulo |
Charges filed against Brazil's Lula
Brazilian prosecutors are filing charges against ex-President Lula da Silva in a money laundering investigation, officials say
2015 |
| Jan.17 |
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Brazil angry at Indonesia execution
2013 |
| Nov.15 |
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Brazil Mensalao jailings begin
2006 |
| Dec.8 |
Sao Paulo |
US pilots charged in Amazon jetliner crash |
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2017 |
| Jan.14 |
Northeastern Brazil |
Brazil prisoners beheaded in riot at Natal prison
Inmates have seized control of the largest prison in the north-eastern Brazilian city of Natal. 10 prisoners have been killed at the Alcacuz...
| Jan.6 |
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Drugs gang 'kills 33 inmates' in Brazilian jail
2016 |
| Dec.31 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Greek ambassador killed by wife's lover Police in Brazil believe that ambassador was killed by his wife's lover under her orders in a house in the Rio area and have detained three ...
2014 |
| Dec.11 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil killer alleges 42 victims Brazilian police have arrested Sailson Jose das Gracas who has confessed to the killing of 42 people over the last decade in the city of Rio...
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Brazil killing spree leaves 12 dead
2011 |
| Apr.7 |
Rio de Janeiro |
11 students killed in school shooting The president announced three days of national mourning in the aftermath of a mass shooting , as the motive behind the killings remained unc...
2009 |
| Aug.11 |
Amazon |
TV host 'ordered killings'
Map of Amazon Police have accused Wallace Souza, of being involved in organised drug trafficking and ordering killings to get rid of rivals and boost ratings
2006 |
| May.14 |
Sao Paulo |
Gang attacks leave 52 dead A powerful criminal gang launched a wave of attacks against police stations and uprisings in jails across the state. The attacks began on 6 p.m. Friday. By Sunday there were at least 73 separate attacks with machine guns and grenades continued to dawn, staged in 22 detention centers
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| May.13 |
Sao Paulo |
Police attacks leave 30 dead
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2016 |
| Jul.31 |
Sao Paulo |
F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law freed
2008 |
| Dec.9 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Protesters: 9,000 disappeared in 2 years
Map of Copacabana Brazil Protesters took to the beaches of Copacabana to draw attention to the 9,000 people they say have disappeared in the city since January 2007
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2007 |
| Dec.20 |
Sao Paulo |
Picasso painting stolen in museum heist |
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2014 |
| Jul.13 |
Argentina |
Rioting reported in Buenos Aires after World Cup final defeat
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2017 |
| May.10 |
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Brazil's ex-President Lula questioned over corruption
2016 |
| Aug.18 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Olympics: US swimmers not robbed - police chief 
Four US swimmers who said they had been robbed in Rio de Janeiro were not victims of crime, the head of the city's civil police has insisted | |
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2018 |
| Apr.7 |
Sao Paulo |
Lula surrenders to police
Map of Sao Bernardo do Campo Brazil Brazil's former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is starting a 12-year sentence for corruption after surrendering to police | |
2017 |
| May.21 |
Sao Paulo |
Brazil police raid Sao Paulo 'Crackland' and make arrests
2016 |
| Aug.18 |
Rio de Janeiro |
US swimmers stopped at Rio airport
| Aug.18 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Arrested OCI chief Pat Hickey 'to be taken to police station' |
2015 |
| Apr.15 |
Sao Paulo |
Petrobras scandal: Workers Party treasurer Vaccari arrested
2014 |
| Aug.27 |
Sao Paulo |
Brazil pursues Amazon 'destroyers'
The authorities in Brazil say they have dismantled a criminal organisation they believe was the 'biggest destroyer' of the Amazon rainforest
2013 |
| Jan.28 |
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Three held over Brazil club fire
2009 |
| Oct.9 |
Amazon |
Fugitive TV host surrenders
Wallace Souza, a state ex-legislator and TV host who allegedly ordered rivals killed has surrendered after being missing for four days
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2016 |
| Nov.19 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil: Four dead after police helicopter 'shot down by gang'
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2016 |
| Aug.14 |
Rio de Janeiro |
US swimmer Ryan Lochte and three others robbed |
| Jun.20 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Australian Paralympian robbed at gunpoint in Rio
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2018 |
| Jan.1 |
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Brazil prison: At least nine killed in new year riot
Police in Brazil say at least nine prisoners have been killed in a riot at a jail in the central state of Goias
2014 |
| Aug.24 |
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Deadly riot in southern Brazil jail
Police in Brazil say rioters in a jail in the southern city of Cascavel have killed four fellow inmates and injured several others
2006 |
| May.15 |
Sao Paulo |
State's prison revolts end Revolts in 70 jails have come to an end, after 4 days of violence in which at least 81 people died
2004 |
| Jun.1 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Jail revolt leaves 34 dead
| Apr.22 |
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Police ring riot prison |
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2001 |
| Dec.6 |
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Pirates kill America's Cup skipper New Zealander Peter Blake, 53, has been shot dead in an attack by masked gunmen on boat as it lay anchored
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2017 |
| Jun.28 |
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Temer: Car rams gate of presidential palace
2016 |
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Brazil Olympics: Ten arrested for 'plotting 'terror'
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2013 |
| Nov.5 |
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Brazil spying 'different' from US
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2016 |
| Jun.17 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Charges sought for 7 in rape of 16-year-old Brazilian girl
2013 |
| May.5 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Shock over latest Brazil bus rape
| Mar.31 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Foreign tourist raped on Rio minibus