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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives for a bilateral meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 4, 2023. Lula withdrew his ambassador to Israel on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, after months of tensions between the two countries over the war in Gaza, announced in Brazil’s official gazette. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

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Brazil's president withdraws his country's ambassador to Israel after criticizing the war in Gaza
By ELÉONORE HUGHES - Associated Press
Wed,05/29/24-9:58AM , 64 Reads
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Wednesday after months of tensions between the two countries over the war in Gaza, the latest repercussion from a South American nation over Israel's military campaign in the Palestinian territory.

The move was announced in Brazil’s official gazette.
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Residents evacuate from a neighborhood flooded by heavy rains, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Macedo)

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Floods in southern Brazil kill at least 75 people over 7 days, with 103 people missing
By ELÉONORE HUGHES - Associated Press
Sun,05/05/24-10:27AM , 132 Reads
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days, and another 103 were reported missing, local authorities said Sunday.
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Carnival King Momo, Caio Cesar Dutra, holds the keys of the city he received from Mayor Eduardo Paes at a ceremony that officially kicks off Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Never mind the mess, Carnival kicks off in Rio de Janeiro with coronation of King Momo
By ELÉONORE HUGHES - Associated Press
Fri,02/09/24-3:51PM , 70 Reads
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — To thunderous applause, Rio de Janeiro's mayor coronated King Momo on Friday, marking the beginning of the symbolic Carnival monarch's five-day reign over the revelry.
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Models wear outfits designed by students from Afro-Brazilian communities at a subway station as part of Black Consciousness Awareness Month, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 19, 2021. In Brazil, more than half the population self-identifies as Black or biracial. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

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Brazil, facing calls for reparations, wrangles with its painful legacy of slavery
By ELÉONORE HUGHES - Associated Press
Mon,01/29/24-11:01PM , 57 Reads
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The executive manager for institutional relations at a Brazilian state bank took the microphone before roughly 150 people at a forum on slavery's legacy in his country, which kidnapped more Africans for forced labor than any other nation.
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