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Vira-lata caramelo: Brazil has a new icon thanks to Netflix and memes

The caramelo craze started online around 2019 and skyrocketed from there

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2024

Brazilian Santa swaps sleigh for Jet Ski to deliver toys — and joy — to disabled children in Rio

Dozens of children with disability gathered on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach on Tuesday to receive presents — and joy — from the white-bearded man, a joint effort by the city’s firefighters and nonprofit associations

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2024

Brazil film portraying notorious crime during dictatorship strikes chord: ‘It hasn’t been overcome’

Abduction and murder of Rubens Paiva under the 1964-85 regime is retold in new box office hit I’m Still Here

The Guardian - US · Dec 4, 2024

Taxing The Richest: What The G20 Decided

Anti-poverty campaigners have hailed a decision by G20 leaders meeting in Rio to make sure the world's billionaires "are effectively taxed."

International Business Times · Nov 19, 2024

Brazil Arrests G20 Guards Over Alleged 2022 Lula Assassination Plot

Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested four soldiers guarding the G20 summit over an alleged plot to assassinate then President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a 2022 "coup," a federal police source told AFP. The four "were arrested in Rio, where they were participating in the security operation for the…

International Business Times · Nov 19, 2024

G20 Host Brazil Launches Alliance To End 'Scourge' Of Hunger

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened a G20 summit in Rio by launching an alliance to curb world hunger, which he called a "scourge that shames humanity."

International Business Times · Nov 18, 2024

Climate crisis takes centre stage as G20 summit opens in Brazil

Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take centre stage at the G20 summit that opens in Brazil on Monday, as leaders of the world's 20 major economies hope to break the deadlock over climate finance at UN talks in Azerbaijan.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 18, 2024

Rio Under High Security For G20 Summit

With leaders from the world's biggest economies converging on Rio de Janeiro for a two-day G20 summit starting Monday, the usually relaxed seaside city is under a tight security blanket.

International Business Times · Nov 18, 2024

Starmer lands in Rio to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at G20 summit

‘China’s economy is obviously the second biggest in the world … I will be having serious pragmatic discussions with the president when I meet him.’

Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2024

Starmer raises concern over jailed activist Jimmy Lai in landmark talks with China’s Xi

The prime minister expressed concerns over reports of Jimmy Lai’s deteriorating health

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2024