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Tue, 26 May 2026 08:29:00 GMT
“I can take him as a slave”: Argentine tourist arrested in Brazil over messages about 7-year-old
A 63-year-old Argentine tourist, identified as Eduardo Ignacio, was arrested on Sunday in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on racial discrimination charges after photographing and filming a 7-year-old Black boy aboard a tour...

Mon, 25 May 2026 21:39:00 GMT
Lula receives preventive radiotherapy against skin cancer four months before Brazilian elections
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday began a preventive radiotherapy treatment following the removal of a cancerous lesion from his scalp, in a medical intervention that places the spotlight on the health of...

Fri, 22 May 2026 11:48:00 GMT
Air France and Airbus found guilty of manslaughter over 2009 Rio-Paris crash
The Paris Court of Appeals on Thursday found Air France and Airbus guilty of manslaughter in connection with the crash of flight AF447, which plunged into the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June 2009 on the Rio de Janeiro–Paris route wi...

Wed, 20 May 2026 23:49:00 GMT
Brazilian Public Prosecutor's Office asks not to renew license of country's sole uranium mine
Brazil's Federal Public Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday recommended that the Brazilian Institute of Environment (Ibama) not renew the environmental license of the country's only uranium mine, in operation since 1999, until the...

Tue, 19 May 2026 01:42:00 GMT
Chilean executive detained in Brazil for racist and homophobic insults to Latam flight attendant
Chilean executive Germán Naranjo Maldini has been held since Friday 15 May at the Guarulhos prison on the outskirts of São Paulo, charged with racial slur after directing racist and homophobic insults at a flight attendant of...

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