Tag: Brasilia

Committed Brazil a favorite to defend Copa America title

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SAO PAULO — Brazil’s international players were reluctant to play in the Copa America on home soil. Now that they’re committed, they're favored to...

Trump-appointed ambassador to Brazil resigns after 14 months

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RIO DE JANEIRO — The U.S. ambassador known for friendly ties with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tendered his resignation after just over a...

Brazil searches for right target man for Copa America

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SAO PAULO — Brazil has always produced some of the best goal scorers in soccer. ...

Brazil top court to rule on country as Copa America host

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SAO PAULO — Brazil's top court scheduled an emergency session for Thursday to decide whether or not the Copa America will be allowed to...

Maracanã to host Copa America final: Brazil-Venezuela open

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SAO PAULO — South American soccer body CONMEBOL announced Wednesday that the historic Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro will host the final of...

Argentina’s Defensa y Justicia wins 1st Recopa Sudamericana

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SAO PAULO — Defensa y Justicia of Argentina won its first Recopa Sudamericana in surprising fashion on Wednesday after a last-minute goal and a...

Bolsonaro under fire as Brazil hits 300,000 virus deaths

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SAO PAULO — Mere miles from Brazil’s presidential palace, the bodies of COVID-19 victims were laid on floors of hospitals whose morgues were overflowing....

Brazil security law being turned on president’s critics

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SAO PAULO — Protesters against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro defied police in the capital Friday, a day after the latest round of arrests of...

Critics of Brazil’s president being targeted by security law

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SAO PAULO — Police in Brazil are starting to employ a dictatorship-era national security law against critics of President Jair Bolsonaro, while lawyers and...

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Rumors and conspiracy theories swirled this past week regarding the whereabouts of Zé Gotinha, the mascot for the nation’s national...