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Bolsonaro defends tenure, questions Brazil election defeat
Brazil's right wing former President Jair Bolsonaro speaks at an event hosted by conservative group Turning Point USA, at Trump National Doral Miami, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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Vinicius scores, escapes injury after hard hit in Madrid win
Valencia's Brazilian defender Gabriel Paulista (R) fouls Real Madrid's Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior during the Spanish league football match between Real Madrid CF and Valencia CF at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on February 2, 2023. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP) (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro has applied for U.S. tourist visa
FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro looks on after a ceremony about the National Policy for Education at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil June 20, 2022. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo
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Blue Jays sign nine international free agents, eight from Venezuela, one from Brazil
The Blue Jays logo is pictured ahead of MLB baseball action in Toronto on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with nine international free agents on Monday. Eight of the players are from Venezuela and one is from Brazil. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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The agents on Brazil's illegal logging front line
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Brazil and Argentina to discuss common currency
Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez greets Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, January 2, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
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Brazil’s new president works to reverse Amazon deforestation
FILE - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stands next to Indigenous leader Cacique Raoni at the Planalto Palace after he was sworn in as new president in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. Environmentalists, Indigenous people and voters sympathetic to their causes were important to Luiz Inácio da Silva's election to a third term as Brazil's president.(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, file)
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Brazil’s riots highlight the need for a global antidote to disinformation
Marcelo Rech
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Jair Bolsonaro’s ex-justice minister Anderson Torres arrested in Brazilian capital
FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Justice Minister Anderson Torres attends a meeting of the Lower House's Human Rights Commission at the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
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Brazil’s Supreme Court approves probe of Bolsonaro for Jan. 8 riot
Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, storm the the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Lula to purge Bolsonaro loyalists from Brazilian security forces after rampage
FILE PHOTO: Security forces operate as supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, outside Brazil’s National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
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Many Bolsonaro supporters are deluded, but their concerns about Brazil ring true
Gregory Michener
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Bolsonaro eyes return to Brazil as U.S. stay pressures Biden
Security personals stand outside the rented house of the Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro at the Encore Resort at Reunion in Kissimmee, Florida, Miami, on January 10, 2023. - Brazilian far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro has been hospitalized with abdominal pain, his wife said on January 9, 2023, a day after his supporters invaded the seat of power in Brasilia. Media reports said Bolsonaro had been admitted to AdventHealth Celebration acute care hospital outside Orlando, Florida, where the former president traveled two days before the end of his term on December 31. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Is Brazil another BRIC in the wall?
A Brazilian flag flutters outside the Supreme Court building in Brasilia on Jan. 10.
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Bolsonaro in U.S. hospital; 1,500 supporters detained
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Brazil questions some 1,000 detained protesters after rampage in capital
Supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro react, as buses leave the National Academy of the Federal Police after a camp set by supporters was dismounted in front of the Army Headquarters, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 10, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
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As Brazil reels from riots, Jair Bolsonaro finds home in Florida
Marcelo Pires, second right, a Brazilian who owns a nearby vacation home in Encore Resort, bikes with his children, niece and nephew outside the house where former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro is staying, in hopes that the family would be able to greet him, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, in Reunion, Fla. As Brazil reels from mobs of rioters swarming its seats of power, its former leader has decamped to a Florida resort, where droves of supporters have flocked to cheer on their ousted president. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro hospitalized in U.S. with intestinal discomfort
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures to supporters, at the Alvorada Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, December 12, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
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Key moments of Brazil's riots
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In photos: Brazil riot police deploy at Bolsonaro backers’ camp after capital stormed
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Supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro leave a camp outside the Army Headquarters as members of the military take down a tent, in Brasilia, Brazil.
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Brazil cracks down after pro-Bolsonaro riot and vows to protect democracy
A picture of President Jair Bolsonaro is seen, after supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro took part in an anti-democratic riot at Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
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Pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court, presidential palace
Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, storm the the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Soccer legend Pele buried at cemetery in Brazilian city he made famous
Soccer Football - Death of Brazilian soccer legend Pele - Vila Belmiro Stadium, Santos, Brazil - January 3, 2023 General view of fans as the casket of Brazilian soccer legend Pele is transported by the fire department, from his former club Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
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Brazilians mourn Pele at the stadium where he got his start
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Brazil’s Lula sworn in as president, thwarting far-right incumbent Bolsonaro
Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C), his wife First Lady Rosangela "Janja" da Silva and new Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin raise their arms at Planalto Palace after their inauguration ceremony at the National Congress, in Brasilia, on January 1, 2023. - Lula da Silva, a 77-year-old leftist who already served as president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010, takes office for the third time with a grand inauguration in Brasilia. (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP) (Photo by EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Bolsonaro lands in Florida, avoiding Lula handover
FILE - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro looks on after speaking from his official residence the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov. 1, 2022. Bolsonaro faces swirling legal threats. The Supreme Court is investigating him on suspicion of illegally spreading lies about topics including COVID-19 vaccines, Supreme Court justices, releasing confidential information from an ongoing investigation and interfering improperly with the Federal Police. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
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’The summit of world football’: what Pele did for Brazil
A woman takes a photo of the image of late soccer player Pele, reproduced on the building of the Federation of Industries of Sao Paulo, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Pele, who played most of his career with Santos FC, has died in Sao Paulo. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
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Pele: a life not soon forgotten
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - DECEMBER 29: An image of football icon 'Pele' is display on the facade of a building as a homage after he passed away on December 29, 2022 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazilian football icon Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, died on December 29, 2022 aged 82 after a battle with cancer in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The three-time World Cup champion with Brazil is considered one of the greatest football legends of all time. (Photo by Mauro Horita/Getty Images)
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Pele, Brazil’s mighty king of the ‘beautiful game,’ dies at 82
FILE PHOTO: Brazilian soccer legend Pele shows off his six domestic championship medals at a Brazilian soccer confederation event recognising the previous incarnations of the Brazilian soccer championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 22, 2010. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos/File Photo
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In Photos: Legendary soccer player Pele dies at 82
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Soccer legend Pele of Brazil cheers while being carried on the shoulders of fans.
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To counter China, Canada needs to go beyond an Indo-Pacific strategy
Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan
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Luka Modric’s moves help Croatia upset Brazil
Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Quarter Final - Croatia v Brazil - Education City Stadium, Doha, Qatar - December 9, 2022 Croatia's Luka Modric scores a penalty during the penalty shootout REUTERS/Matthew Childs
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Olympic champion Canadian women to play in SheBelieves Cup in the U.S. in February
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The Brazil myth busted: It’s all fun and games, yes, until the penalty kicks
John Doyle