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Legal uncertainty cuts progress against Amazon deforestation

August 24, 2021 at 11:19 a.m.

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A year after adopting changes to its long-standing forestry policy, Brazil is struggling to implement the new rules, adding to uncertainty that appears to...

U.S. vice president warns Brazil not to lag behind on trade

August 24, 2021 at 10:49 a.m.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden encouraged Brazil on Wednesday to open its economy further to keep up with free trade trends worldwide, at the start...

Stores shut, schools close amid curfew by Rio drug dealers

August 24, 2021 at 10:27 a.m.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro ordered shops closed in one of its biggest slums early Thursday, defying efforts to restore order to the city's...

Catholic church excommunicates Brazil priest for liberal views

August 24, 2021 at 8:49 a.m.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The Catholic Church has excommunicated a Brazilian priest after he defended homosexuality, open marriage and other practices counter to Church teaching in online videos. In...

Catholic church excommunicates Brazil priest for liberal views

May 13, 2019 at 11:40 p.m.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The Catholic Church has excommunicated a Brazilian priest after he defended homosexuality, open marriage and other practices counter to Church teaching in online videos. In...

Special Report: Behind the charm, a political pope

August 24, 2021 at 1:37 a.m.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - When Jorge Bergoglio finished studying chemistry at high school his mother asked him what he would study next. "Medicine," replied the skinny 19-year-old, according to his...

Latin America – a litany of challenges for Pope Francis

August 24, 2021 at 12:59 a.m.

BUENOS AIRES/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio reached deep into communities to put his Church on the front lines of their social,...

New pope to face cultural shift in Latin America

August 23, 2021 at 11:09 p.m.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - As throngs of costumed revelers celebrated Brazil's Carnival festivities on Monday, a trickle of decidedly more sober people entered Nossa Senhora da Paz, a Catholic...

New pope to face cultural shift in Latin America

August 22, 2019 at 8:48 a.m.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - As throngs of costumed revelers celebrated Brazil's Carnival festivities on Monday, a trickle of decidedly more sober people entered Nossa Senhora da Paz, a Catholic...

Brazil’s Carnival erupts, but in some cities the samba is silent

August 23, 2021 at 10:57 p.m.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Carnival celebrations cut loose on Friday, but the parades, block parties and overall festivities began under the pall of a recent nightclub fire that...

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