UNESCO lists the Amazon Theatre and Theatro da Paz as World Heritage Sites
UNESCO designated the Amazon Theatre and Theatro da Paz, opera houses in Brazil's Amazon region, as World Heritage Sites.
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Brazil bans the production and sale of foie gras
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a law banning the production and sale of foie gras in Brazil, citing animal cruelty and ending imports of the product.
Foodborne illness at a Pombal pizzeria kills a woman and sickens over 100
A woman died and more than 100 people were hospitalized after a foodborne illness at a pizzeria in Pombal, Paraíba, Brazil.
Brazil sentences two former lawmakers to 76 years in Marielle Franco case
The Supreme Federal Court sentenced Chiquinho and Domingos Brazão to 76 years and three months each for ordering the 2018 killing of Marielle Franco and her driver.
Brazil will revoke a decree expanding Amazon waterways
Brazil said it will revoke a decree that expanded Amazon waterways under a privatization program after Indigenous groups protested.