Brazil is set to join other Latin American countries with a 40-hour, 5-day workweek

Brazil was set to join other Latin American countries that have shortened working hours as the lower house approved a constitutional amendment establishing a 40-hour, five-day workweek

Brazil to invest $75 million in highway through Amazon, fueling deforestation concerns

Brazil’s government has announced a $75 million investment in the BR-319 highway, a move environmentalists fear could speed up Amazon deforestation.

Neymar misses first Brazil training camp after further tests

Neymar missed the first World Cup training session for Brazil on Wednesday to undergo "further medical evaluations" on his bruised right calf, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced.

Brazil prosecutors target gangs with mega-operation against fraud and money laundering

Brazilian prosecutors have launched a mega-operation to dismantle fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, in the latest phase of an investigation targeting criminal gangs
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Brazil Lost 80 Percent of Its National Museum Collection in One Night. Here’s How It’s Fighting to Rebuild

Ever since a 2018 blaze destroyed priceless artifacts and scientifically important specimens, museum staff have devoted themselves to reopening its doors to the public

Illegal miners extract billions in Amazon gold despite Brazil crackdown, Greenpeace finds

By Adriano Machado, Lais Morais and Ricardo Brito ITAITUBA, Brazil, May 29 (Reuters) - Billions of dollars worth of gold is still being extracted illegally from Brazil's Amazon rainforest, a study by nonprofit watchdog Greenpeace found,