Brazilian music legend Sérgio Mendes dies at 83
The Grammy-winning musician, whose hit “Mas Que Nada” helped make him a global ambassador for Brazilian music, died after months battling the effects of long COVID.
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Brazil starts blocking social media platform X amid a dispute with Elon Musk
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's social media giant X in Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country.
Oropouche virus 101: A guide to a little-known virus that's raising concern this year
The virus has been confined to certain areas of the Amazon but is moving into new turf as climate change enables the insects that spread it to spread out. Here's what we know.
Plane crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 aboard
The VOEPASS airlines passenger plane crashed in a residential area of Vinhedo, Brazil, on Friday.
This 16-year-old skateboard medalist went from holey shoes to ... holy shoe deal!
Rayssa Leal of Team Brazil won a bronze medal in Paris -- following up on her silver medal in Tokyo when she was only 13. When she was just a kid, she says, a pair of sneakers without holes was an implausible dream.
Tons of dead fish cover a river in Brazil after alleged dumping of industrial waste
An estimated 10 to 20 tons of fish died on the Piracicaba River, prosecutors said. An initial investigation points to an "irregular discharge of wastewater" from a sugar and ethanol plant.
8 Tracks: You don't need a deity to pray — just transcendent music
Luiza Brina spent 10 years developing an album of nonreligious prayers. NPR Music's Lars Gotrich dives into newly released music from Brazil, featuring Milton Nascimento, Amaro Freitas and Anitta.
A car-free town in the Amazon serves lessons for pedaling to net zero emissions
Afuá, a remote town in the Brazilian Amazon, banned motor vehicles over 20 years ago. Writer Mac Margolis and photographer Stefan Kolumban paid the town a visit to see what life is like.
Madonna draws 1.6 million fans to Brazilian beach
The last show of the pop icon's "Celebration" retrospective tour brought over a million and a half fans to Rio de Janeiro's famed Copacabana Beach on Saturday night.
Floods in southern Brazil kill at least 75 people over 7 days
Massive floods in Brazil's southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days, and another 103 were reported missing, local authorities said Sunday.