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Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes announced weeks ago that the raucous street parties, which draw hundreds of thousands of revelers, wouldn't proceed in the manner they did before the pandemic.

Brazil's economic minister warned Friday that Western central bankers are "sleeping at the driving wheel" as economies slip deeper into a high inflation environment.

In Costa Rica, election officials are encouraging those infected with the coronavirus to skip voting in upcoming national elections.

Some 1,200 police officers have been deployed to Rio de Janeiro’s working-class Jacarezinho neighborhood, marking the start of a state effort seeking to reclaim territory.

Black diamonds, also known as carbonado, are extremely rare, and are found naturally on Earth only in Brazil and Central Africa.

Black diamonds, also known as carbonado, are extremely rare, and are found naturally on Earth only in Brazil and Central Africa.

The coronavirus’ omicron variant is barreling across South America and pressuring hospitals whose employees are getting infected and taking sick leave, leaving facilities understaffed to cope with COVID-19′s third wave

Pivotal elections, referendums, reforms and geopolitical tensions could shape the economic trajectory across emerging markets this year.

The UK is starting ambitious negotiations with India, but that won't solve the problems with its overall trade strategy.

In Brazil, 10 people were killed when part of a cliff collapsed onto leisure boats. Another 32 were injured on the lake in the southeast part of the country. CBS News' Rylee Carlson has more.

Brazil is already one of the countries most devastated by COVID-19 and it’s struggling to keep track of new cases, deaths and hospitalizations

The U.N. Security Council has five new members.

The abdominal discomfort appears related to his stabbing during the 2018 presidential campaign.

Leaders around the world are relying on public health specialists to inform their decisions about whether and when to vaccinate their nation’s kids, but Brazil government is instead asking the public for guidance

The app has grown into a potent political tool in Latin America's largest country. Researchers fear its permissive content moderation could further deepen social divisions.

From deforestation to a high usage of water and energy resources, research shows that increased coffee production is destroying the planet.

Brazil’s Federal Police have searched the home of Ciro Gomes, a left-wing politician expected to run for president next year, as part of an investigation into corruption regarding works on a World Cup stadium.

More than a hundred countries just promised to protect and restore forests. Similar pledges in the past have not succeeded, but forest advocates hope that this effort can learn from past mistakes.

A man who pleaded guilty to attacking a 13-year-old girl who was attending an Indiana University violin camp has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder for allegedly trying to hire his jail cellmate to kill the victim's parents and a dozen other people. Dongwook Ko, 19, allegedly provided a hit list and a map to the 39-year-old man who was his cellmate at the Clay County Detention Center in Brazil, Indiana, The Herald-Times reported, citing court records filed Friday along with conspiracy to commit murder charge. Ko, of Bloomington, believed his cellmate was a gang member who would arrange the torture and killings of 14 people connected to his conviction in the 2019 attack on the girl, court records state. The victim’s parents, defense witnesses, two prosecutors and a journalist who covered the case were among the targeted individuals on a list the cellmate provided to police, according to a probable cause affidavit.

President Jair Bolsonaro’s remarkable political reversal on welfare will be felt in soybeans, beef, chicken and even coffee.

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ruled that all travelers arriving in Brazil must present a vaccine passport documenting they have been vaccinated against the coronavirus

Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon have been set a target of about 18 months to make changes in order to keep their status as Olympic sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

Brazil will require international travelers who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 to quarantine for five days in their city of destination after arriving by plane

Brazil will require international travelers who aren't vaccinated against the coronavirus to quarantine for five days in their city of destination after arriving by plane.

With coral reefs threatened by rising ocean temperatures, scientists are working to breed "super corals" that can better withstand climate change. They're trying to help corals adapt to survive global warming faster than they could in Nature. (Dec. 9)

Mountain snow fell from British Columbia into Oregon as a cold front moved through the region on Dec. 8.

Carbon offsets got a big boost from November's U.N. climate summit. New rules could make it easier for companies to pay for carbon-cutting projects in other countries, rather than doing it themselves.

Brazil's president will face a Supreme Court inquiry for his falsehood about Covid-19 jabs and Aids.

Exxon outlined its capital spending plan on Wednesday, saying it will drive shareholder value while also focus on cutting emissions.

The S&P 500 has had a rough few days, but for emerging markets it's been even worse. Two traders give their take on what's next.

Alongside bad weather, global supply constraints have hit the coffee market hard.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has officially joined the centrist Liberal Party — a key political deal in his quest for reelection in 2022

Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant, while new findings indicate the mutant coronavirus was already in Europe close to a week before South Africa sounded the alarm.

This is only the fourth time the small-billed elaenia has been seen in North America. The first time, the bird was spotted in Douglass Park in Chicago.

President Jair Bolsonaro’s remarkable political reversal on welfare will be felt in soybeans, beef, chicken and even coffee.

Mayors across Brazil are divided on whether to maintain end-of-year festivities and February’s legendary Carnival in spite of the ongoing pandemic

Mayors across Brazil are divided on whether to maintain end-of-year festivities and February’s legendary Carnival in spite of the ongoing pandemic.

CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports from Poland where half a million people are under strict quarantines to quell the COVID-19 spread.

Deforestation in the region rose 22% compared to the year prior, according to data released just days after Brazil made new global promises to combat environmental degradation.

The figures come after Brazil promised to end the practice by 2030 during the COP climate summit.

The company has been presented in sixteen states and on three continents, from Brazil to Mexico, Honduras to Italy and Portugal. has reached over 35,000 children in South Florida alone through its in-school residencies, the World Dance Summer Intensive, the Dance NOW! Youth Ensemble, and performances throughout the community and from its home at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex. The Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County. is in residence at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex and at TAME Dance Academy, and is a resident company of the North Beach Bandshell.

Lionel Messi will play for Argentina when they face Brazil on Tuesday in a World Cup qualifier missing Neymar because of left thigh pains. Messi, who has been bothered by a knee injury, will play in San Juan in a match that could earn the team a spot in next year’s World Cup, Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said Monday.

Gun culture was part of Bolsonaro's winning presidential campaign. Three years on, what's the impact?

U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will have a rare virtual encounter this week as they gather online with other Pacific Rim leaders to chart a path to recovery out of the crisis brought on by the pandemic.

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World leaders have pledged to stop and reverse deforestation. How do their records stack up?

More than 100 countries, with areas comprising 85% of the world's forests, have pledged to reverse the loss of crucial forest land needed to reduce CO2 emissions.

World leaders are promising to protect Earth's forests, cut methane emissions and help South Africa wean itself off coal at the U.N. climate summit.

The U.S., the EU, the U.K. and Brazil account for one-eighth of the world’s population but nearly half of reported deaths.

More than five million people have died from the coronavirus worldwide, according to data collected by John Hopkins University.

In a world with few places beyond the reach of modern civilization, the isolation of the Javari Valley has made it one of the most alluring places for evangelists trying to reach the last people to have never heard the name Jesus Christ.

Everywhere, the task of creating collective memorials is fraught, with the pandemic far from vanquished and new dead still being mourned.

The Italian city that suffered the brunt of COVID-19’s first deadly wave is dedicating a vivid memorial to the pandemic dead: A grove of trees, creating oxygen in a park opposite the hospital where so many died, unable to breathe.

Exxon topped earnings expectations during the third quarter of 2021, but revenue came up short of estimates.

A Senate panel recommends a number of charges against the Brazilian president, including crimes against humanity. But the chances that Jair Bolsonaro will be indicted look slim.

A growing number of women crossing the forbidding jungle of the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama on their route north are reporting sexual assaults, grabbing the attention of Panamanian lawmakers

Migrants from Haiti and around the world are camped out in northwest Colombia, a staging ground for the harrowing trip to the United States.

To be sure, assigning political blame — and criminal culpability — for the ravages of a viral pandemic is a murky exercise in its own right.

Low turnout at the COP26 climate summit would also place Britain under the pandemic spotlight once again.

A lawmaker who is leading the probe has accused Bolsonaro and other officials of making deliberate decisions that allowed the coronavirus to spread, resulting in unnecessary deaths.

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The number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon during the month of September dropped to the lowest in two decades.

After hovering for years at lows sometimes near $1 per pound, coffee futures — the price large buyers agree to pay upon delivery months down the road — are now around $1.90 per pound.

A project to give children in poor neighborhoods a shot at going to the movies has resumed in Rio de Janeiro now that the pace of new cases and deaths from COVID-19 has ebbed.

Packages have only just started reaching doorsteps in Sao Paulo's second-biggest favela, Paraisopolis.

Over the past half century, the Atlantic Ocean has been slowly and relentlessly consuming Atafona, part of the Sao Joao da Barra municipality that is 250 kilometers (155 miles) from Rio de Janeiro’s capital and home to 36,000 people.

The Biden administration is proposing changing how asylum claims are handled.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be the busiest track in motorsports this weekend.

After years of attacking Brazil’s voting system as susceptible to fraud, President Jair Bolsonaro has ignored a deadline from the nation’s electoral court to present proof of his claims.

On the beach about 60 miles east of Tokyo, Olympic surfers are enjoying waves created by a tropical storm that has disrupted some outdoor events.

Thirteen-year-old Momiji Nishiya of Japan won the first Olympic skateboard competition for women.

The first day of full competition of the Tokyo Games could mark the turning point for an uneasy Japanese public that overwhelmingly disapproved of the Olympics being held during the pandemic.

Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will put their medals around their own necks to protect against spreading the coronavirus.

The death toll from COVID-19 has eclipsed 4 million as the crisis increasingly becomes a race between the vaccine and the highly contagious delta variant.

Some New England hospitals are delaying or rescheduling surgeries because of a shortage of blood donations during the pandemic.

The official COVID-19 death toll in Brazil is about to hit 500,000, the second-highest in the world.

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro led a throng of motorcyclist supporters through the streets of Sao Paulo and got hit with a fine for failure to wear a mask, in violation of local pandemic restrictions.

Brazil’s international players have been reluctant to play in the Copa America.

New York City’s Madison Square Garden is ready to rock ‘n’ roll again.

The Brazilian Amazon’s biggest city has shut down schools and suspended public transportation amid a wave of vandalism and violence that has followed the death of an alleged leader of a drug trafficking ring in a shootout with police.

As the United States has seen vaccination numbers rise and COVID-19 cases decline, many Americans might be feeling a desire to travel more.

The world’s largest meat processing company is getting back to work after production around the world was disrupted by a cyberattack just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline.

Rivers around the biggest city in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are swelling to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping.

Brazilian federal prosecutors say hundreds of wildcat miners have clashed with police who were trying to halt illegal mining in the Amazon region.

A former Brazilian health minister has denied receiving any direct orders from President Jair Bolsonaro during his 10 months in the post, providing Senate testimony analysts see as an attempt to shield the country’s leader from any blame over the government’s pandemic response.

El técnico José Peseiro anunció el miércoles la lista preliminar de 34 jugadores venezolanos, conformada totalmente por legionarios, de cara a la Copa América que se realizará conjuntamente en Argentina y Colombia.

A French court has ordered Air France and plane maker Airbus to stand trial for manslaughter in the 2009 crash of a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris which killed all 228 people aboard.

Newly released preliminary data signals that deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon in April was the highest for that month in at least five years.

Brazilian police targeting drug traffickers have raided a slum in Rio de Janeiro and at least one officer and 24 alleged criminals died after being shot.

Alex Palou and Will Power will start on the front row for the IndyCar Series' first oval race this season.

Brazil’s Senate has began an inquiry into the government’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic.

French President Emmanuel Macron says he foresees at least some tourists returning to Paris this summer if they have gotten vaccinated or have proof of testing negative for the coronavirus.

The global death toll from the coronavirus has topped a staggering 3 million people.

Florida’s flights to and from Brazil continue despite the risks of a more contagious coronavirus variant. France is among the countries that have suspended all flights to and from Brazil.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging all schools in the state to reopen, saying there are no health barriers to getting children back into classrooms and ending distance learning.

France has suspended all flights between Brazil and France amid concerns over coronavirus variants.

The United Nations chief says the world’s failure to unite on tackling COVID-19 has created wide inequalities.

India reported another record daily surge in coronavirus infections to pass Brazil as the country with the second-most reported infections since the pandemic began.

Nations around the world are setting new records for COVID-19 deaths and coronavirus infections, and the disease is surging even in some countries that have kept the virus in check.