Brazil is at risk of facing a more serious incident than the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, said the head of the country's Electoral Court, Edson Fachin, on Wednesday ahead of the presidential election in October.

At least 106 people have died and 10 are still missing in Brazil, the government said on Tuesday, as heavy rains tore through urban towns in the northeastern part of the country for a sixth consecutive day.

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon surged to record levels for the month of April, nearly doubling the area of forest removed in that month last year - the previous April record - alarming environmental campaigners.

The death toll from landslides and devastating floods in the Brazilian city of Petropolis has risen to 146, including 26 children.

An increasingly desperate search was under way on Friday for people buried by a deluge of mud that swept through the Brazilian city of Petropolis leaving what resembled "scenes of war" according to President Jair Bolsonaro.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s former president, has a comfortable lead against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in next year's presidential election, a survey shows.

A Brazilian senate investigation committee votes to approve a report that recommends a series of criminal charges be filed against President Jair Bolsonaro over his handling of the coronavirus epidemic.

A Brazilian congressional panel concludes that President Jair Bolsonaro should face 13 criminal charges, including homicide, for errors that led to the deaths of thousands.

Brazilian demonstrators gathered in several state capitals to protest against the federal government and call for the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro.

The Brazilian president says Boris Johnson “wants an emergency agreement” to import food that is lacking in the UK.