Brazil in three-day mourning for 'King of Football' Pele
Brazil starts three days of national mourning on Friday for football legend Pele, the three-time World Cup winner widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, who has died at age 82.
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Agony and anger for Brazil as World Cup favorites crash out
SAO PAULO: Brazilian soccer fans were overcome by shock, anger and disbelief on Friday (Dec 9) after the World Cup favorites crashed out of the tournament at the quarter-final stage to 2018 runners-up Croatia.
Brazil's Lula says no point arguing why World Cup is in Qatar
LISBON : Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday there was no point arguing why Qatar will host this year's World Cup and that fans should focus on the matches instead.
Brazilian prosecutors seek Piquet probe after Lula 'cemetery' comment
Brazilian prosecutors have asked local police to open an investigation against Nelson Piquet after a video on social media showed the former Formula One world champion saying President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva belongs "in the cemetery". Prosecutor Paulo Roberto Galvao de Carvalho wrote in a document seen by the Reuters news agency that Piquet, a vocal supporter of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, allegedly incited violence against the newly elected president, as well as animosity between the armed forces and the country's constitutional powers. Demonstrations erupted on Sunday in support of Bolsonaro after he was narrowly defeated by Lula, who previously governed from 2003 to 2010.
Shortages, inflation, cholera, security: Haiti protests continue amid numerous crises
Meanwhile, the race for the presidency is heating up in Brazil. The country will head to the polls next weekend to choose between Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Both the current and former presidents went head-to-head in a final televised debate last Sunday. Bolsonaro lashed out at Lula on corruption, while the latter accused the incumbent of playing with the lives of Brazilians during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Brazil jersey hostage to politics a month from World Cup
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil: Every four years, there is an explosion of green and yellow in Julio Cesar Freitas’s neighborhood as locals cover the streets in the colors of the Brazilian flag.
One month to go before US mid-terms: Why abortion is a key campaign issue
And in Brazil, less than three weeks remain before the second round in the presidential election. As each day passes, supporters of former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva - who went into the first round as the frontrunner - are getting increasingly worried that their candidate might actually lose. His momentum has been on the decline ever since incumbent leader, conservative Jair Bolsonaro, made a stronger-than-expected showing in round one. We take a closer look at how Lula is trying to pull out all the stops before the October 30 vote.