Brazil Supreme Court justice orders investigation of Elon Musk over fake news and obstruction apnews.com/article/brazil…

The Federal Police report’s explosive findings on the Marielle Franco murder case revealed organized crime’s deep infiltration into Rio’s institutions. Story by Diane Jeantet, David Biller, and me: apnews.com/article/rio-de…

Probably my last story out of Brazil, before focusing on French news from Paris.
A Rio councilwoman's killing was a mystery. An arrest gave a peek at corruption keeping it unsolved. W/ ⁦David Biller⁩ apnews.com/article/e71713…

Le groupe Le Monde se dote d’une charte sur l’intelligence artificielle – via Le Monde lemonde.fr/le-monde-et-vo…

Rio celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Rio-Niteroi bridge, the largest bridge in the Southern Hemisphere, welcoming 150,000 cars and 400,000 passengers every day. www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2024…

Jair Bolsonaro is under investigation in Brazil for allegedly harassing a whale off Sao Paulo (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/c865ab…

Police raid in Rio favela sets off gunbattle that kills 9 people and wounds 2 officers (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/2c57b4…

G20 foreign ministers gathering in Rio today, kicking off Brazil's G20 presidency. On the agenda: poverty, climate change, global tensions. But hard to ignore the ongoing spat between Brazil and Israel after Lula compared the war in Gaza to the Holocaust. apnews.com/article/brazil…

Brazil's health agents scour junkyards and roofs for mosquitos to fight dengue epidemic (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/e7f16f…

Awesome photos from Brazil’s aluminum can street party in northeastern Madre de Deus, where costumes are made from approximately 1,600 cans gathered over the course of the previous months, then thoroughly washed to dispose of lingering odors.
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The next installment in my series of odd stories that help explain Carnival: SOUND TRUCKS! Created in Salvador with an old Ford, they’ve since swept across the nation. 💥💥💥

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Big story in Brazil. Bolsonaro ordered to surrender his passport in the 2022 election investigation. Arrest warrants issued for two former Bolsonaro aides, and 33 search warrants issued.

Brazilian police are investigating several top allies of Bolsonaro for allegedly trying to overturn the results of the 2022 election and searched their homes and offices Thursday.👇 apnews.com/article/brazil…

Brazil, which kidnapped more Africans for forced labor than any other nation, wrangles with its legacy of slavery -- by Eléonore Hughes apnews.com/article/brazil…