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.
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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.
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A plane has crashed with 62 people aboard in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state
The VOEPASS airlines passenger plane crashed in a residential area of Vinhedo, Brazil, on Friday.
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Not a B movie: Sharks are ingesting cocaine in the ocean, scientists find
A scientist in the study says it’s likely the sharks were exposed to Rio de Janeiro wastewater contaminated from human use of cocaine.
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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.
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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.
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Brazil’s Supreme Court judge opens an investigation of Elon Musk over misinformation
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation into Musk for alleged obstruction.
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Why are we replanting the Atlantic Forest?
Today, we’re traveling to the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, the second largest rainforest in Brazil— behind the Amazon Rainforest. Today it stands at just 10% of its original size, but hopefully that’s changing. Governments and nonprofits are working to replant trees to return it to its former size.
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Women are breaking Brazil’s ‘bate-bola’ Carnival mold
Women are taking their rightful place in Rio’s “Carnival of the streets” — the “bate-bolas,” translated literally, as ball beaters.
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The pandemic sent hunger soaring in Brazil. They’re fighting back with school lunches
Free school lunches, a pillar of Brazil’s anti-poverty efforts, are now one of its main weapons against surging post-pandemic hunger. And that’s not the only benefit.
