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Children learn the basics of golf from caddie Marcelo Modesto on the grounds of the Nusacquilombo cultural center in Cidade de Deus or City of God favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. Modesto from one of Rio's poorest neighborhoods works at one of the seaside city's most exclusive golf courses, earning a comfortable living guiding wealthy patrons around the fairways and greens of the course. Now he is sharing his golf skills with kids from his favela. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) **FILE**

Golf takes Brazilian kids from mean streets to putting greens

By Diarlei Rodrigues and Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Commuters wear protective face masks as they walk through a subway station, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Brazil joined the widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil justice rules vaccine passport mandatory for visitors

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA Marcelo Sila De Sousa - Associated Press

In this Nov. 25, 2019 file photo, highway BR-163 stretches between the Tapajos National Forest, left, and a soy field in Belterra, Para state, Brazil. The number of deforestation alerts in the Brazilian Amazon rose for the second straight month in October 2021, compared to 2020, ending a streak of encouraging data at a moment when the government has promised to curb illegal logging. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File) **FILE**

Brazil’s Amazon deforestation surges to worst in 15 years

By David Biller - Associated Press

Singer Marília Mendonça performs in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. One of Brazil’s most popular singers and a Latin Grammy winner, Mendonca died on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in an airplane crash on her way to a concert. Mendonça was 26 and performed country music, in Brazil called sertanejo. (Will Dias/Futura Press via AP)

Latin Grammy winner, 26, dies in plane crash

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Relatives of Luis Enrique Rodriguez, who died of COVID-19, visit where he was buried on a hill at the El Pajonal de Cogua Natural Reserve, in Cogua, north of Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. Rodriguez died May 14, 2021. Relatives bury the ashes of their loved ones who died of coronavirus and plant a tree in their memory. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

COVID-19’s global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years

By Carla K. Johnson - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a ceremony on the National Day of People with Disabilities, at the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

‘Why a vaccine passport?’ Brazil’s president rips vaccination rules after missing soccer game

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Bags of coffee are on display at Vigilante Coffee, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, in College Park, Md. A confluence of supply chain problems, drought, frost and inflation all point to the price of your cup of morning coffee going up. The tricky part is trying to figure when — and how much. A sustained drought followed by two July frosts blew a hole in Brazil's coffee output, sending futures contract prices for the popular Arabica bean to near seven-year highs. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Coffee lovers, get ready for a price spike

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, June 8, 2021, photo, a group of Brazilian migrants make their way around a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border in Yuma, Ariz., seeking asylum in the United States after crossing over from Mexico. The Biden administration says it has identified more than 3,900 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump's "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal crossings. The Border Patrol's Yuma sector recorded the highest number of separations of the agency's nine sectors on the Mexican border. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia) **FILE**

Illegal immigrants from Brazil soar at border, up 114,000%

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Brazil's Lucas Saatkamp looks on during a men's volleyball preliminary round pool B match between Brazil and United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Masked Brazilian volleyball players take virus seriously

By Josh Dubow - Associated Press

Spain's Mikel Oyarzabal celebrates scoring from the penalty spot his side's third goal against Ivory Coast in a men's quarterfinal soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Rifu, Japan, Tokyo. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Spain, Brazil advance to semifinals of Olympic men’s soccer

By Rob Harris - Associated Press

Relatives and residents protest a day after a deadly police operation in the Jacarezinho favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 7, 2021. A bloody, hours-long gun battle here echoed into Friday, with authorities saying the police mission killed two dozen criminals while residents and activists claimed human rights abuses. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Top judges in Brazil want review after deadly police raid

By DÉBORA ÁLVARES - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 14, 2021, file photo, medical workers tend to coronavirus patients in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at Kenyatta National Hospital, in Nairobi, Kenya. Amid concerns over India, Kenya, which is coming down from a recent peak in cases, halted flights with the country for two weeks, while Nigeria suspended flights with India, Brazil and Turkey, fearing new virus strains could come in as it tries to bring down cases, particularly in Lagos, home to some 20 million people. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

India’s disaster hangs over countries facing COVID-19 surges

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Blood covers the floor of a home during a police operation targeting drug traffickers in the Jacarezinho favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, May 6, 2021. At least 25 people died including one police officer and 24 suspects, according to the press office of Rio's civil police. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Deadly police shootout prompts claims of abuse in Brazil

By DAVID BILLER and MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2019 file photo, highway BR-163 stretches between the Tapajos National Forest, left, and a soy field in Belterra, Para state, Brazil. At the U.S.-led climate summit on April 22, 2021, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro shifted his tone on Amazon preservation and exhibited willingness to step up commitment, even though many critics remain doubtful of his credibility. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Brazil’s Amazon deforestation surged in April after pledges

By DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

A demonstrator waves a banner with an image of President Jair Bolsonaro, during a caravan backing Bolsonaro’s anti-coronavirus-lockdown stance, marking May Day, or International Workers' Day, in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, May 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Ex-minister: Bolsonaro eyed decree on chloroquine for COVID

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press

A Brazilian flag hangs on a cross amid mock body bags on Copacabana beach placed by the NGO "Rio de Paz" in memory of the 400,000 victims of COVID-19 nationwide in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil coronavirus variant spreads more easily, researchers say

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 31, 2021 file photo, cemetery workers work hours past sundown, as they lower the coffin that contain the remains of a COVID-19 victim into a freshly dug grave at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Nighttime burials at Vila Formosa and three other cemeteries in Sao Paulo were suspended Wednesday, April 28, after two weeks of declining deaths. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine, File)

Brazil backs away from the virus brink, but remains at risk

By David Biller - Associated Press

Brazil tops 400,000 virus deaths amid fears of renewed surge

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Brazil regulator rejects Sputnik vaccine; Russia cries foul

By DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

Wearing a mask to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro greets people after a ceremony to deliver affordable homes built by the government, in a neighborhood of Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Apr. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil Senate starts potentially damaging probe of president

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press