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Correction: Brazil-International Court story

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, and former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff raise their arms during the Workers' Party 7th Congress, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. Da Silva is the unquestioned star of the PT 3-day party convention. Many still think he could be the party's standard-bearer once again in 2022 - when he'll be a 77-year-old cancer survivor who is now barred from seeking office due to a corruption conviction. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

Brazil ex-president, out of jail, vows to make ‘lives hell’

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, and former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff raise their arms during the Workers' Party 7th Congress, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. Da Silva is the unquestioned star of the PT 3-day party convention. Many still think he could be the party's standard-bearer once again in 2022 - when he'll be a 77-year-old cancer survivor who is now barred from seeking office due to a corruption conviction. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

With da Silva free, Brazil’s Workers’ Party seeks strategy

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Rabbi who challenged Brazil’s dictatorship dies in Miami

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Samsung Heavy Industries to pay criminal fine in bribe case

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FILE - In this May 10, 2019, file photo a banner for Uber is draped on the front of the New York Stock Exchange before the world's largest ride-hailing service holds its initial public offering. Uber will let passengers and drivers record audio of their rides in an attempt to improve its safety record. The ride-hailing company plans to roll out the feature in Brazil and Mexico in December. It eventually hopes to launch it in other markets including the United States, although it has no timeline for possible expansion. The feature will allow customers to opt in to recording on all or select trips. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Uber to let users record audio of rides in Brazil, Mexico

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2017 file photo, then Paraguay's President Horacio Cartes stands for the playing of his country's national anthem during a welcome ceremony at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazilian police are seeking the arrest of Cartes as part of an investigation into kickbacks and money laundering. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, that Cartes is among 20 suspects being sought by Brazilian police. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazilian police seek arrest of Paraguay ex-President Cartes

By DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2019 file photo, People carry the coffin of Ágatha Sales Felix, who was hit by a a stray bullet, at a cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Police announced on Tuesday, Nov. 19, that it was an officer that fired the shot that killed the 8-year-old girl. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

Brazil police say cop to blame for 8-year-old girl’s death

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during a friendly soccer match between Brazil and Argentina at King Fahd stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (AP Photo)

Lionel Messi in Israel despite rockets and boycott threats

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

People walk past the BRICS Business Council sign prior the 11th edition of the BRICS Summit, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. The BRICS Summit gathers the group of countries formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which will take place in the 13th and 14th of this month. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Economy in mind, Bolsonaro changes tack and cozies up to Xi

By DAVID BILLER and DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

A supporter holds a doll depicting jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, outside Brazil'sSupreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. The Supreme Court will resume debate over if it’s legal (as is done currently) to jail a person who fails to overturn their conviction in a higher court. The decision could affect cases like that of Da Silva. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s ex-president could be freed after top court ruling

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Police attempt to defuse a situation between supporters of jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Jair Bolsonaro, as both groups keep vigil outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazilian ex-president, released from imprisonment

By Mario Lobao and Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

Workers' Party members gather to show support for Brazil's jailed, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Judges are debating whether a defendant is to begin serving his sentence after a conviction has been reached by the first appellate court, which could affect cases like that of Da Silva. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil top court’s ruling could free ex-President Da Silva

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Supporters of jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, celebrate a Supreme Court decision that may free Da Silva, outside Brazil's Supreme Court, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Brazil's top court has reached a narrow decision that could release almost 5,000 inmates that are still appealing their convictions, including Da Silva. The country's Supreme Court decided by 6 votes to 5 on Thursday that a person can only be jailed after all appeals to high courts have been exhausted. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

The Latest: Venezuela’s Maduro celebrates Da Silva’s release

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A supporter of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds up a mask of Da Silva outside the Federal Police headquarters where the former leader is imprisoned in Curitiba, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Da Silva's lawyers have begun legal procedures requesting his release from prison, following a Supreme Court decision late Thursday that a person can be imprisoned only after all appeals to higher courts have been exhausted. Da Silva has been detained since April 2018 after being convicted of corruption. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

AP Explains: Brazil court decision may free Lula da Silva

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

A representative of the Petroleo Brasileiro SA holds up an envelope containing the oil company's bid for the Buzios oil field, during an oil auction in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. Brazil is holding one of the world's biggest-ever oil auctions, with oil majors bidding on fields currently operated by state-run Petrobras. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Brazil’s oil tender yields $17 billion, falls short of hopes

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

In this Sept. 2019, video frame, Paulo Paulino Guajajara, a Forest Guardian protecting the Arariboia indigenous reserve poses with his makeshift weapon, at the reserve in Maranhao state, Brazil. The 26-year-old Guajajara was killed in an ambush by illegal loggers on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. &quot;My son fought and died. He died for all of us here, defending this area,&quot; Paulo's father Ze Maria Paulino Guajajara said. (Documentary Iwazayzar - Guardioes da Natureza via AP)

An ambush in Brazil’s Amazon that killed a forest guardian

By DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019 file photo released by the Sergipe state government, oil covers the beach in Sergipe state, Brazil. Oil has been washing up on Brazilian beaches for two months, with authorities saying it’s one of Brazil’s worst-ever environmental disasters. (Sergipe State Government via AP, File)

Brazil reckons with new oil spill mystery: When will it end?

By ANNA JEAN KAISER and MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press

Members of the Brazilian theater group Clowns of Shakespeare get ready for a performance in Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. The troupe's play titled “Abrazo,” or Hug, is among the growing list of shows, plays, conferences and other artistic projects that have been abruptly canceled in Brazil since the nation's President Jair Bolsonaro took office Jan. 1, after the troupe talked politics with the audience during the show’s debut. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Censorship or caution? Culture war burns in Brazil

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Brazil says indigenous forest guard killed in Amazon ambush

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press