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Brazil's national soccer team coach Tite kicks the ball during a practice session at the Granja Comary training center ahead the Copa America tournament in Teresopolis, Brazil, Sunday, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Rio police wants Neymar testimony linked to rape accusation

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Brazil suspends beef exports to China due to ‘mad cow’ case

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Brazil's soccer player Neymar runs for the ball during a practice session at the Granja Comary training center ahead of the Copa America tournament, in Teresopolis, Brazil, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) ** FILE **

Neymar takes to social media against rape claim

By Marcelo De Sousa - Associated Press

A cemetery worker prepares burial sites for some of the inmates who were killed in the recent prison riots, in Manaus, Brazil, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Brazilian officials said Tuesday inmates blamed for killing sprees in several prisons will be transferred to stricter federal facilities, after two days of unrest left dozens of prisoners dead and authorities rushing to prevent the violence from spreading. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil officials admit knowing prison clash was ‘imminent’

By DIANE JEANTET and VICTOR CAIVANO - Associated Press

A man wears the Portuguese message: &quot;Be strong Moro,&quot; referring to Brazil's Justice Minister Sergio Moro,&quot; during a pro-government rally on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, May 26, 2019. Moro recently saw Congress reject President Jair Bolsonaro's move to put him in charge of the country's financial regulator and is having trouble passing a sweeping &quot;anti-crime&quot; bill in Congress. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil’s anti-graft crusader struggles in Bolsonaro gov’t

By PETER PRENGAMAN and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

A man wearing a Jesus T-shirt shouts slogans during a rally in favor of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, May 26, 2019. The pro-Bolsonaro rally follows anti-government protests against cuts in the education budget as the president also battles an uncooperative Congress, a family corruption scandal and falling approval ratings after five months in office. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

AP Analysis: Pro-Bolsonaro demos in Brazil show gov’t risks

By PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press

Brazil's soccer player Neymar takes a rest during a practice at the Granja Comary training center ahead the Copa America tournament in Teresopolis, Brazil, Saturday, May 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Neymar loses Brazil captaincy to Dani Alves for Copa America

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Police guard the entrance to the Anisio Jobim Prison Complex after a deadly riot erupted among inmates in Manaus in the northern state of Amazonas, Brazil, Sunday, May 26, 2019. A statement from the state prison secretary says prisoners began fighting among themselves around noon Sunday, and security reinforcements were rushed to complex. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Brazilian officials say 42 inmates found dead at 3 prisons

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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro poses for photos with a statue of Our Lady of Fatima,during a Catholic ceremony at which he dedicated his nation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Backers of embattled Bolsonaro take to streets in Brazil

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2016, file photo, Brazil's Marta, left, dribbles past Canada's Jessie Fleming during the bronze medal women' soccer match at the summer Olympic's at the Arena Corinthians stadium in Sao Paulo. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine, File)

Coach says ‘Marta is still Marta’ as World Cup nears

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro poses for photos with a statue of Our Lady of Fatima,during a Catholic ceremony at which he dedicated his nation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s supreme court votes to make homophobia a crime

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Marlboro cigarettes are displayed in Montpelier, Vermont, July 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot) ** FILE **

Brazil sues tobacco companies to recover public health costs

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

Brazil's national soccer team coach Tite shows the list announcing his roster of players for the upcoming 2019 Copa America soccer tournament, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil coach Tite under pressure ahead of Copa America

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Cop kills ex, then himself in Brazil government building

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press

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Belem City bar attack a ‘massacre,’ Brazil official says

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11 people killed in reported gun attack at bar in Brazil

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FILE - This Sept. 15, 2009 file photo shows a deforested area near Novo Progresso in Brazil's northern state of Para. The Bolsonaro administration in Brazil has cancelled a United Nations climate change workshop to be held in the city of Salvador in August 2019, reaffirming its lack of interest in participating in international efforts to fight global warming. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazil’s environment minister challenges Amazon Fund

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press

FILE- In this May 3, 2019 file photo, Brasil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a ceremony to commemorate Diplomat Day, at the Itamarty Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. Bolsonaro canceled a trip to New York Friday, May 3, 2019, after several companies pulled out of an event where he was to be honored. In April, the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce named Bolsonaro 2019 Person of the Year, inviting him to take part in a gala dinner in New York the following month. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Senators in Brazil pass forced rehab for drug users

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press

Brazil state prosecutors warn of possible mine dam collapse

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