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Brazil state prosecutors warn of possible mine dam collapse

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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press after signing a second decree that eases gun restrictions, at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. The decree opens Brazil’s market to guns and ammunition made outside of Brazil according to a summary of the decree. Gun owners can now buy between 1,000 -5,000 rounds of ammunition per year depending on their license, up from 50 rounds. Lower-ranking military members can now carry guns after 10 years of service. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil prosecutor’s office seeks suspension of gun decree

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Demonstrators shout slogans against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, during nation-wide education strike, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Federal education officials this month announced budget cuts of $1.85 billion for public education, part of a wider government effort to slash spending. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Crowds protest cuts in federal funding for Brazil schools

By DIANE JEANTET and MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press

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)

AP Explains: Brazil’s environmental changes under Bolsonaro

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a ceremony where he signed a second decree that eases gun restrictions, during the signing ceremony at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. The decree opens Brazil’s market to guns and ammunition made outside of Brazil according to a summary of the decree. Gun owners can now buy between 1,000 -5,000 rounds of ammunition per year depending on their license, up from 50 rounds. Lower-ranking military members can now carry guns after 10 years of service. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil cancels another UN climate change event

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

Lawmakers make finger-gun hand gestures as Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro signs a second decree that eases gun restrictions, at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. The decree opens Brazil’s market to guns and ammunition made outside of Brazil according to a summary of the decree. Gun owners can now buy between 1,000 -5,000 rounds of ammunition per year depending on their license, up from 50 rounds. Lower-ranking military members can now carry guns after 10 years of service. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazilian judge gives Bolsonaro 5 days to clarify gun decree

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Brazil's Education Minister Abraham Weintraub attends a Senate hearing on budget cuts of public universities, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Federal public universities, generally the country's most competitive and highest-ranked schools, were stunned last week when the Education Ministry announced a 30% cut in their funding. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Universities hit back as Brazil slashes scholarship funds

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press after signing a second decree that eases gun restrictions, at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. The decree opens Brazil’s market to guns and ammunition made outside of Brazil according to a summary of the decree. Gun owners can now buy between 1,000 -5,000 rounds of ammunition per year depending on their license, up from 50 rounds. Lower-ranking military members can now carry guns after 10 years of service. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro signs decree easing gun laws

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Public school professors and students protest budget cuts in education, as one holds the Portuguese message: “The class is in the street today!” outside a military school where Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, May 6, 2019. Students and professors are protesting sudden budget cuts for federally funded public high schools and universities, implemented by Bolsonaro's far-right administration. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Students in Brazil protest school budget cuts

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro flashes a thumbs up after bestowing the insignia of the Order of Rio Branco to Vice President Hamilton Mourao, right, during a ceremony to commemorate Diplomat Day, at the Itamarty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro cancels New York trip amid backlash

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In this March 28, 2019 photo, Major Edney Freire salutes the flag during a ceremony in the main courtyard of the Ceilandia state school No. 7 in Brasilia, Brazil. The administration of President Jair Bolsonaro, a former army captain, is pushing to expand schools that are co-run by armed police to improve behavior and academic results. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro wants police in schools, discipline code

By DIANE JEANTET and ERALDO PERES - Associated Press

Venezuela unrest leads to more migrants at the Brazil border

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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro smiles during an event at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Bolsonaro convened a meeting of top ministers to discuss the ongoing situation in Venezuela. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil plans to slash funding of universities by 30 percent

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro shows his pen before signing the law that creates credit for small enterprises, during a ceremony at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, April 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil bank ad featuring blacks, transgender taken off air

By Ms-pp - Associated Press

ADDS DA SILVA'S SENTENCE REDUCTION - Supporter of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, holds signs with text that reads in Portuguese &quot;Free Lula&quot; and &quot;Lula Innocent&quot; during a vigil in front of the headquarters of the Superior Court of Justice, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Da Silva, who was found guilty of passive corruption and money laundering, has been in jail since April of last year. Brazil’s second highest court is reducing the sentence of incarcerated ex-president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva from 12 years and one month to eight years and 10 months. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Ex-president Da Silva: Brazil governed by ‘crazy people’

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ADDS DA SILVA'S SENTENCE REDUCTION - Supporter of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, holds signs with text that reads in Portuguese &quot;Free Lula&quot; and &quot;Lula Innocent&quot; during a vigil in front of the headquarters of the Superior Court of Justice, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Da Silva, who was found guilty of passive corruption and money laundering, has been in jail since April of last year. Brazil’s second highest court is reducing the sentence of incarcerated ex-president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva from 12 years and one month to eight years and 10 months. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazilian court reduces sentence of ex-president da Silva

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Brazil farmer arrested again in American missionary’s murder

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Brazil top court criticized for order to block news stories

By C.H. GARDINER - Associated Press

NY museum won’t host event honoring Brazilian president

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FILE - In this April 21, 2015 file photo, a man fishes near a floating oil platform in Guanabara Bay in Niteroi, Brazil. The administration of Jair Bolsonaro plans to auction seven oil fields despite contrary advice from analysts of Brazil's main environmental body. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Brazil to auction oil camps despite environmental warnings

By PETER PRENGAMAN and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press