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Temehe Tomas Waimiri, sitting center left and wearing blue shirt and glasses, gives testimony about alleged crimes committed by the Brazilian dictatorship in the 1970s, during a hearing inside a traditional &quot;maloca&quot; indigenous hut, at the Waimiri-Atroari reserve in Amazon state, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Temehe Tomas said he saw a group of soldiers attacking by land and helicopters dropping bombs. &quot;The attackers had uniforms of the color of the jungle,&quot; he said. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

At hearing, Amazon tribe accuses Brazil army of atrocities

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a ceremony marking the 211th anniversary of Brazilian Marine Corps in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Brazil president says military should have benefits reduced

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Giant doll depicting Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro, front, and first lady Michelle Bolsonaro, are paraded during carnival celebrations in Olinda, Pernambuco state, Brazil, Monday, March 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Diego Herculano)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro tweets obscene video, draws sharp rebuke

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press

A performer from the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, March 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Slain black councilwoman remembered during Brazil Carnival

By DIANE JEANTET and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Brazil's Former President Dilma Rousseff attends the wake of the 7-year-old grandson of jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Arthur, who died of meningitis on Friday, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, Saturday, March 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

Brazil’s Lula leaves prison for grandson’s funeral

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

A reveler performs during the Carmelitas street party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, March 1, 2019. Much of the appeal of Rio street parties is the variety of themes and that people can dress up in costumes or not. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Rio de Janeiro Carnival kicks off with Bolsonaro backlash

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2019 file photo, Venezuela's self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido speaks during a meeting with university students at the Central University of Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuelans abroad are already playing a key role in helping Guaido consolidate his position as the country's interim president. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Venezuela’s Juan Guaido says he will return to Caracas

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England's Lucy Bronze, left, goes after the ball while keeping Brazil's Beatriz, right, away during the first half of She Believes Cup soccer match, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

Mead’s goal gives England 2-1 victory over Brazil

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FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2019 file photo, students arrive for their first day of school, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The South American country's Ministry of Education sent instructions Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, saying that students returning from summer vacation should sing the national, recite a statement including President Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign slogan, “Brazil above everything, God above everyone.” and it says they should be filmed doing so. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

Brazil ministry to schools: recite Bolsonaro slogan

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, center, arrives at the National Congress to deliver a proposal to overhaul Brazil's pension system, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. Lawmakers received this week an anti-crime bill and a proposal to overhaul Brazil's pension system, the government's flagship reform. (AP Photo/Lucio Tavora)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro praises late Paraguay dictator Stroessner

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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan 23, 2014 file photo, FC Barcelona's president Sandro Rosell attends a press conference at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. The trial of the former Barcelona president charged with money laundering involving the sale of television rights for Brazil matches begins on Monday Feb. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Former Barcelona president Rosell in handcuffs for trial

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Policemen stand guard during a concert at Tienditas International Bridge, in Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, on the border with Colomcia. Venezuela's power struggle is set to convert into a battle of the bands Friday when musicians demanding Nicolas Maduro allow in humanitarian aid and those supporting the embattled leader's refusal sing in rival concerts being held at both sides of a border bridge where tons of donated food and medicine are being stored. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

National Guard fires tear gas amid Venezuela border tension

By Christine Armario and Luis Andres Henao - Associated Press

Government supporters flash heart-hand signals during the &quot;Hands off Venezuela&quot; concert at the Tienditas International Bridge, in Venezuela on the border with Colombia, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Venezuela's power struggle is set to convert into a battle of the bands Friday when musicians demanding Nicolas Maduro allow in humanitarian aid and those supporting the embattled leader's refusal sing in rival concerts being held at both sides of a border bridge where tons of donated food and medicine are being stored. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

The Latest: Pompeo urges Venezuelan troops to let aid in

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FILE - In this Oct.18, 2018 file photo, Gustavo Bebianno Rocha, then-president of the Social Liberal Party, speaks to journalists in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After days of uncertainty, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro officially fired Bebianno as his secretary general on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, after a major Brazilian newspaper reported in Feb. 2019 that Bebianno was entangled in a corruption scandal involving phony candidates and the misuse of campaign funds. Bebianno denies any wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Brazil president fires key aide linked to corruption scandal

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Salcomp players celebrate with their trophy after winning the Peladao amateur soccer tournament at Arena da Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. Despite many of the players having worked a full 8-hour shift at a factory before the game, the female team went on to win one of the biggest amateur soccer tournaments on the planet. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Amazon Peladao: a soccer tournament unlike any other

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Flamengo soccer club president Rodolfo Landim, right, attends a mass in honor of the 10 teenage soccer players who were killed by a fire at the Flamengo training center last Friday, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. The victims were between 14 and 16 years old. Police are still investigating what caused the fire. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Flamengo soccer club fire in Brazil: bad luck or negligence?

By DIANE JEANTET and PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press

A man wearing a Flamengo soccer kit, prays during a memorial Mass for the victims of a fire at a Brazilian soccer academy, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. A fire early Friday swept through the sleeping quarters of an academy for Brazil's popular professional soccer club Flamengo, killing 10 people and injuring three, most likely teenage players, authorities said. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Questions, criticism of Brazil soccer club where 10 killed

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

The president of the Flamengo soccer club Rodrigo Landim, right, talks to the press after a deadly fire at the soccer club in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. A fire tore through the sleeping quarters of the Flamengo soccer club development league, one of Brazil's most popular professional soccer clubs, killing several people who were most likely players and injuring others, authorities said. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Fire at Brazilian soccer team complex leaves 10 dead, 3 hurt

By Peter Prengaman - Associated Press

In this Feb. 4, 2019 photo, students arrive for their first day of school, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is taking his anti-leftist ideological war to the country's classrooms and universities, causing angst among teachers and education officials who say the government wants to fight an enemy that doesn't exist. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil education overhaul aims at ousting ‘Marxist ideology’

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Fernando Nunes watches a helicopter carry a body away from the mud after a Vale dam collapse in Brumadinho, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, while his brother Peterson, a Vale employee, remains missing. Two days after this photo was taken, his brother's body was found, recovered and identified by their mother. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Brazil institute: Potential health crisis from dam breach

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press