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FILE - In this July 22, 2018 file photo, Brazil's presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, center, holds hands with his wife Michelle and son Flavio before supporters during the National Social Liberal Party convention where he accepted the party's nomination in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The far-right presidential candidate announced on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018 that he has picked Army Reserve General Hamilton Mourao as his running mate for Brazil's upcoming general elections in October. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Brazil’s right-wing candidate picks general as running mate

By STAN LEHMAN - Associated Press

A demonstrator holds a plastic doll shaped like a fetus during a Catholic church event against the legalization of abortion, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. A public hearing to discuss the decriminalization of abortion in Latin America's biggest country will be held Friday at Brazil's Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil’s top court wrestles with abortion at special hearing

By PETER PRENGAMAN and BEATRICE CHRISTOFARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 28, 2018 file photo, a supporter of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio da Silva holds up a mask of his face during a &quot;Free Lula&quot; festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The poll-leading former president is in prison on corruption and money laundering charges and likely to be barred from running for president in October. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Wanted in Brazil: Some willing vice presidential candidates

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA and PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 3, 2018 file photo, Brazil's President Michel Temer, left, greets then Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles, during a Brazilian Democratic Movement political party ceremony in which Meirelles joined the party, in Brasilia, Brazil. The Brazilian Democratic Movement on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, announced Meirelles as its candidate for the upcoming October election. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Big Brazil party makes 1st presidential bid in 24 years

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Measles infects more than 1,000 in Brazil; 5 reported deaths

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People hold up masks depicting the Brazilian former president Luiz Inacio da Silva during the Lula Free festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 28, 2018. Popular Brazilian musicians and social movements organized a concert to call for the release of da Silva, who has been in prison since April, but continues to lead the preferences on the polls ahead of October's election. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Brazilian celebrities hold ‘Free Lula’ concert in Rio

By BEATRICE CHRISTOFARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 8, 2018 file photo, a supporter of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves a banner decorated with an image depicting da Silva and message that reads in Portuguese: &quot;Free Lula,&quot; in front of the Federal Police Department where he is serving jail time, in Curitiba, Brazil. A Brazilian appeals court judge ordered Da Silva released from jail on July 8, 2018, but another judge has asked the police to hold off on the order. (AP Photo/Denis Ferreira Netto, File)

Brazil’s Lula to revoke privatizations through referendums

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Prosecutors seek 11-year sentence for ex-Barca president

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Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro sings Brazil's national anthem next to his wife Michelle, right, and lawyer Janaina Paschoal during the National Social Liberal Party convention where he accepted the party's nomination in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 22, 2018. The far-right congressman is running in distant second to former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is in jail, and promises to clean house ahead of October elections. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

High-polling rightist candidate joins Brazil president race

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FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, workers on tractors harvest soybeans in Campo Novo do Parecis, in Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Human Rights Watch released a report on Friday, July 20, 2018 saying Brazil is one of the largest consumers of pesticides in the world and that the nation isn’t doing enough to protect people from the hazardous products. (AP Photo/Maurilio Cheli, File)

Human Rights Watch urges Brazil to regulate pesticides more

By SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

FILE- In this file photo dated Friday, July 6, 2018, Brazil goalkeeper Alisson reacts after Brazil's Fernandinho scored an own goal, during the quarterfinal match between Brazil and Belgium at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Kazan Arena, in Kazan, Russia. Liverpool announced Thursday July 19, 2018, the signing of Brazil goalkeeper Alisson from Roma, in the latest big-money purchase by the English club.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein, FILE)

Alisson joins Liverpool as world’s most expensive goalie

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

England's Harry Kane reacts during the third place match between England and Belgium at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the St. Petersburg Stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, July 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

From young Mbappe to aging keeper, the World Cup in records

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

Brazil's Neymar lies on the ground during the round of 16 match between Brazil and Mexico at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Samara Arena, in Samara, Russia, Monday, July 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Van Basten critical of Neymar’s World Cup theatrics

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Brazil's Neymar celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the round of 16 match between Brazil and Mexico at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Samara Arena, in Samara, Russia, Monday, July 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) **FILE**

Neymar urged to stop acting, win titles to get FIFA award

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Germany's Niklas Suele, left, is dejected as South Korea's Son Heung-min, right, celebrates after the group F match between South Korea and Germany, at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Kazan Arena in Kazan, Russia, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. South Korea won the match 2-0. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) **FILE**

‘Dark day for German football’ after World Cup elimination

By Samuel Petriquin - Associated Press

Switzerland's Steven Zuber, left, scores his side's first goal during the group E match between Brazil and Switzerland at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Rostov Arena in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Sunday, June 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Brazil held to draw by Switzerland at World Cup

By Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

In this May 3, 2018 photo, Maria de Fatima, right, accompanies her 18-month-son Joaquim, who was born with the Zika-caused microcephaly birth defect, in a manual dexterity therapy session with therapist Catarina Aquino at the Altino Ventura Institute in Recife, Brazil. &quot;When Joaquim was born I thought he was going to be in a vegetative state forever,&quot; said Joaquim's mother. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Some Brazil ‘Zika kids’ try school, others fight to survive

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Revelers at the annual gay pride parade hold up a giant rainbow flag in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine) ** FILE **

Huge parade celebrates gay pride in Brazil

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Brazilian couple found guilty in Texas kidnapping case

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Sites set for women’s Tournament of Nations

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