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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to the United Nations General Assembly during the Summit for the Future, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Brazil’s Lula to talk climate at U.N., but Amazon fires back home undermine his message

By Mauricio Savarese and Diarlei Rodrigues - Associated Press

A woman walks past a banner featuring the Brazilian national flag and an image of former President Jair Bolsonaro with a message that reads in Portuguese: "Ex, most beloved of Brazil", in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro ‘not afraid of any trial’ over accusations he plotted to remain president

Associated Press

FILE - Carlos Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro who is running for re-election, whispers in his father's ear during his arrival at the presidential debate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 29, 2022. Brazil's federal police carried out a search warrant Jan. 29, 2024 for Carlos Bolsonaro, a Rio de Janeiro city councilman, an officer with knowledge of the operation told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Brazil police investigate ex-President Bolsonaro’s top aides over alleged coup plot

By Diane Jeantet and David Biller - Associated Press

A protester, supporter of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, looks out from a shattered window of the Planalto Palace after he and many others stormed it, in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 8, 2023. Members of the three branches of power in Brazil say the country’s democracy and its guardrails have been restored after the trashing of the government buildings a year ago. But arrests have led supporters of the former president to say their freedom of speech is being violated and claim they are politically persecuted. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

A year after pro-Bolsonaro riots and dozens of arrests, Brazil is still recovering

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Taylor Swift fans wait for the doors of Nilton Santos Olympic stadium to open for her Eras Tour concert amid a heat wave in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. A 23-year-old Taylor Swift fan died at the singer's Eras Tour concert in Rio de Janeiro Friday night, according to a statement from the show's organizers in Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Taylor Swift postpones Rio de Janeiro show, citing record heat a day after fan dies during concert

By Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

Brazil's Richarlison, right, is challenged by Venezuela's Jhon Chancellor during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026 at Arena Pantanal stadium in Cuiaba, Brazil, Thursday, Oct.12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

England and Brazil to face off in friendly at Wembley in March

Associated Press

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves Federal Police headquarters after giving testimony over the Jan. 8 attacks in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Thousands of Bolsonaro supporters trashed the presidential palace, the Supreme Court and Congress one week into President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's third term in office. (AP Photo/Gustavo Morteno)

Bolsonaro home searched as Brazil probes fake vaccine cards

By Carla Bridi and David Biller - Associated Press

Iran's military ship IRIS Makran floats off Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Iranian warships in Rio de Janeiro raise alarm abroad

By David Biller - Associated Press

A resident holds a sign that reads in Portuguese: &quot;Truck drivers, you are the pride of Brazil&quot; to show support for cargo drivers who parked their trucks on the side of the Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paulo highway to protest the previous day’s election defeat of President Jair Bolsonaro, in Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigues Da Silva)

Brazil high court orders pro-Bolsonaro roadblocks cleared

By Diane Jeantet and Carla Bridi - Associated Press

Electoral workers move electronic voting machine boxes at a distribution center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Brazil's general elections are scheduled for Oct. 2. Brazilians head to polls on Oct. 2 to elect a president, vice president, governors and senators. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Brazil holds historic election with Lula against Bolsonaro

By Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

Residents and volunteers remove the body of a landslide victim in Petropolis, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Extremely heavy rains set off mudslides and floods in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, killing multiple people, authorities reported. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil mudslides from torrential rains kill at least 38

By Diarlei Rodrigues - Associated Press

Commuters wear protective face masks as they walk through a subway station, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Brazil joined the widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil justice rules vaccine passport mandatory for visitors

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA Marcelo Sila De Sousa - Associated Press

Francielle de Santana cries as she explains that some days her family doesn't have food to eat, at their home in the Jardim Gramacho favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Surging inflation on food and electricity are affecting the poor, with rising gas prices forcing some to cook with firewood and alcohol. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil’s inflation hits double digits, punishing the poor

By David Biller and Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

Blood covers the floor of a home during a police operation targeting drug traffickers in the Jacarezinho favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, May 6, 2021. At least 25 people died including one police officer and 24 suspects, according to the press office of Rio's civil police. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Deadly police shootout prompts claims of abuse in Brazil

By DAVID BILLER and MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 7, 2021, file photo, cemetery workers wearing protective gear lower the coffin of a person who died from complications related to COVID-19 into a gravesite at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Nations around the world set new records Thursday, April 8, for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections, and the disease surged even in some countries that have kept the virus in check. Brazil became just the third country, after the U.S. and Peru, to report a 24-hour tally of COVID-19 deaths exceeding 4,000. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Countries worldwide hit new records for virus cases, deaths

By MICHELLE R. SMITH - Associated Press

A woman wearing a face shield and mask decorated with an image of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro takes part in a demonstration to show support for Bolsonaro, after leaders of all three branches of the armed forces jointly resigned following the president's replacement of the defense minister, on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil’s government celebrates military coup anniversary

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Mauricio Vivet poses for a photo with his violin at home, Dona Marta slum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Vivet earned a living by playing at events and giving music lessons. He moved out of the neighborhood and planned to open a music studio. COVID-19 put a stop to all that. Vivet now struggles just to pay for food. He left his apartment and moved back to his mother's house in the favela. Vivet's biggest fear is not having money to provide for his 4-year-old son, Angelo. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

As pandemic enters 2nd year, voices of resilience emerge

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

Marinho of Brazil's Santos celebrates after scoring his side's 2nd goal during a Copa Libertadores quarterfinal second leg soccer match against Brazil's Gremio in Santos, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Amanda Perobelli/Pool via AP)

Empty Maracanã to host all-Brazilian Copa Libertadores final

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

A researcher for Brazil's state-run Fiocruz Institute takes an oral swab sample from a bat captured in the Atlantic Forest, at Pedra Branca state park, near Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Teams of researchers around the globe are racing to study the places and species from which the next pandemic may emerge. It's no coincidence that many scientists are focusing attention on the world's only flying mammals — bats. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic

By CHRISTINA LARSON and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press

Cats eat from a food dispenser filled up by volunteers from Animal Heart Protectors on Furtada Island, popularly known as “Island of the Cats,” in Mangaratiba, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. Volunteers are working to ensure the stray and feral cats living off the coast of Brazil have enough food after fishermen saw the animals eating others' corpses, an unexpected consequence of the coronavirus pandemic after restrictions forced people to quarantine, sunk tourism, shut restaurants that dish up seafood and sharply cut down boat traffic around the island. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

On Brazil’s tropical island of cats, virus led to starvation

By DIARLEI RODRIGUES and DAVID BILLER - Associated Press