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Demonstrators take part in a protest calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes, who recently imposed a nationwide block on Elon Musk's social media platform X, in Sao Paulo, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)

Brazil’s X ban drives outraged Bolsonaro supporters to rally for ‘free speech’

By Eléonore Hughes and Gabriela Sá Pessoa - Associated Press

Juan Izquierdo of Uruguay's Nacional, bottom, lies on the pitch after collapsing during a Copa Libertadores soccer game against Brazil's Sao Paulo at Morumbi stadium in Sao Paulo, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)

Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo dies in hospital days after collapsing during game in Brazil

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Former President Jair Bolsonaro addresses supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 25, 2024. Brazilian police indicted Bolsonaro on Thursday, July 4, 2024, for money laundering and criminal association, sources say. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazil police indict ex-President Bolsonaro for money laundering, criminal association, sources say

By Mauricio Savarese and Gabriela Sá Pessoa - Associated Press

Former President Jair Bolsonaro addresses supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 25, 2024. Brazilian police indicted Bolsonaro on Thursday, July 4, 2024, for money laundering and criminal association, sources say. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazilian police indict ex-President Bolsonaro in undeclared diamonds case, sources say

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19-year-old Priscila scores late to lead Brazil’s women’s soccer team over Japan 4-3

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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands celebrates at the podium after winning the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix at the Interlagos race track in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Verstappen wins Brazilian Grand Prix, Perez distances from Hamilton in runner-up fight

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain, attends a press conference ahead of the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix at the Interlagos race track in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

McLaren’s Norris to start sprint race on pole position at Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

The tomb of the late Brazilian soccer great Pele stands in the mausoleum of Necropole Ecumenica Memorial Cemetery in Santos, Brazil, Monday, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Pele’s mausoleum in Brazil opens to public

By Andre Penner and Tatiana Pollastri - Associated Press

A gun owner holds a weapon as a police officer registers his firearms with the Federal Police on the deadline given by Brazil's government for gun registration with the National Weapons System of the Federal Police, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, April 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Lula’s gun control push starts with counting Brazil’s guns

By Lais Martins - Associated Press

Luis Butti, a guide with autism spectrum disorder leads a tour group at the Corinthians soccer club Neo Quimica Arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Brazilian soccer clubs are increasingly opening spaces for autistic fans to watch matches, mingle and celebrate the sport, an initiative that got even higher attention in April, when Autism Speaks celebrates World Autism Awareness Month. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Autistic soccer fans can watch in comfort in Brazil stadiums

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Demonstrators shout slogans against Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro during a protest calling for protection of the nation's democracy in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, the day after Bolsonaro supporters stormed government buildings in the capital. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

‘No amnesty!’: Brazilian protests demand jail for rioters

By David Biller and Felipe Mello - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, center, leads a motorcycle rally in Manaus, Brazil, June 18, 2022. With the election just three months off, some polls show only one in five women will vote for the tough-talking, pro-gun, motorcycle-riding former Army captain. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

Bolsonaro’s reelection hopes dim unless he wins over women

By Débora Álvares and Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Brazilian Pele attends the 2018 soccer World Cup draw at the Kremlin in Moscow, Dec. 1, 2017. Pele was hospitalized once more in Sao Paulo to continue his colon tumor treatment. Hospital Albert Einstein said in a statement on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, that the 81-year-old soccer legend is “stable and expected to be released in the next few days.” (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) **FILE**

Pele in hospital due to colon tumor, to be released in days

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 31, 2021 file photo, cemetery workers work hours past sundown, as they lower the coffin that contain the remains of a COVID-19 victim into a freshly dug grave at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Nighttime burials at Vila Formosa and three other cemeteries in Sao Paulo were suspended Wednesday, April 28, after two weeks of declining deaths. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine, File)

Brazil backs away from the virus brink, but remains at risk

By David Biller - 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

Sandra Brito, 55, sits on her bed after carrying a grocery caddy filled with food donated by the Rio de Paz NGO amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Mandela slum, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Many Brazilians disregard the pleas to stay at home

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A man watches a movie at a cinema after almost a year of theaters being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Buenos Aires reopens as virus surge forces Sao Paulo to shut

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DEBORA REY - Associated Press

People watch a movie at a cinema after almost a year of theaters being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Virus surge forces Sao Paulo to shut as Buenos Aires reopens

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DEBORA REY - 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

Sara stands at the Guarulhos airport near Sao Paulo, Brazil, a nation where abortion is illegal, waiting for her connecting flight to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she is traveling to undergo the procedure, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. Brazilian women without means have started seeking abortions elsewhere in Latin America to dodge risks and legal obstacles in the region's most populous country. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazilian women head to Argentina to avoid abortion ban

By DAVID BILLER and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and TATIANA POLLASTRI - Associated Press