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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

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2020 file photo, squatters peer from behind the iron gate of a house that about 19 families have been occupying for close to a year, before being evicted, amid the new coronavirus pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Poor people in Brazil are struggling to cope with less pandemic aid from the government and jumping food prices, with millions expected to slip back into poverty. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

Brazil’s poor squeezed by less virus aid, surging food costs

By DAVID BILLER and TATIANA POLLASTRI - Associated Press

Volunteer Divino Humberto tries to douse the fire along a dirt road off the Trans-Pantanal highway, in the Pantanal wetlands near Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. Pouring the water had little effect as wind redirected the fire toward a tree, causing it to explode as though it had been soaked with gasoline. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

As Brazil’s wetlands burned, government did little to help

By TATIANA POLLASTRI and DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

A woman takes in an art exhibit from the backseat of a car as she is driven through a warehouse displaying paintings and photos in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, July 24, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Galleries, cinemas, theaters and museums are closed due to the restrictive measures to avoid the spread of COVID-19, but a group of artists and a curator found a way to overcome the restrictions to share their art with the residents of Brazil’s largest city. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Galleries shut by COVID-19, Brazil has a drive-thru art show

By TATIANA POLLASTRI and DANIEL CARVALHO - Associated Press

A man, wearing a protective face mask as a measure to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, walks past a mural depicting a tug-of-war between health workers and Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro aided by a cartoon-styled coronavirus character, with a message that reads in Portuguese: &quot;Which side are you on?,&quot; in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, June 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil tops 1 million cases as coronavirus spreads inland

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

A cemetery worker exhumes the body of a person buried three years ago at the Vila Formosa cemetery, which does not charge families for the gravesites, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, June 12, 2020. Three years after burials, remains are routinely exhumated and stored in plastic bags to make room for more burials, which have increased amid the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Sao Paulo cemeteries to dig up graves for coronavirus space

By TATIANA POLLASTRI and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Residents look out their window in the Villa Azul neighborhood, quarantined by authorities after 50 some people tested positive for the new coronavirus, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, May 25, 2020. The virus initially brought to the region largely by wealthy citizens or visitors coming from Europe and the United States is now increasingly concentrated in poorer neighborhoods where residents have few means of protecting themselves. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Disease that began among rich shifts to Latin America’s poor

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Homeless people sleep outside the Cathedral amid the spread of the new coronavirus in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, May 7, 2020. According to the Sao Paulo municipal office of social assistance and welfare, at least 22 homeless people have died of COVID-19 in the past few weeks. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Sao Paulo homeless face choice between cold and virus risk

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and TATIANA POLASTRI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, right, listens to Sao Paulo's Governor-elect Joao Doria, during a meeting in Brasilia, Brazil. As governor, Doria has become one of the nation’s foremost advocates of strong restrictions on daily life to contain the virus, such as closing schools and restricting commerce and public transportation. That’s put him squarely in Bolsonaro’s line of fire. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

AP Interview: Governor says Brazil has ‘Bolsonaro-virus’

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

Aerial view of the Ford Motor Company’s factory in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in the greater Sao Paulo area, Brazil, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Ford is ending local production of the sort of vehicles produced at plant and announced in September it would sell it to a distributor of Hyundai and Chery vehicles. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil’s battered job market faces new foe: Coronavirus

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

Brazil police bust ‘macabre’ dog-fighting ring in Sao Paulo

By DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

Brazilian soccer star Neymar, center, arrives to a police station to testify, after a woman accused him of rape, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 13, 2019. Neymar denies any wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Neymar undergoes questioning by police, denies rape claim

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Brazil's Neymar stands during the national anthem prior a friendly soccer match against Qatar at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, June 5, 2019.(AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Neymar testifies in Brazil about posting accuser’s photos

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - 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

Groups are displayed during the draw for the 2019 Copa America soccer tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. Brazil will host the continental soccer tournament in June and July. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Host Brazil gets easy path in Copa America draw

By FILIPE DE ALMEIDA and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Jair Bolsonaro, presidential candidate with the Social Liberal Party, gestures after voting in the presidential runoff election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. Bolsonaro is running against leftist candidate Fernando Haddad of the Workers’ Party. (AP Photo/Silvia izquierdo)

AP Analysis: Bolsonaro rivals bet Brazilians would unite

By PETER PRENGAMAN and SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

Voters wait in line at a polling station in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. Jair Bolsonaro, presidential candidate with the Social Liberal Party is running against leftist candidate Fernando Haddad of the Workers’ Party. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

The Latest: Trump congratulates Brazil’s new president-elect

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