Sao Paulo

Brazilian transgender dancer shatters Carnival parade taboo

SAO PAULO (AP) — When dancer Camila Prins entered Sao Paulo’s Carnival parade grounds, a costume of feathers clinging to...
5:02 23 February 2022

Brazil indigenous protest new gov’t moves on their lands

SAO PAULO — Brazil's far-right government drew protests from indigenous groups Wednesday, first by naming a former evangelical missionary to head a de...
0:09 6 February 2022

Tiny indigenous land highlights Brazil’s environmental woes

SAO PAULO — Their bodies painted black, dozens of members the Brazil’s Guarani Mbya tribe lift their hands and sing a mourning song for hundreds of fe...
0:32 5 February 2022

‘Magic’ gloves let acclaimed Brazilian pianist play again

SAO PAULO — A few days before Christmas, renowned pianist João Carlos Martins summoned his friends to a Sao Paulo bar so he could show off the best gi...
5:00 23 January 2022

Brazil’s Bolsonaro keeps to far right, faces tough 2nd year

SAO PAULO — Heading into his second year as Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro has held firm to his combative culture-warrior policies while feuding w...
13:30 31 December 2022

Brazil ex-president, out of jail, vows to make ‘lives hell’

SAO PAULO — A fired-up former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, freshly out of jail, vowed to fight Brazil’s far-right government and the forces he...
5:00 23 November 2021

With da Silva free, Brazil’s Workers’ Party seeks strategy

SAO PAULO — As Brazil’s largest leftist party gathers to plan the future, a figure that has dominated its past looms ever larger.
22:00 22 November 2021

Brazil’s major cities lock horns for F1 race after 2020

SAO PAULO — Once a year, racing fans across South America flock to the region’s only Formula One Grand Prix in the Brazilian metropolis of Sao Paulo. ...
18:08 14 November 2021

Da Silva’s release brings new energy to Brazil’s opposition

CURITIBA, Brazil — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva walked out of prison on Friday, injecting new energy into a weakened oppositio...
1:05 9 November 2021

AP Explains: Brazil judge orders ex-leader Da Silva freed

SAO PAULO — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has left a Curitiba prison, less than a day after the Supreme Court ruled that a pers...
21:20 8 November 2021

The Latest: Brazil ex-President Da Silva walks out of jail

SAO PAULO — The Latest on Brazilian former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (all times local):
20:53 8 November 2021

Brazil’s ex-president could be freed after top court ruling

SAO PAULO — Brazil's Supreme Court delivered a ruling that could release almost 5,000 inmates still appealing their convictions, including former Pres...
5:13 8 November 2021

Brazil top court’s ruling could free ex-President Da Silva

SAO PAULO — Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday reached a narrow decision that could release almost 5,000 inmates who are still appealing their convict...
1:52 8 November 2021