Beef giant Brazil halts China exports after confirming two mad cow disease cases
Reuters - Sun Sep 5, 2021
SAO PAULO - Brazil, the world's largest beef exporter, has suspended beef exports to its Number 1 customer, China, after confirming two cases of "atypical" mad cow disease in two separate domestic meat plants, the agriculture ministry said on Saturday. More»
Rio: Two Men Kiss in a Comic Book, and a Mayor Orders a Raid
New York Times - Sun Sep 8, 2019
RIO DE JANEIRO - The team of law-enforcement agents deployed by the mayor to “defend the family” descended on the international event and scoured the grounds for their target: copies of a comic book featuring two men kissing. More»
Is this creature pictured in the Amazon jungle a visitor from outer-space?
The Daily Mail - Sat Oct 22, 2011
As biologically diverse as the Amazon is, this peculiar creature would not appear to be a natural inhabitant of the Brazilian jungle or, indeed, Earth for that matter. More»
Brazil's secret Government UFO files revealed
All News Web - Wed Apr 15, 2009
In what is a milestone and historic event for Brazilian ufology and for ufologists around the world Brazil's UFO community has gained access to previously classified top-secret UFO files. More»
Scientist's arrest stirs concern
Associated Press - Fri Aug 10, 2007
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Dutch scientist Marc van Roosmalen's success at combing the Amazon for new monkey species has earned him international acclaim and recognition as one of the world's leading biologists. More»
Museum Paintings Stolen During Carnival in Rio
BBC - Fri Feb 24, 2006
Gunmen have taken advantage of Brazil's carnival commotion to steal paintings by Picasso, Dali, Matisse and Monet from a Rio de Janeiro museum. More»