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Cemetery workers in protective suits carry the coffin of a person who died of Covid-19 at Nossa Senhora Aparecida Cemetery in Manaus on Jan.15

A New Strain of COVID-19 Is Being Blamed for a Surge in Cases in Brazil. Here's What to Know

Fears the new strain could overcome antibodies and reinfect patients have l...

Fears the new strain could overcome antibodies and reinfect patients have little evidence behind them

Clébio Ferreira, 36, founder of Quilombaque in the Perus neighborhood of São Paulo on Dec. 5, 2020.

How Black Brazilians Are Looking to a Slavery-Era Form of Resistance to Fight Racial Injustice Today

A dozen people are dancing around a bonfire in a yard between two large war...

A dozen people are dancing around a bonfire in a yard between two large warehouses in São Paulo. It’s early November and members of Quilombaque—a Black community hub in Perus, a poor neighborhood on the...

The fires in August 2019 were not limited to private land but also broke out in protected areas, including the Jacundá National Forest in Rondônia.

Could a Biden Administration Help Save the Amazon Rainforest?

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro has resisted global attempts to slow deforestation

An aerial view in Pocone, Brazil, of smoke rising during a fire in the Pantanal wetlands on Sept. 24, 2020.

Brazil Is Burning—and President Bolsonaro’s ‘Terminator’ Environment Minister Is Rolling Back More Protections

Letícia Larcher has had a tough year. As technical coordinator at a conserv...

Letícia Larcher has had a tough year. As technical coordinator at a conservation institute in western Brazil’s vast Pantanal wetlands, Larcher has spent 2020 dealing with a record spate of wildfires which have destroyed a...

Mirtes Renata Santana de Souza holding a photo of her son Miguel at her home in the neighborhood of Sucupira, south of Recife, Brazil on July 2, 2020.

'We Can't Take It Anymore.' How the Death of a 5-Year-Old Boy Has Spurred Brazil's Black Domestic Workers to Fight for Better Treatment

On June 2, with schools in the northern Brazilian state of Pernambuco close...

On June 2, with schools in the northern Brazilian state of Pernambuco closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mirtes Renata Santana de Souza brought her 5-year-old son Miguel to work with her. Santana, 33, and...

President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, wearing a face mask with a print of Brazil's Coat of Arms and written God above all, Brazil above all, reacts to supporters of his government who waited for him outside the Palácio do Alvorada amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on May 27, 2020 in Brasilia.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Tests Positive for Coronavirus But Says He Feels 'Perfectly Well'

Bolsonaro, who announced his results live on CNN Brazil, added he is taking...

Bolsonaro, who announced his results live on CNN Brazil, added he is taking hydroxychloroquine

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during the sworn in ceremony for newly appointed Minister of Communications Fábio Faria amidst the coronavirus pandemic at the Planalto Palace on June 17 2020 in Brasilia.

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro Tested for COVID-19 After Exhibiting Symptoms

Bolsonaro could be seen coughing during a Thursday broadcast on his social ...

Bolsonaro could be seen coughing during a Thursday broadcast on his social networks, when he sat next to six other people, none of whom wore a mask