Brazilian mother strangles son, 11, to death because he kept playing on his phone late into the night – weeks after he recorded a poem saying how much he loved her Mother, 33, strangled her son to death for playing on his cell phone at night She initially claimed the child had run away from … Read more
Workers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, have started digging up the bodies of the dead to make room for Covid-19 victims as the country’s death toll from the virus nears 42,000. The South American nation has now overtaken the UK to hold the second-highest number of deaths in the world behind the United States. Sao Paulo’s … Read more
Moment Brazilian president who once described COVID-19 as a ‘little flu’ is called a ‘murderer’ and jeered at as he ate a hotdog outside his secretary general’s home Brazil President Jail Bolsonaro did not wear a face mask when he posed for a photo with a young girl Saturday night near a hot dog stand … Read more
A dead man’s body lay festering on the streets of Rio for 30 hours amid Brazil’s soaring coronavirus death toll that has reached more than 20,000. The family of Valnir da Silva, 62, say he was a victim of the coronavirus pandemic that is tearing its way through Rio’s marginalised communities, stretching public services beyond their … Read more
The mayor of Brazil’s worst-hit city has described the hundreds of coronavirus deaths in Manaus as ‘a scene out of a horror movie’ as bodies are piled up in refrigerated trucks and bulldozers dig mass graves at cemeteries. Mayor Virgilio Neto said his city was ‘no longer in a state of emergency but rather of … Read more
Coronavirus corpses lie beside live patients fighting the disease in shocking footage from Brazilian hospital The video, said to be captured by a nurse, shows bodies and patients together A total of 14 bodies were reportedly being kept in the hospital next to patients The footage is from inside the Loao Lucio Emergency Hospital, Manaus … Read more
A newly discovered reptile that lived 250 million years ago even before the dinosaurs has been named after a Lord of the Rings character. The new species, called Elessaurus gondwanoccidens, was discovered among rocky deposits not far from the Argentina border. E. gondwanoccidens is named after the Elvish name (Elessar) of Aragorn from Lord of … Read more
President Donald Trump will hold a press conference on Friday afternoon amid confusion and chaos about the coronavirus after reports Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who dined with him on Saturday at Mar-a-Lago, tested positive for the disease but then said a second test showed a negative result. Trump, who shook hands with his Brazilian counterpart at … Read more
The Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldinho and his brother will have to remain in prison without the possibility of bail while their case continues to be reviewed after the pair used counterfeit passports to enter Paraguay, a court has ruled. The ruling on Tuesday morning by the Paraguayan court comes a day after Ronaldinho offered to post an … Read more