Brazil

Brazil has reached the second-highest number of reported COVID-19 deaths, second only to the United States.

Brazil's Senate is publicly investigating how the country reached what is currently the second-highest COVID death toll in the world, probing as to why Bolsonaro's far-right government did not seize on opportunities to buy vaccines while relentlessly pushing the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine.

The defending champions take on the 2019 runners-up in their second Group B game after thrashing Venezuela 3-0 in the opener.

Brazil takes on Peru on Thursday hoping to make it two wins in two games, before Argentina faces Uruguay on Friday.

Brazil begins its quest to win back-to-back Copa Americas on home soil against Venezuela on Sunday afternoon.

Brazil are looking to defend the title they won in 2019, while Lionel Messi hopes to inspire Argentina to their first Copa America triumph since 1993.

Video shows the snake writhing through the undergrowth along the Formoso river in Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul state.

"The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven" reimagines Jesus Christ as a transgender woman in the present day.

A Sinovac vaccine trial has helped a Brazilian city lower COVID-19 deaths by 95%. Hospitalizations and symptomatic cases have also gone down by 86% and 80%, respectively, while only one COVID-19 patient is currently in critical condition at the city's clinic.

Data from the Manuas' port authorities shows that these are the highest flooding levels the area has seen since records began around 1900.

The government of Brazil, building on the strength of a dynamic and resilient society, is sparing no resource in its effort to overcome the scourge of COVID-19.

Analysts say the testimony was an attempt to protect Bolsonaro from scrutiny over the government's response to the coronavirus crisis in Brazil.

The final of the Miss Universe pageant saw participants representing Mexico, Brazil, India and Peru discuss tough subjects.

Mexico's Andrea Meza claimed the Miss Universe title last night, while Miss Brazil Julia Gama was declared the runner-up.

A moment of silence was held in Brazil's Senate for Gustavo, who appeared in widely popular Brazilian movies and TV shows.

For health workers, the pandemic has lingered in their days and nights long after the public applause quieted. And yet, they remain at the forefront of efforts to save lives and curb the spread of COVID.

The new species is a type of 'pumpkin toadlet.' It's known for its signature fluorescent tangerine color and minuscule size.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's racist and misogynist regime threatens global health security.

President of non-governmental organization behind demonstration said Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro "behaved as if a treacherous virus was not spreading across the country, contaminating, incapacitating and killing."

The South American country has banned the import of the vaccine for 30 days.

Brazilian agency said it would "never permit" millions of doses to be imported from Russia "without the existence of due proof required."

An investigation into the Brazilian government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic was launched by its Senate on Tuesday and could potentially lead to charges and impact Bolsonaro's chances of re-election in October 2022.

Brazilian plastic surgeon Caren Trisoglio Garcia gained widespread popularity on the app, but she is now under investigation after videos surfaced of her showcasing patients' skin and fat.

Many foreign nationals are already barred from coming to the United States from Brazil.

A sympathetic COVID nurse created a way for hospitalized patients to experience the human contact isolation prevents them from having.

"My performance starts at the Brazilian embassy in Berlin at midnight every night. I dress myself as…death," Puetter according to the Associated Press. "I think the president is promoting deadly health policies and I think death's the symbol of this government in many ways."

The Brazilian military has refrained from entering politics, but some political experts say that resistance may not continue.

Filipe Martins, President Bolsonaro's special adviser for international affairs, is accused of making the gesture during a Senate hearing about COVID-19 vaccines.

Staff at a hospital in Brazil told reporters that another woman claimed to have given birth to the boy, but tests showed she had not been pregnant.

A poll found that a majority of Brazilians believed President Jair Bolsonaro had done a bad or awful job of handling the COVID-19 pandemic as new cases hit a record high on Wednesday.