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Brazil Favela Tourism
Tourists play soccer with residents of the Rocinha favela, as Rio de Janeiro recorded a record number of international tourists in 2025, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil

Rio’s favelas become hot tourist destination as visitors seek cultural immersion

JAN. 28, 2026

Climate COP30 Bike and Sail
Antoine Polliand, from France, who cycled from Azerbaijan to Portugal with the COP30 Bike Ride, poses with his bicycle in the cargo hold of the Avontuur ship moored in Cascais, outside Lisbon, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. He is part of a group heading to Belem, Brazil, the Amazonian city hosting the U.N. COP30 climate talks in November. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Brazil

Biking to Brazil, activists urge greener transport at UN climate talks

OCT. 8, 2025

Brazil Trump Immigration
Maria Pires poses for a portrait at the shelter where she is staying in eastern Brazil, Sunday, June 15, 2025, after her deportation from the U.S. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil

AP unravels deportation of a Brazilian woman to peel away at the complexities of immigration debate

SEPT. 19, 2025

Brazil Lula Environment
FILE - A person walks on the BR-319 highway through smoke from a forest fire that reaches Careiro Castanho in Brazil's Amazonas state, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

Amazon

Ahead of UN climate talks, Brazil fast-tracks oil and highway projects that threaten the Amazon

JUNE 11, 2025

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Brazil

Street vendors dispense the party fuel for Rio’s Carnival, but face pushback as their numbers grow

MARCH 4, 2025

Brazil Carnival
Musicians greet each other with a kiss during the "Ceu na Terra" or "Heaven on Earth" Carnival street party in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Brazil

Carnival kicks off in Rio – Photo Collection

MARCH 1, 2025

Leaders attending the G20 Summit pose for a group photo in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Leaders attending the G20 Summit pose for a group photo in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil

Brazil’s G20 summit produces a broad declaration that’s short on specifics

NOV. 18, 2024

Climate Amazon Indigenous Reforestation
An Ashaninka Indigenous man applies face paint during the annual celebration recognizing the Ashaninka territory in the Apiwtxa village, Acre state, Brazil, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Amazon

The Amazon’s Ashaninka tribe restored their territory. Now they aim to change the region

SEPT. 12, 2024

Alexandre de Moraes
FILE - Brazilian Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexandre de Moraes arrives for a court hearing, in Brasilia, Brazil, June 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil

AP provides fast, comprehensive coverage of X’s shutdown in Brazil

SEPT. 6, 2024

Brazil Medical Cannabis
Maria Aparecida Carvalho speaks during an interview while standing next to the marijuana plants she cultivates for medicinal purposes, in the backyard of her home in Sao Paulo, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil

Brazilian moms are leading the charge to secure CBD for sick kids

AUG. 27, 2024

Brazil Plane Crash
The debris at the site where an airplane crashed with 61 people on board, in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, early on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. Brazilian authorities are working to piece together what exactly caused the plane crash in Sao Paulo state the previous day, killing all 61 people aboard.

Accidents

AP deployed quickly to plane crash site outside Sao Paulo and beat its competitors

AUG. 16, 2024

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Federal police officers arrive at the pier with human remains recovered during a search for Indigenous expert Bruno Araújo Pereira and freelance reporter Dom Phillips of Britain, in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, western Brazil, June 15, 2022. A federal police investigator said a suspect confessed to fatally shooting Pereira and Phillips in a remote part of the Amazon and took officers to where the bodies were buried. (AP Photo / Edmar Barros)

Activists

AP ahead on disappearance, killings of British journalist and Indigenous expert in the Amazon

JUNE 24, 2022

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