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Heavy rains once again pounded parts of Brazil's southernmost state on Thursday, ruining days-long clean-up efforts and flooding areas which had previously been untouched in Rio Grande do Sul's capital city of Porto Alegre. But the skies opened once more on Thursday morning, dumping heavy rains and flooding areas of Porto Alegre all over again. In a span of 12 hours, parts of Porto Alegre received more rains than they typically do in a whole month, according to data from the national m...

By Debora Ely PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) - Stranded for nearly three weeks by record flooding in southern Brazil, one tiny Indigenous community is resisting government calls to evacuate what they consider sacred ancestral lands that are in disp...

By Debora Ely PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) - Stranded for nearly three weeks by record flooding in southern Brazil, one tiny Indigenous community is ...

The Brazilian government is studying whether to regulate Internet platforms with content that earns revenue such as advertising, its secretary for digital policies, Joao Brant, said on Friday. ... | March 17, 2023