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Unlikely pitch invader halts football training match
A macaw stopped play at a training match for Brazil's women's football team after it landed on a player. The team were in the middle of play in Teresopolis in Rio de Janeiro state when the bird suddenly landed on Bruna Benites'
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Ronaldinho detained in Paraguay over false documents claim
Retired footballer Ronaldinho has been arrested in Paraguay after authorities said he entered the country with falsified documents. The 39-year-old Brazilian and his brother, Roberto Assis, were taken to a police station in Asuncion shortly
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Brazil's president calls Greta Thunberg a 'brat' over comments on Twitter
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro had harsh words for environmental activist Greta Thunberg after she expressed concern about the slayings of indigenous Brazilians in the Amazon, Time reported. Thunberg responded to a report about the
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Diver has incredible face-to-face encounter with giant anaconda
It's like something out of a horror film, but this is the moment that one diver came face-to-face with one of the Amazon's deadliest predators. This scuba diver happened across the seven-metre-long giant anaconda while exploring a river
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The incredible moment a jaguar and a caiman battle
Incredible footage shows the moment a jaguar and a caiman - a species of alligator - fight to the death after the fearsome big cat jumps 10-feet from a tree onto the reptile's back. Wildlife photographer Kevin Dooley, 58, watched as the
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Scores killed, 16 decapitated, in Brazil prison riot
A bloodbath at a prison in northern Brazil has left at least 52 inmates dead, with mass decapitations reported. Authorities say the carnage occurred during a riot at the Altamira prison on Monday morning between rival criminal gangs. Many of the
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Amazonian tribe reunited with relatives they thought were dead
An isolated Amazonian tribe has been reunited with relatives they thought were dead. Brazil's agency for indigenous peoples (FUNAI) led the "high risk" mission, which also eased tensions with a rival tribe, near the border of Peru.
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