World & Nation
Fifty-three audio recordings from late 2022 reveal high-ranking members of Brazil’s army discussing efforts to carry out a coup.
Officials say 37 people have been killed in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck on a highway in southeastern Brazil.
Brazil’s federal police have arrested Gen. Walter Braga Netto, a member of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s Cabinet, in connection with an alleged coup plot.
Soccer
The U.S. women’s national soccer team will face Brazil in an international friendly match at SoFi Stadium in April.
Awards
Director Walter Salles had ties to the political family in ‘I’m Still Here.’ Their story reveals the collective journey of a country.
California
The 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald has long been held in Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department custody, but a federal judge’s ruling could clear the way for it to return to Brazil.
According to the investigation, the coup plotters also planned to kill Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva welcomed foreign leaders and delivered an opening address focused on fighting food insecurity.
Hospital Sirio Libanês in Sao Paulo said that the leftist leader was instructed not to take long-distance trips, but can keep his other activities.
Former President Jair Bolsonaro — who is a target of the investigation himself — and his allies deny wrongdoing. A source said the request targets 63 people.