Brazil

From exercise parties to walking wherever you can, it is possible to stay healthy without signing up for a gym

Although five arrests have been made, gardaí suspect second group of smugglers brought cocaine ashore and transported it to Northern Ireland

Delivery riders are struggling with low pay and insufficient working hours, while the risk of attack means they avoid certain areas of the capital altogether

There are several new books from debut authors to look forward to this year, including work from Garrett Carr, Róisín Lanigan, Elaine Garvey and more

Car Wash inquiry dug up evidence of multibillion-euro kickbacks involving Brazilian companies but its progress has gone into reverse in a landscape of judicial overreach likely to favour former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro

Workers were hired in China by another firm and brought to Brazil irregularly, authorities say

President will remain in São Paulo until at least Thursday when he is due to undergo a follow-up CT scan

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expected to leave hospital and return to Brasília at beginning of next week

President is ‘well’ following an operation to drain a bleed on his brain linked to a fall in October, government says

The Afro-Brazilian performer and teacher staged one of the hits of this year’s Dublin Fringe Festival. It’s part of a cultural journey

Financial agreement clearly short of what is necessary to support the most vulnerable countries and communities

Amid pressure from petrostates, Donald Trump’s looming US presidency, curtailed activism and continuing implementation difficulties, the progress was better than nothing - but way short of what is required

Irish citizens who were born elsewhere, from Brazil to Poland, give thoughts on racism, childcare and Irish democracy

Serving and retired generals alleged to have led an effort to overthrow the 2022 election and murder the victors and the judge who oversaw the process

Message is ‘don’t leave Baku without a successful new finance goal’, says UN climate chief

Leaders at summit trying to shore up response to climate change before Trump retakes the US presidency

Agenda of G20 meeting in Brazil highlights a shifting global order as US president-elect Donald Trump returns to power

Wealthy G20 countries meeting on other side of world must send signal, backed by finance, to tackle climate crisis or ‘face economic carnage’

Clara Lemos, from Rio de Janeiro, moved to Dublin in 2022 for her job, but has stayed because of the people

Marathon runner Alan Jose de Lima (35) was assaulted and robbed in north Dublin while working in food delivery job

RTB orders landlord to pay damages to students who were ‘fobbed off’ when they tried to get money back

Pablo Marçal hints at a run for presidency despite facing potential ban from future elections over forged medical report about rival Guilherme Boulos

São Paulo’s mayoral election had been uninspiring. Then Pablo Marçal threw his baseball cap into the ring

Wilson Silva came to Ireland from Brazil in 2018

He blended bossa with jazz and pop, played at the White House for Nixon and Reagan, and won over a new audience later in life

Brazilian artist ‘passed away peacefully’ as a result of health challenges related to long-term Covid

Judge Alexandre de Moraes says moves against platform are part of fight to protect democracy from misinformation and hateful content

Airline confirms another unaccounted-for passenger was on the flight, as Brazilian authorities investigate cause of plane crash

Video shared on social media shows aircraft spiralling as it falls from the sky

Embassy signs 12-year lease for offices on second floor of Donnybrook House

There are few means to pressure Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorial regime that is once again ramping up domestic repression

Jewellery-maker Fabio de Souza Oliveira Filho arrived in Ireland in 2018 with his wife ‘looking for adventure’

The Venezuelan president has shown his willingness to face down domestic protests and there are risks attached to steps foreign powers could take

Why have new countries been added to the State’s safe countries list and what impact does the list actually have?

Applications for protection from countries on list will be accelerated, with an initial decision in three months

A struggle within Lula’s government could see the Amazon region become the next frontier for oil and gas industry

43-year-old says that if elected he can be ‘a voice for immigrants here working hard’

Logistical problems coinciding with concerns about not fit for purpose decision making with deck stacked heavily on side of carbon polluters

Some 128 people missing in Rio Grande do Sul state where more than 163,000 have been displaced

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