Fourteen people were killed in a plane crash in Brazil's Amazonas state on Saturday (September 17). According to a report by the news agency AFP, officials said that the plane was trying to land amid stormy weather in Barcelos.

Brazil: 14 killed in plane crash in Amazonas state

Brazilian police carried out raids Wednesday targeting top officials suspected of embezzling pandemic emergency funds in Amazonas state, where there have been gruesome scenes of overflowing hospitals and COVID-19 patients left to suffocate.

Brazil raids target top officials for embezzling Covid funds in Amazonas

Pot-banging protests erupted across several cities in Brazil on Wednesday evening as President Jair Bolsonaro addressed the nation, just days after protestors took to the streets across the country over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which has so far killed almost half a million people here.

Brazilians bang pots in protest against Bolsonaro as another 2,500 die of COVID-19

Brazil's Amazonas has announced a curfew to slow the spread of the coronavirus with authorities warning dire situation across the vast state. Watch: Amazonas on Thursday announced a 10-day curfew to combat the virus.

Brazil's Amazonas state runs out of oxygen supply amid soaring virus cases

Japan has found a new Coronavirus variant among travellers coming in from Brazil. The new strain was detected among four travellers from Brazil’s Amazonas state.

Japan finds new COVID strain in travellers from Brazil

A bloody clash between two prison gangs on Monday left at least 57 inmates dead with 16 of them decapitated, authorities in the state of Para said, the latest deadly clash as Brazil's government struggles to control the country's overcrowded jails.

Death toll in Brazil prison massacre rises to 57; several decapitated

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