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Italian tourist killed after GPS system leads him into Rio favela

An Italian tourist has been shot dead after mistakenly entering a hillside favela in Rio de Janeiro.

Bolivia

LaMia chief questioned in Bolivia after Chapecoense plane crash

Gustavo Vargas, the chief executive of Bolivian charter airline LaMia, has been detained for questioning.

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Brazilian beachgoers rescue dolphin stranded in shallow water

A group of man splash water on a dolphin after it became beached on Itacoatiara beach in Niteroi.

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Victims of Colombia air crash remembered in Chapeco

Wake held for soccer plane-crash victims in Brazil The small agricultural town of Chapeco has held a wake for football players who died in a Colombian plane crash as they headed to the Copa Sudamerica

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Brazil

Thousands attend memorial for Chapecoense football team

Fans, families and officials gather in southern Brazil to pay their respects to victims of the plane crash that wiped out most of the squad.

Brazil

Brazil holds massive memorial for Chapecoense football team

A huge memorial service has been held for the victims of the deadly plane crash which wiped out a Brazilian football team.

Brazil

Chapecoense hosts a memorial for the victims of LaMia flight 2933

Seventy one of the 77 people on board were killed in the crash

Brazil

Colombia plane crash: bodies identified and prepared for repatriation to Brazil

Officials say the bodies of those killed in the plane crash over Colombia have been identified and are being prepared for transportation.

Colombia

Football air crash - leaked tape shows plane 'ran out of fuel'

The plane that crashed in Colombia wiping out most of a Brazilian football team was running out of fuel and had no electrical power.

Brazil

Iconic statue shrouded in green for Chapecoense

Families and friends gathered at the foot of the Christ the Redeemer statue which looks out over Rio de Janeiro to honour those lost in the Colombia plane crash.

Colombia

Black boxes are recovered from Colombia plane crash

Thousands of grieving football fans have paid tribute to the Brazilian team which lost most of its players in a plane crash in Colombia.

Sport

Chapecoense: A fairytale season turned into everyone's worst nightmare

Chapecoense were founded in 1973 in the town of Chapeco in southern of Brazil – the result of a merger between two amateur teams.

Colombia

Colombia plane crash: Fans gather to mourn Chapecoense footballers

Hundreds of fans have gathered at Chapecoense’s stadium, the Condá Arena in the city of Chapecó, to mourn the players and staff killed in a plane crash in…

Colombia

At least 71 killed as plane carrying Brazilian football club crashes in Colombia

A chartered plane carrying Brazilian football team Chapecoense to the Copa Sudamericana final crashed in the Colombian mountains, killing at least 71 of the 77 people on…

Colombia

At least 6 survive plane crash over Colombia, including 3 Chapecoense footballers

At least six people survive, but 75 die, in a plane crash over Colombia.

Brazil

Odebrecht 'to sign plea bargain deal' over corruption scandal

Reports from Brazil say engineering giant Odebrecht has agreed to pay nearly two billion euros in fines for its role in the country’s biggest corruption scandal.

Sport

Spanish court calls for Neymar to serve two years in prison

Spain’s public prosecutor has called for Barcelona soccer player Neymar to be sent to prison for two years for his part in a corruption case over his transfer from Brazilian club Santos to the Liga ch

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Brazil: anti-government protesters occupy lower house of Congress

A group of about 60 anti-government protesters took over the chamber of Brazil’s lower house of Congress on Wednesday (November 16), sparking chaos as guards tried to drag them off the main stage wher

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Anti-government protesters storm Brazil Congress

Sport

Rio remembered: Olympians honoured in Doha

Olympians honoured in Doha