Haven't posted in awhile, but want to share link for anyone wishing to follow @AP's all-formats live coverage of the Vatican's conclave apnews.com/live/conclav...

Some personal news, as they say: this month, I started as @apnews.com ’s Southern Europe News Director, based in Rome. I’m thrilled about this new opportunity, but before I posting about the here and now, I feel compelled to say that I left Brazil with a heavy heart... (🧵1/8)

The AP’s top photos from Brazil’s Carnival, along with a short story breaking down what Carnival in Rio is all about. Check it out! 📷 @sizqui.bsky.social , Bruna Prado, André Penner apnews.com/article/braz...

Rio's Carnival street vendors race across parks and up hills to place themselves and their carts in the thronging crush of thirsty revelers. It's an economic lifeline for them, but as their numbers have grown, they've drawn pushback. 📝@eleonorehughes.bsky.social apnews.com/article/braz...

Oscar fever for Brazil’s Fernanda Torres has made her this year’s Carnival muse 📝@pessoagabi.bsky.social apnews.com/article/braz...

A samba school rises to Rio Carnival’s top league, bringing an economic boom to its poor residents 📝diarlei Rodrigues and Mauricio Savarese apnews.com/article/samb...

Mud-covered Carnival revelers are a strange sight in sleepy Brazilian town apnews.com/article/braz...

Today’s the first full day of Brazil’s Carnival. Stay with The Associated Press’ live blog throughout the day, as we bring you into the merry madness.🎉🎊🥳 📝 me, @msavarese.bsky.social, @eleonorehughes.bsky.social 📷 @sizqui.bsky.social, bruna prado, André penner apnews.com/live/carniva...

A Carnival parade in Rio will present the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake in the 16th century, highlighting the ongoing violence against transgender people in Brazil. 📷Silvia Izquierdo 📝Diarlei Rodrigues & @eleonorehughes.bsky.social apnews.com/article/braz...

Brazilian author Marcelo Rubens Paiva has been dismayed at the outpouring of hatred directed at him since his book "I'm Still Here" became a movie, now competing for the Best Picture Oscar. But says he feels his mission has been achieved. 📝@msavarese.bsky.social apnews.com/article/braz...

Last year, I reported on what was then the world’s most expensive cow, worth $4 million. The story included efforts to clone her… and her clone has been born! 🐄 🐄 g1.globo.com/mg/triangulo...

Jogo de bicho gringo 🐈🐰🐀🦊🐻🐷 🐇🐄

New Brazil law restricts use of smartphones in elementary and high schools apnews.com/article/smar...

"As the surrender of Musk and X to the Brazilian courts shows, state power is likely to always ultimately win against the platforms if tested."

Brazilian box office success of the film “I’m Still Here” is rooted in its exploration of a long-neglected national trauma, but it is particularly timely, especially as Brazil confronts a recent near-miss with democratic rupture. 📝 Gabriela Sá Pessoa apnews.com/article/braz...

incredible -- the NYT ran fluff "what i hope to see in 2025" blurbs from CEOs and economists, and then this guy www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...

Brazilian box office success of the film “I’m Still Here” is rooted in its exploration of a long-neglected national trauma, but it is particularly timely, especially as Brazil confronts a recent near-miss with democratic rupture. 📝 Gabriela Sá Pessoa apnews.com/article/braz...

38 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil apnews.com/article/braz...

Santa Claus joins sharks for a holiday swim at Rio de Janeiro’s aquarium apnews.com/article/braz...

“This represents Brazil more than soccer or samba” 🐕 apnews.com/article/braz...

It’s perhaps Rio’s hardest trail, with one daunting section requiring a perilous scramble that can cause hikers to freeze with fright. But this week, paraplegic athlete Ezequiel da Luz reached Pedra da Gavea’s peak that towers over the Atlantic Ocean. apnews.com/article/braz...

Call it the caramel complex. Or how Brazilians learned to love the mongrel in everyone. Leave it to @davidbiller.bsky.social to tell the story of the mutt for all seasons. apnews.com/video/this-s...

broke: stray dog woke: mutt, mongrel bespoke: TRASHCAN-TIPPER So much better! Cheers for that, David :)

Forget soccer and samba, and behold Brazil's new national icon: a “vira-lata caramelo” (literally: “caramel trashcan-tipper.”) For decades, these mutts scrounged for food on streets nationwide — undesired, abandoned and overlooked. Now caramelos are having a major moment. 🐶🐕

Brazil’s currency drops to weakest level ever as Lula’s fiscal measures debated 📝 @msavarese.bsky.social apnews.com/article/braz...

We love caramel dogs.

In other Brazil animal-related news... Not quite the ‘Girl from Ipanema’, a fur seal’s rare appearance on Rio’s famous beach turns heads apnews.com/article/braz...

I have had various rescue dogs in my household for most of my life, including a US version of a caramelo. This is a great story about the mutts that have captured the heart of Brazil.

Every dog has its day, and now’s the time for Brazil’s vira-lata caramelo (literally: caramel trashcan-tipper 🐕) This mutt is the new national icon, exalted in memes, petitions, a Netflix feature and Carnival parade. Find out why 👇 apnews.com/article/braz...

Brazilian Santa swaps sleigh for Jet Ski to deliver toys — and joy — to disabled children in Rio apnews.com/article/sant...

Brazilian police arrest ex-Bolsonaro cabinet member and running mate Gen. Walter Braga Netto in alleged coup plot investigation apnews.com/article/braz...

Looking for something to read? Check out @alexcuadros.bsky.social’ “When We Sold God’s Eye”. It’s the history of an Amazonian ppl from their POV, from first contact to devastating results years later. It’s nuanced, doesn’t provide easy answers and is worth your time! www.amazon.com/When-We-Sold...

News you can use: Brazil's queijo minas is now UNESCO cultural heritage of humanity. 🧀https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/noticia/2024/12/04/queijo-minas-e-declarado-patrimonio-da-humanidade-pela-unesco.ghtml?utm_source=aplicativoOGlobo&utm_medium=aplicativo&utm_campaign=compartilhar

F1 great Ayrton Senna’s high-octane life in focus of new Netflix series about racing champion 📝 @msavarese.bsky.social 📷Andre Penner apnews.com/article/senn...

Answer: my lil state.

Brazil’s Bolsonaro planned and participated in a 2022 coup plot, unsealed police report says 📝 @msavarese.bsky.social + @eleonorehughes.bsky.social apnews.com/article/braz...

With COP29 done, check out next year's Brazilian host city. But when tens of thousands of participants arrive in Belem, they won’t find idyllic images of Amazon rainforest, like lush vegetation and clean rivers... 📝Fabiano Maisonnave 📷P. Santos apnews.com/article/cop-...

Rainbow-clad revelers hit Copacabana beach yesterday for Rio de Janeiro’s pride parade 📝 @eleonorehughes.bsky.social 📷Bruna Prado 📹Lucas Dumphreys apnews.com/article/braz...

Fica a dica! Livro sobre Amazônia que Dom Phillips fazia ao ser morto foi concluído por amigos e sai em 2025 🌳🌳🌳 www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/walt...

There it happened. Now wait and see what the Prosecutor General decides. #Bolsonaro #coup

Brazilian police indict former President Bolsonaro and aides in alleged 2022 coup attempt apnews.com/article/braz...

Tapajos sem filtros, só fumaça das queimadas…

Brazilian police arrest 5 officers over alleged coup plot and plans to kill President Lula, others in 2022 📝 @pessoagabi.bsky.social apnews.com/article/braz...

Brazil’s G20 summit produces a broad declaration that’s short on specifics apnews.com/article/braz...