Category: Brazilian

Robbers in Brazil Stage Brazen Bank Raids, Taking Hostages; at Least 3 Dead

RIO DE JANEIRO—Armed robbers hit several banks in a small Brazilian city on Monday, using locals as human shields, leaving a trail of explosive devices, and shooting at police in an assault that killed at least three people, a senior state security official said. The brazen attack around midnight in Araçatuba, a city of roughly…


Brazil’s Bolsonaro Hospitalized to Find Cause of Hiccups, Presidency Says

BRASILIA—Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized on Wednesday to identify the cause of chronic hiccups, the president’s office said, in the latest health scare for the far-right leader who was stabbed in the gut on the campaign trail in 2018. Bolsonaro went to the military hospital in Brasilia and is expected to be under observation…