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FILE - Brazil's Formiga runs during a practice session of the Brazilian national soccer team in preparation for the women's World Cup in France, at the Granja Comary training center in Teresopolis, Brazil, Jan. 22, 2019. After competing in seven World Cups, 43-year-old midfielder Formiga is set to play her farewell match for Brazil this month. Formiga’s final game for the national team will be against India on Nov. 25 in Manaus. The country's soccer confederation made the announcement on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. Formiga has played 233 matches for Brazil including at every Olympics since Atlanta in 1996. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
Brazil veteran Formiga to retire from international soccer

Nov. 09, 2021 12:10 PM EST

Brazilian Olympic skateboarder Rayssa Leal, 13, arrives at Sao Paulo's international airport in Guarulhos, Brazil, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Leal who won the silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
Brazil Olympic skateboarding is tropical fairytale for girls

By Mauricio Savarese And Tatiana Pollastri Aug. 06, 2021 02:35 PM EDT

Skateboarder to be Britain's youngest Summer Olympian

Jul. 01, 2021 08:59 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Skateboarder Sky Brown will become Britain's youngest Summer Olympian in Tokyo and hopes to inspire other girls. Brown will...

FILE - Brazil coach Pia Sundhage celebrates during a women's friendly soccer match against Argentina in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in this Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, file photo. Sundhage was named Brazil's coach following the 2019 World Cup. She was coach of the United States from 2008-12, then coach of her native Sweden from 2012-17. Sundhage has a talented, deep Olympic roster with five-time FIFA World Player of the Year Marta, as well as Debinha and forward Ludmila. Also included is Formiga, who is a seemingly forever-young 43 and has played in a women's record six Olympics.(AP Photo/Nelson Antoine, File)
Argentina vs Brazil 8/29/2019

Jun. 29, 2021 08:40 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo, Ana Paula de Santos poses for a photo inside a room that she occupies with her husband in a building that used to house a factory, amid the new coronavirus pandemic, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. De Santos, who worked as a maid, has been unable to work because of COVID-19 and says that she can't afford the cost of living after the Brazilian government cut off financial aid to poor families affected by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
Brazil scrambles to help the poor, while they barely hang on

By Marcelo Silva De Sousa Jun. 24, 2021 11:22 AM EDT

A woman wearing a protective face mask holds a sign with a message that reads in Portuguese; "500,000, government of death" during a protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and economic policies they say harm the interests of the poor and working class, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 19, 2021. Brazil is approaching an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
As Brazil tops 500,000 deaths, protests against president

By Marcelo Silva De Sousa Jun. 19, 2021 05:12 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 14, 2021 file photo, a 43-year-old patient suspected of having COVID-19 is transferred from an ambulance into the HRAN public hospital in Brasilia, Brazil. As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world — President Jair Bolsonaro is arguing the number is greatly exaggerated and some epidemiologists saying the real number is significantly higher. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
Brazil still debating dubious virus drug amid 500,000 deaths

By David Biller And Débora Álvares Jun. 18, 2021 10:38 AM EDT

People shop at the La Vega market in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, June 12, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. The Chilean capitol has reinstated quarantine measures due to the increase in COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
The Latest: Lebanon marks daily record of vaccinations

By The Associated Press Jun. 13, 2021 01:40 AM EDT

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro flashes a thumbs up as he arrives to take part in caravan of motorcycle enthusiasts in a show of support for Bolsonaro, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, June 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
Bolsonaro fined for flouting mask order at motorcycle rally

Jun. 12, 2021 02:45 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 28, 2021 file photo, travelers wait for their luggage at a baggage carousel at Miami International Airport in Miami. The airline industry’s recovery from the pandemic passed a milestone as more than 2 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Friday for the first time since early March 2020. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
The Latest: Brazil president fined for not wearing mask

By The Associated Press Jun. 12, 2021 07:53 AM EDT

Brazil's Neymar, right, celebrates with teammate Richarlison after scoring his side's opening goal against Paraguay during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at Defensores del Chaco stadium in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Neymar, Thiago Silva included in Brazil's Copa America squad

By Mauricio Savarese Jun. 09, 2021 03:57 PM EDT

An aerial view of the Cathedral in downtown Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday, May 28, 2021. The city imposed strict shutdown measures this week to stop the spread of COVID-19, halting public transportation for the first time and closing supermarkets. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Sinovac vaccine restores a Brazilian city to near normal

By Mauricio Savarese Jun. 01, 2021 02:52 PM EDT

FILE - This May 15, 2021 file photo shows an aerial view of the Penha Brasil favela where families have started relocating during the coronavirus pandemic in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The pandemic shantytown sprang up virtually overnight when people began using scavenged wooden boards to build shacks on a plot of empty land in Sao Paulo, Brazil's biggest city. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
Withdrawal of pandemic welfare fuels poverty in Brazil

By David Biller And Mauricio Savarese May. 25, 2021 10:29 AM EDT

Brazil's former Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello testifies before the Senate for an investigation of the government's management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Ex-minister says Brazil leader didn't interfere on pandemic

By Marcelo Silva De Sousa And Mauricio Savarese May. 19, 2021 04:37 PM EDT

People pose in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue that is lit up with a message that reads in Portuguese; “Vaccination saves, united by the vaccine”, urging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine and encouraging vaccination in Brazil and throughout the world, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Brazil city offers COVID shots to all 18-60 as part of test

By Lucas Dumphreys And Debora Alvares May. 16, 2021 05:26 PM EDT

A health worker gives a shot of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Sergio Quitanilla, 55, during a priority vaccination program for people with Down syndrome, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, May 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Sao Paulo authorities plead with China to release vaccines

By Mauricio Savarese May. 12, 2021 05:02 PM EDT

Brazil team members, from left, Paulo Andre Camilo de Oliveira, Derick Silva, Felipe Bardi dos Santos and Rodrigo do Nascimento pose for a photo after the Men's 4x100 Metres Relay final in the Athletics World Relays Championships - Silesia21 in Chorzow, Poland, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (AP Photo /Czarek Sokolowski)
Brazil to vaccinate athletes, coaches for Tokyo Olympics

By Mauricio Savarese May. 11, 2021 07:42 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 16, 2021 file photo, healthcare workers leave a home after vaccinating residents with the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, during a house-to-house vaccination campaign in the Kalunga Vao de Almas quilombo on the outskirts of Cavalcante, Goias state, Brazil. The country's vast size and deficient infrastructure make getting coronavirus vaccines to far-flung communities of Indigenous peoples and descendants of slaves a particularly daunting endeavor. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
Brazil backs away from the virus brink as deaths top 400,000

By David Biller Apr. 30, 2021 12:03 AM EDT

A woman presents her identification as police break up a social gathering during an operation against illegal and clandestine gatherings that authorities believe are partly responsible for fueling the spread of COVID-19, at a party hall in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early Saturday, April 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)
Brazil COVID cases still soaring among unprotected majority

By Mauricio Savarese And Tatiana Pollastri Apr. 20, 2021 04:09 PM EDT

COVID-19 patient Everton Nascimento de Oliveira, 32, receives treatment at the emergency unit of a field hospital set up for COVID patients in Ribeirao Pires, greater Sao Paulo area, Brazil, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Shortage of intubation drugs threatens Brazil health sector

By Diane Jeantet And David Biller Apr. 16, 2021 12:01 AM EDT