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Ana has over a decade of experience covering breaking news in the United States, Europe, the Balkans, and Latin America. Since arriving in Brazil in 2019, she has covered major news stories including the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, the rise of the far-right, violence in the Amazon rainforest, a polarizing presidential election and the storming of Brazil’s capital,
Brazil’s President Lula Recalls Ambassador to Israel, Escalating Dispute (February 2024, The New York Times)
The Israeli foreign minister said Mr. Lula was not welcome in the country until he took back remarks comparing Israeli actions in the war against Hamas to the Holocaust.
Brazilian Police Make Arrest in Killing of New York Art Dealer (January 2024, The New York Times)
The suspect knew Brent Sikkema, according to the police, and was arrested at a gas station about 600 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro.
Escapee Had Been a Fugitive Before Pennsylvania Jailbreak (September, 2023, The New York Times)
The subject of the manhunt outside Philadelphia disappeared into the wilderness in 2017 after an arrest warrant was issued in connection with a murder in northern Brazil.
Pennsylvania Fugitive Has Been Trained for Survival, His Mother Says (September, 2023, The New York Times)
In her first interview with any media outlet, Danelo Cavalcante’s mother said that her son had killed two people, but she insisted that he was not a threat to the public.
Amazon facing ‘urgent’ crime crisis after gutting of protections, says drugs tsar (June, 2023, The Guardian)
Brazilian government warning comes as UN report says that flourishing organized crime groups are driving a boom in environmental devastation.
Brazil’s Police Raid Bolsonaro Home in Fake Vaccine Cards Case. (May 2023, The New York Times)
The authorities arrested a close aide of former President Jair Bolsonaro on charges that he forged vaccine records, possibly to help Mr. Bolsonaro enter the United States.
Brazilian Authorities Arrested the Rioters. Now They Are Arresting Security Officials. (January 2023, The New York Times)
With hundreds of people arrested after supporters of Jair Bolsonaro ransacked Brazil’s seats of government, the authorities began to search for those who funded and aided the rioters.
Questions linger about security lapses that helped the protesters. (January 2023, The New York Times)
For 10 weeks the encampment in the Brazilian capital grew, many in the crowd calling for the overthrow of the government. How did security officials allow things to get so out of hand?
Protests erupt across Brazil over Bolsonaro’s loss, including one blocking a key bridge in Rio. (October 2022, The New York Times)
Dozens of groups, scattered across Rio de Janeiro and at least 19 other states, protested the election loss of President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday, setting fires and paralyzing highways.
Brazil’s election officials demand answers for police stops of buses carrying voters. (October 2022, The New York Times)
Dozens of groups, scattered across Rio de Janeiro and at least 19 other states, protested the election loss of President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday, setting fires and paralyzing highways.
Here’s What to Know About Brazil’s Pivotal Election. (October 2022, The New York Times)
The vote comes after a long and ugly campaign that pits two major political figures against each other in race that has tested the country’s democracy.
‘A day of hope’: Lula fans eager to see Bolsonaro defeated (October 2022, The Guardian)
Supporters of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are confident he will prevail as 156 million Brazilians cast their votes in one of the country's most important elections since its return to democracy.
Threats, Then Guns: A Journalist and an Expert Vanish in the Amazon. (June 2022, The New York Times)
Dom Phillips, a British journalist, and Bruno Pereira, a Brazilian expert on Indigenous groups, have not been seen since Sunday. They faced threats before they disappeared.
Search for Journalist and Expert in Amazon Becomes Homicide Investigation. (June 2022, The New York Times)
The police arrested a second suspect after Dom Phillips, a British journalist, and Bruno Araújo Pereira, a Brazilian expert on Indigenous people, went missing.
Third Man Arrested in Amazon Slayings of Journalist and Activist. (June 2022, The New York Times)
The police in Brazil said on Saturday that they had arrested another person connected to the deaths of Dom Phillips and Bruno Araújo Pereira, and said the men been shot to death.