Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro underwent “a phrenic nerve block procedure” on Saturday to treat his persistent hiccups, his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, said on social media. The doctors treating Bolsonaro said later that they blocked the right phrenic nerve and scheduled a new procedure in 48 hours to block the left one. The phrenic nerve … Read more
CNN — A small plane has crashed into an urban center in the southern Brazilian city of Gramado, killing all 10 people on board and injuring over a dozen more on the ground, according to Brazilian authorities. The crash happened minutes after the aircraft took off on Sunday morning, according to the National Civil Defense, … Read more
Firefighters have been battling wildfires spreading through a national park in Brazil and choking the capital, Brasilia, in smoke. More than 490 firefighters on Monday were trying to extinguish blazes that have already burned through 2,000 hectares (4,942 acres) of the Brasilia National Park conservation area. It’s just the latest of many wildfires in the … Read more