DAVID BILLER

Brazil news director

Biller has been AP’s Brazil news director since 2019. He lives in Rio de Janeiro and has reported on Brazil since 2012, with prior stints in Mexico and Chile.

Forget soccer and samba. This caramel-colored street dog is Brazil’s new national icon

For decades, lanky stray dogs have scrounged for food on Brazilian streets, abandoned and overlooked.

The dizzying array of legal threats to Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been a target for investigations since his early days in office, and the swarm of cases since his failed reelection bid in 2022 has left him in ever-deeper legal jeopardy.

Lula urges G20 members to take action to slow global warming

Brazil’s president has opened the second day of a meeting of the world’s 20 major economies by calling for more action to slow global warming, saying developed nations must speed up their initiatives to reduce harmful emissions.

Brazil’s G20 summit produces a broad declaration that’s short on specifics

The summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in Rio de Janeiro has produced a joint declaration that, while not totally endorsed by one of the group’s members, succeeded in addressing most topics host Brazil had prioritized addressing.

APEC leaders hold Lima summit as Trump prepares to return to office

Leaders of Pacific Rim countries including the U.S. and China have gathered in Peru for an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, the first major global summit since U.S.

A diminished Biden heads to APEC summit in Peru, overshadowed by China’s Xi

If things had gone differently last week, U.S. President Joe Biden could have arrived at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Peru on Thursday projecting confidence and pledging his successor’s cooperation with eager Latin American partners.

Brazil federal police seek extradition of Bolsonaro supporters from Argentina

Brazil’s Federal Police has requested the extradition of dozens of people who had fled the country after being accused of storming top government offices last year, in an alleged bid to forcefully restore former President Jair Bolsonaro to office.

Dramatic images show drought’s toll on Amazon and its rivers

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Drought is devastating Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and some rivers are falling to historic lows.

Judge orders the arrest of a top Brazilian country music star as part of a money laundering probe

A judge in Brazil’s northeastern Pernambuco state has ordered the preventive arrest of Gusttavo Lima, one of the nation’s biggest country music stars, in connection with a money laundering investigation.

Rock in Rio’s sign language pumps up Brazil’s deaf audience

Brazil’s mega music festival Rock in Rio has sign language interpreters on its screens around main stages for the first time in its 40-year history.

This Brazilian dog is a footvolley star. He teaches beachgoers how to play their own game

Brazilian dog Floki is a footvolley star. The 3-year-old border collie teaches beachgoers how to play their own game in Rio de Janeiro.

Sergio Mendes, Grammy-winning Brazilian music legend, dies at 83

Sergio Mendes, the Grammy-winning Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar, has died after months battling the effects of long COVID.

With Musk’s X banned in Brazil, its users carve out new digital homes

As billionaire Elon Musk’s clash with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice came to a head last week, there were legal twists, insults, ultimatums, defiance and then, finally, capitulation.

Elon Musk’s X will stay blocked in Brazil after top court upholds a judge’s decision

A Brazilian Supreme Court panel has unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X nationwide.

On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world

The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil has divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians had difficulty and doubts about navigating other social media in its absence.

How one Brazilian judge could suspend Elon Musk’s X

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice could shut down the local operation of X nationwide if its billionaire owner Elon Musk doesn’t name a legal representative.

Brazil top court threatens to suspend X operations in latest twist of ongoing feud

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice is threatening to shut down the operations of X, formerly Twitter, in that country unless its billionaire owner Elon Musk names a legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours.

Claw machine games are Rio de Janeiro’s new public enemy

Rio de Janeiro police carried out 16 search warrants targeting the claw machines that elicit exhilaration among children and adults alike across the city.

The dizzying array of legal threats to Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been a target for investigations since his early days in office, and the swarm of cases have multiplied since his failed reelection campaign in 2022.

What triggered the coup attempt in Bolivia?

Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace as President Luis Arce said his country faced an apparent attempted coup.

She’s the world’s most expensive cow, and part of Brazil’s plan to put beef on everyone’s plate

Brazil has hundreds of millions of cows, but one in particular is extraordinary. Her massive, snow-white body is watched over by security cameras and an armed guard.

Brazil’s Senate creates commission to investigate alleged soccer match-fixing

Brazil’s Senate has created a commission to investigate soccer match-fixing. The move comes amid allegations from the top shareholder of a team that dominated the national league throughout most of last year but failed to clinch the championship.

Elon Musk will be investigated over fake news and obstruction in Brazil after a Supreme Court order

A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice is adding Elon Musk to an investigation over the dissemination of fake news and investigating him separately for alleged obstruction.

A Rio councilwoman’s killing was a mystery. An arrest gave a peek at corruption keeping it unsolved

Brazil’s federal police have arrested the chief of the Rio de Janeiro state civil police for allegedly helping orchestrate the killing of popular councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018 and taking money to obstruct the very investigation he would oversee.

France’s Macron embraces Brazil’s Lula — and the memes poking fun at their ‘wedding’

If social media is to be believed, French President Emmanuel Macron’s just-ended trip to Brazil left him swooning.

Brazilian police arrest suspected masterminds behind the killing of councilwoman-turned-icon

Brazil’s federal police have arrested two men for allegedly ordering the killing of popular Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018.

They call her the muse of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival. She insists she’s a missionary

Raquel Potí has become the preeminent face of Rio’s Carnival street parties, and is a fixture on the front pages of Brazilian newspapers and magazines.

How a run-down Ford launched a music revolution that swept Brazil’s Carnival

Behemoth sound trucks known as electric trios are a fixture of Brazil’s Carnival festivities and draw millions to the streets.

Brazil police investigate ex-President Bolsonaro’s top aides over alleged coup plot

Brazilian police have searched homes and offices of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s top aides in an investigation alleging they plotted a coup and that the ex-president was aware of the plan.

Argentina’s president faces 1-day general strike as foes seek to derail his austerity agenda

Argentina’s President Javier Milei faced a one-day general strike Wednesday protesting his decree targeting unions as well as his proposals for economic and labor law changes.

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