COVID-19 cases and deaths are climbing in Portugal’s popular tourist hotspots like Lisbon, Porto and the Algarve region.

Informal settlements have sprung up across the country amid Brazil’s ongoing COVID-19 crisis and its economic fallout.

Health officials in the Brazilian Amazon, still reeling from a health system collapse, fear a third wave is on the way.

Rights activists and residents urge independent probe into deadly Brazilian police operation in Jacarezinho favela.

Brazil’s police said crackdown on drug trafficking was justified but residents denounce ‘execution-style killings’.

Brazil’s South American neighbours worry a COVID-19 variant will spread quickly and lead to another wave of deaths.

Experts say younger patients are developing severe COVID-19 symptoms and dying, as hospitals are pushed to the brink.

Several states report critical stock levels, loans of cylinders and even transfer of patients who require oxygen.

Judge’s decision opens door for former president to run in 2022 elections, but legal experts say many questions remain.

Brazil’s vulnerable communities embrace urban farming as food insecurity rises during the COVID-19 pandemic.