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[SOLVED: I just had to wait it out. I tried to login the following day, and it worked.]

So, this is the weirdest thing:

• I am able to login to Mojang, and can even download the Minecraft installer from it.
• However, when I attempt to login on Minecraft.net, I get "We could not authenticate you against our servers. Please try to log out and back in again." (which I can't do since I can't log in in the first place).
• When I try to login to the Minecraft launcher, it gives me a "could not connect to the server" error.

Things I've tried:

• Reinstalling Minecraft
• Flushing DNS
• Restarting the router, the computer, the freaking universe
• Deactivating Firewall
• Deactivating anti-virus and other anti-malware software
• Searching far and wide for answers in forums, Reddit, etc.

Other details:

• I do not use "MCleaks" or any similar software (when I googled my problem, many people were asking about this crap and I don't even know what it is, so I thought I'd point this out just in case).
• I'm not running Forge or any mod (not that it matters, since I can't even login to the website).
• I tried to ping "authserver.mojang.com" but for some reason the requests always time out (could this be a regional problem?)
• I'm in Brazil, and I have not attempted to run on a VPN yet. Should I? If so, any recommendations?

Very basic but have you tried resetting your password?

You mean directly on the Mojang website? I'll try and edit this comment with the results.

EDIT: Managed to reset my password, but I still cannot login to Minecraft.net nor the Minecraft launcher.

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Wait at least an hour without ANY login attempts, then try again, if you still can't login contact Mojang as only they can help further

I waited it out, and when I tried to login today, it worked! So yeah, I just had to wait for some reason. Thanks