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EX-PRESIDENT LULA JOINS BRAZILS CABINET GAINING LEGAL SHIELD
In my government, President Lula will have the necessary powers to help us, to help Brazil, Ms. Rousseff said... READ MORE›
ALARM SPREADS IN BRAZIL OVER A VIRUS AND A SURGE IN MALFORMED INFANTS
Brazil waged war on the Aedes aegypti mosquito for decades during the 20th century before a vaccine was developed for yellow fever... READ MORE›
TEMPERS FLARE IN BRAZIL OVER INTERCEPTS OF CALLS BY EX-PRESIDENT LULA
A judge in the capital, Brasilia, issued an injunction against the move, arguing that Ms. Rousseff may have violated the law in appointing Mr. da Silva... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS MAY BE LINKED TO SURGE IN RARE SYNDROME IN BRAZIL
The virus, called Zika, made its way to Brazil recently but is spreading rapidly around Latin America and the Caribbean... READ MORE›
BRAZIL SEEKS ARREST OF EX-PRESIDENT IN GRAFT INQUIRY
And investigators are looking into whether proceeds from the scheme were used to finance Mr. da Silva's and Ms. Rousseff's presidential campaigns... READ MORE›
BRAZILIAN PROTESTERS CALL FOR PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF'S IMPEACHMENT
Tens of thousands of people take part in protests across Brazil, calling for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff... READ MORE›
BRAZILS MOST ENTERTAINING SHOW MAY BE CONGRESS
There is the Party of the Brazilian Woman, for instance -- a group whose elected members in Congress are all men... READ MORE›
RELEASE OF TAPPED PHONE CALLS BETWEEN LULA AND ROUSSEFF SPARKS MASS PROTESTS IN BRAZIL
On Wednesday night tens of thousands of Brazilians began gathering in Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte and other major cities to demand the president's resignation... READ MORE›
EFFORT TO IMPEACH BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF CLEARS CONGRESSIONAL PANEL
Ms. Rousseff and her top aides argue that the impeachment proceedings amount to a coup... READ MORE›
RECORD BRAZIL PROTESTS PUT ROUSSEFF'S FUTURE IN DOUBT
The corruption scandal has already strained Rousseff's ties with her main coalition partner, the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party PMDB ... READ MORE›
MEN TWEETED CREEPY THINGS ABOUT A BRAZILIAN GIRL ON 'MASTERCHEF JUNIOR.' HERE'S HOW BRAZILIAN WOMEN FOUGHT BACK.
Sao Paulo-based journalist Juliana de Faria, 30, is the founder of a feminist collective called Think Olga... READ MORE›
JUDGE BLOCKS BRAZILS EX-PRESIDENT FROM CABINET POST
The latest twist in the crisis underscores the tumult in Brazil over Mr. da Silva's nomination... READ MORE›
BRAZIL DECIDES TO OPEN IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT
Brazil's economy tanks as multibillion-dollar corruption scandal expands Eduardo Cunha, speaker of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, approved the launching of the impeachment proceedings... READ MORE›
AFTER LIVING BRAZILS DREAM FAMILY CONFRONTS MICROCEPHALY AND ECONOMIC CRISIS
While Mr. Amorim scours the beaches for clients, a family member from Recife occasionally visits Ms. Soares and Guilherme... READ MORE›
WHY BRAZIL HAS NO BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT, DESPITE SOME SHOCKING POLICE KILLINGS
Meanwhile, murder rates are much higher in Brazil than in the United States, and many fearful citizens approve of an iron-fisted approach by police... READ MORE›
ZIKA WARNING SPOTLIGHTS LATIN AMERICAS FIGHT AGAINST MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES
RIO DE JANEIRO -- In the campaign against mosquitoes, Brazil has deployed soldiers to destroy habitats where the insects thrive... READ MORE›
FIRST ARREST MADE IN GANG RAPE CASE IN BRAZIL
The Brazilian Center for Latin American Studies found that more than 92,000 women were killed in gender-related crimes, including rape and domestic abuse, from 1980 to 2010... READ MORE›
BRAZIL IS TENSE AHEAD OF IMPEACHMENT VOTE
If the impeachment measure is approved, it would require only a simple majority to clear Brazil's Senate, where Rousseff's chances for survival are even slimmer... READ MORE›
RIO'S ALTERNATIVE OPENING CEREMONY SHOWCASES THE LEFT'S ANGER OVER THE OLYMPICS
The contrast spoke volumes about how the artists, intellectuals, unionists and activists on Brazil's left see these Olympics... READ MORE›
BRAZIL ARRESTS 10 IN TERROR PLOT AS OLYMPICS NEAR OFFICIALS SAY
For more than a decade, and especially after the Sept. 11 attacks, Brazilian intelligence officials have been monitoring individuals suspected of links to terrorism... READ MORE›
BRAZILS ECONOMY TANKS AS MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR CORRUPTION SCANDAL EXPANDS
Standard Poor's first awarded Brazil investment grade status in 2008, under Lula... READ MORE›
BRAZIL PLANS TO ZAP MOSQUITOES WITH RADIATION TO HALT SPREAD OF ZIKA VIRUS
The Fiocruz biomedical research institute has released 30,000 sterile mosquitoes on an island 217 miles off the coast of northeast Brazil... READ MORE›
MURDER OF BRAZILIAN JOURNALIST FURTHERS ALARMING TREND
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Gleydson Carvalho's radio program was on the air in the provincial beach city of Camocim when two gunmen burst into his studio... READ MORE›
BRAZIL TEENAGE GIRL RAPED BY 30 MEN SPEAKS OUT
She needs protection, said Cristina Bento, police chief for crimes against minors... READ MORE›
THE OLYMPICS ARE A TEST THAT BRAZIL HAS YET TO PASS
Problems with security, facilities and transportation have challenged the Rio Games... READ MORE›
AS ISIS POSTS IN PORTUGUESE US AND BRAZIL BOLSTER OLYMPICS SECURITY
American officials have been training Brazilian antiterrorism units on chemical and biological attacks... READ MORE›
ZIKA PROMPTS URGENT DEBATE ABOUT ABORTION IN LATIN AMERICA
An estimated 800,000 to 1 million illegal abortions take place in Brazil every year, and about 200,000 women are hospitalized with complications from the procedure... READ MORE›
DILMA ROUSSEFF TAUNT OPENS OLD WOUNDS OF DICTATORSHIP ERA'S TORTURE IN BRAZIL
He then dedicated his vote to the memory of Col Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, the dread of Dilma Rousseff ... READ MORE›
IMPEACHMENT OF DILMA ROUSSEFF IS DEBATED BY BRAZILS SENATE AFTER MONTHS OF CHAOS
Still, Ms. Rousseff is rare among top politicians in Brazil in that she has not faced accusations of illegally enriching herself... READ MORE›
DOZENS OF MEN TOOK PART IN THE GANG RAPE OF A BRAZILIAN TEEN THEN THE VIDEO SURFACED ONLINE
Dozens of men took part in the gang rape of a Brazilian teen. Then the video surfaced online... READ MORE›