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'TERRORISM IS COMMON THREAT': RUSSIA & CHINA CONDUCT JOINT COMBAT DRILLS (VIDEO)
Members of the Russian National Guard and Chinese Armed Police have carried out joint military exercises in the Chinese city of Yinchuan... READ MORE›
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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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
WORLD AIDS DAY CUT GAY BLOOD BAN TO THREE MONTHS
While most voters opted for his opponent, Mr. Lacalle Pou emerged as a fresh face for some... READ MORE›
PROTESTERS IN BRAZIL HALT OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY AND EXTINGUISH ITS FLAME
Many in Brazil and around the world have raised questions about the hosting of expensive sports tournaments in countries with depressed economies and widespread poverty... READ MORE›
ESCAPED NZ MURDERER FOUND IN BRAZIL
New Zealand Police Detective Superintendent Mike Pannett said in a press conference on Thursday that it was a relief to have Smith back in custody... 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›
FINANCIAL CALAMITY DECLARED IN RIO WEEKS BEFORE OLYMPICS, BUT GAMES WILL GO ON
On Friday morning, Rio state Finance Minister Julio Bueno said that if the state were a company, it would enter into judicial recovery... READ MORE›
U.S. SHUTS DOWN SILK ROAD 2.0 WEBSITE, CHARGES ALLEGED OWNER
Blake Benthall, 26, was arrested on Wednesday in San Francisco and was expected to make an initial court appearance in federal court there later on Thursday... 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›
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›
BLACK AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER KILLED BY WHITE POLICE OFFICER IN TEXAS
Police then discovered someone had driven a vehicle through a front window of the Classic Buick GMC according to a statement from the Arlington Police Department... 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›
BRAZIL PETROBRAS SCANDAL: FORMER PRESIDENT LULA DEFIANT
Brazil's ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has vowed to fight allegations that he was involved in a huge bribery scheme run by oil giant Petrobras... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S ANTI-IMPEACHMENT PROTESTERS BLOCK HIGHWAYS AT RUSH HOUR
Demonstrators protesting the impeachment process threatening Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff occupied dozens of highways in major cities during rush hour Thursday morning, causing long backups... READ MORE›
BRAZIL FINDS ZIKA VIRUS IN HUMAN URINE AND SALIVA BUT RISK IS UNCLEAR
The Brazilian researchers at Fiocruz said that their studies had detected the virus in an active form in human saliva and urine samples... READ MORE›