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DEADLY FIRE IN SA?O PAULO SQUAT SHEDS LIGHT ON CITY'S DIRE HOUSING CRISIS
At least four people were known to have been trapped in the building when it collapsed... READ MORE›
44 MISSING IN SAO PAULO SQUATTER-BUILDING BLAZE AND COLLAPSE
44 missing in Sao Paulo squatter-building blaze and collapse firefighters... READ MORE›
AT LEAST ONE DEAD AS SAO PAULO HIGH RISE OCCUPIED BY SQUATTERS COLLAPSES IN INFERNO
A high-rise building occupied by squatters in downtown Sao Paulo caught fire and collapsed Tuesday, sending chunks of fiery debris crashing into neighborin... READ MORE›
A MASSIVE FIRE SWEPT THROUGH A SAO PAULO HIGH RISE, LEADING TO THE BUILDING'S COLLAPSE
A massive fire ripped through a building in Sao Paulo early Tuesday, leaving at least one person dead... READ MORE›
AMAZON.COM PLAYS CATCH-UP IN BRAZIL AS LOCAL RIVALS THRIVE
Few Brazilian retailers have done as much to reinvent themselves in recent years as Magazine Luiza... READ MORE›
2017 ONE OF 'BLOODIEST YEARS' FOR LAND CONFLICTS
Brazil 2017 one of 'bloodiest years' for land conflicts... READ MORE›
NEYMAR TO START TRAINING IN MAY, HOPES TO BE FIT FOR BRAZIL'S WORLD CUP QUEST IN JUNE
After opening their Group E World Cup campaign against Switzerland, Brazil face Costa Rica on June 22 and then Serbia five days later... READ MORE›
AMAZON IN TALKS WITH AIRLINE AZUL FOR SHIPPING IN BRAZIL
Exclusive Amazon in talks with airline Azul for shipping in Brazil..... READ MORE›
BRAZIL: MARIELLE FRANCO'S MURDER REMAINS UNSOLVED ONE MONTH ON
A militia group also killed five teenagers in Marica, a city in Rio de Janeiro state, shortly after Franco's death... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS ATTEMPT TO BLOCK BRAZIL'S EX-PRESIDENT LULA STARTING JAIL TERM
Supporters of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva joined demonstrations to prevent him from leaving a building in Sao Paulo to begin his prison... READ MORE›
BRAZIL: DEADLINE FOR LULA TO TURN HIMSELF INTO POLICE EXPIRES
Brazil Deadline for Lula to turn himself into police expires... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S TOP COURT RULES THAT EX-PRESIDENT LULA CAN BE JAILED
Lula is still Brazil's most popular politician, despite his conviction and six separate pending corruption trials... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S B2W OFFERS VENDORS FREE PERKS AS E-COMMERCE WAR HEATS UP
Brazil's B2W offers vendors free perks as e-commerce war heats up... READ MORE›
AMAZON IN TALKS WITH CASINO OVER BRAZIL ELECTRONICS CHAIN
Via Varejo and Amazon representatives in Brazil declined to comment... READ MORE›
WATER SHORTAGES COULD AFFECT 5BN PEOPLE BY 2050, UN REPORT WARNS
For too long, the world has turned first to human-built, or 'grey', infrastructure to improve water management... READ MORE›
BORN WITH TALENT, HELD BACK BY PREJUDICE
Even though football is one of the most popular women's sports, challenges for female players remain... READ MORE›
FORMER CEO OF BRF ARRESTED IN BRAZIL FOOD SAFETY PROBE
Shares in BRF, the country's largest chicken exporter, whose board and management were already under fire after the company posted its worst-ever annual results, plunged 15 percent... READ MORE›
HOW DEFECTIVE GUNS BECAME THE ONLY PRODUCT THAT CAN'T BE RECALLED
Bass Pro Shops, one of the largest firearms sellers in the country, sells nine Taurus-made models for under 400, including the 179.99 Heritage Rough Rider revolver... READ MORE›
WALL STREET DROPS MORE THAN 1% AFTER TRUMP SAYS US WILL IMPOSE IMPORT TARIFFS ON STEEL, ALUMINUM
Wall Street drops more than 1 percent after Trump says US will impose import tariffs on steel, aluminum... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREAN LEADERS USED BRAZILIAN PASSPORTS TO APPLY FOR WESTERN VISAS
The passports may also have been used to travel to Brazil, Japan and Hong Kong, the security sources said... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S FEDERAL POLICE CHIEF REPLACED IN FALLOUT OVER INTERVIEW -MINISTRY
That request related to the investigation Segovia discussed in his interview with Reuters... READ MORE›
RIO COULD BE 'LABORATORY' FOR SOLVING BRAZIL'S CRIME CRISIS
It's important to understand that Rio de Janeiro is a laboratory, Institutional Security Minister Sergio Etchegoyen said after the meeting... READ MORE›
BRAZILIAN INMATES RIOT, TAKE HOSTAGES IN RIO DE JANEIRO PRISON
Earlier on Sunday, Rio state authorities said they would make changes to increase prison security, although details were not disclosed... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S SUPREME COURT ASKS POLICE HEAD TO CLARIFY COMMENTS ON TEMER
An association defending interests of federal police deputies said in a statement that no head of the force should express comments on ongoing investigations... READ MORE›
THE 11 CITIES MOST LIKELY TO RUN OUT OF DRINKING WATER
Cape Town faces the unenviable situation of being the first major city in the modern era to run out of drinking water... READ MORE›
HAINAN AIRLINES STARTING DIRECT FLIGHTS TO MEXICO
Hainan Airlines, China's largest private airline, will launch direct flights between China and Mexico from March 21... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Sao Paulo
ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION, POPULARITY NEAR ZERO WHY IS BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT STILL IN OFFICE?
Last month, the government of Temer, Rousseff's former vice-president, plunged to 3 percent in one poll... READ MORE›
BRAZILIANS SICK OF CORRUPT POLITICIANS HIT THE STREETS TO PROTEST AUSTERITY MEASURES
Demonstrators in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo blocked key roads with barricades of burning tires... READ MORE›
HIT BRAZILIAN MUSIC VIDEO TOUCHES NERVE OVER RACE, SEXIST ABUSE AND INEQUALITY
Anitta's hit Vai Malandra, shot by Terry Richardson and viewed more than 31m times on YouTube, prompts accusations of cultural appropriation... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S LULA SENTENCED TO PRISON ON CORRUPTION CHARGES
The judge has not asked for the former president's immediate arrest. Lula's lawyers could not be reached for comment... READ MORE›
ANTI-TEMER STRIKE PARALYSES MAJOR CITIES IN BRAZIL
Police used tear gas to clear highways of protesters but bus services, the metro and trains all stopped working, bringing the city temporarily to a standstill... READ MORE›
NO ONE HAS EVER MADE A CORRUPTION MACHINE LIKE THIS ONE
Brazilian police had discovered Odebrecht's accounts in the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda and were pressing authorities there to share them... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | THREE MAPS EXPLAIN HOW GEOPOLITICS HAS QATAR AIRWAYS IN BIG TROUBLE
Three maps explain how geopolitics has qatar airways in big trouble... READ MORE›
ONE MAN'S JOURNEY FROM WELFARE TO WORLD'S HOTTEST VIDEO GAME
Around the same time in Seoul, Bluehole executive producer Kim Chang-han was thinking about survival games and asked Greene to visit Korea... READ MORE›
FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LULA CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION AND MONEY LAUNDERING
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sentenced to nine years in prison but is expected to appeal... READ MORE›
A LITTLE CORNER OF BRAZIL THAT IS FOREVER OKINAWA
Who would have known that the Okinawan language found a home in Brazil just when it was fading back in Japan?... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S WORST MONTH EVER FOR FOREST FIRES BLAMED ON HUMAN ACTIVITY
The Amazonian state of Para was the worst affected, with a 229 percent increase in fires from last year... READ MORE›
AMAZON CLOUD UNIT'S GRAND PLAN
Data centers full of humming servers that power Amazon Web Services stretch from Oregon to Sao Paulo, Frankfurt and Tokyo... READ MORE›
BRAZIL ON EDGE AS APPEALS DECISION NEARS IN EX-PRESIDENT LULA CORRUPTION CASE
Brazil on edge as appeals decision nears in ex-president Lula corruption case... READ MORE›
'BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL' ADVERT FOR TOILET PAPER SPARKS OUTRAGE IN BRAZIL
Advertising agency accused of appropriating black cultural movement - 'In Brazil Blackisbeautiful is now toilet paper. Where do black lives matter?'... READ MORE›
BRAZIL COULD SEE ANOTHER PRESIDENT EJECTED AFTER COURT APPROVES TEMER INVESTIGATION
President Michel Temer never solicited payments to obtain the silence of former deputy Eduardo Cunha... READ MORE›
TOKYO RETURNS TO WORLD'S 10 PRICIEST CITIES AS ASIA DOMINATES LIST
Europe had four cities in the top 10, with Geneva, Paris and Copenhagen joining Zurich... READ MORE›
VENEZUELA'S CHIEF PROSECUTOR, A LEADING CRITIC OF PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO, IS OUSTED
Ortega Diaz was the most prominent senior administration official in Venezuela who is a vocal critic of the Maduro government... READ MORE›
BRAZIL RAISES HOPES OF A RETREAT FROM NEW MEGA-DAM CONSTRUCTION
Brazil can meet its energy needs without mega-dams, and now it will finally get the chance... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S FAR-RIGHT PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER GETS SOFT DRINK NAMED AFTER HIM
And the only name that represents that is Jair Bolsonaro, Michel said... READ MORE›
WORLD'S END ESTATE EXEMPLIFIES FAULT LINES OF DRAMATIC INEQUALITY
A 16-year-old boy was stabbed outside the chip shop opposite the estate last month... READ MORE›
WHAT WORKERS AROUND THE WORLD DO FOR LUNCH
What does a lunch break look like around the world? We asked people from across the globe how they take their midday meal... READ MORE›
BRAZILIAN LEADER DENIES HUSH MONEY CLAIM
President Michel Temer has never requested payments to obtain the silence of former MP Eduardo Cunha, it said... READ MORE›
MICHEL TEMER 'TAPED APPROVING EDUARDO CUNHA BRIBE'
President Michel Temer never solicited payments to obtain the silence of former deputy Eduardo Cunha, his office said a statement... READ MORE›
'TOTALLY DIVIDED': HOW VENEZUELA'S CRISIS SPLIT THE LATIN AMERICAN LEFT
On Tuesday a group of Venezuela's allies - including Cuba, Bolivia and Ecuador - declared support for Maduro and attacked US sanctions as imperialist interference ... READ MORE›
BRAZIL COURT UPHOLDS EX-PRESIDENT'S GRAFT CONVICTION
Significant support Brazil's leading financial daily Valor Economico recently published research that suggested at least 50 percent of Lula da Silva voters would back a Lula-picked candidate... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | BRAZIL'S TOP POLITICIANS ARE GETTING BUSTED WITH LITERAL SUITCASES FULL OF CASH
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- It was the most cinematic moment in Brazil's recent political drama... READ MORE›
BRAZILIAN STREET ARTIST PAINTS 'BIGGEST' EVER MURAL
The work connects the chocolate products inside the building to the traditions of far-off Amazonian cocoa farmers... READ MORE›
SAO PAULO JUDGE RULES UBER DRIVERS ARE EMPLOYEES, DESERVE BENEFITS
By connecting drivers and users, Uber creates thousands of flexible opportunities for generating income, the company said in a statement... READ MORE›
BRAZIL: UNEMPLOYMENT, RENT DRIVE HOUSING OCCUPATIONS
On October 31, 10,000 housing movement activists marched 20km from the Sao Bernardo occupation to Sao Paulo's governor's palace to demand the disappropriation of the land... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | TWO POSSIBLE PATHS FOR BRAZIL'S MOST BELOVED EX-LEADER: PRISON OR THE PRESIDENCY
A former union organizer with a fourth-grade education, Lula rose to power as a voice for Brazil's disenfranchised poor... READ MORE›