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GUARD TORCHES BRAZIL DAY CARE CENTER, KILLS FOUR TODDLERS, TEACHER
The day care center in Janauba, in the state of Minas Gerais, cares for about 70 children, according to local media... READ MORE›
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GIRL 3 BRAIN DAMAGED AT BIRTH RECEIVES HSE APOLOGY... COURTS
Deforestation in the Amazon River basin, hundreds of miles away, may also be adding to Sao Paulo's water crisis... READ MORE›
A LONG WAY FROM HOME: SYRIANS FIND UNLIKELY REFUGE IN BRAZIL
Dana al-Balkhi, who arrived in Brazil in December 2013, one of the first Syrian refugees to come to the country... READ MORE›
VICE PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL EMERGES FROM SHADOWS
In some ways, this leaves the president even more reliant on Mr. Temer, whom Ms. Rousseff named as her chief negotiator with the fractious Congress this year... READ MORE›
BRAZILS FORMER PRESIDENT IS HELD FOR QUESTIONING
The move against Mr. da Silva raises serious questions about his political future and the ambitions of the governing Workers' Party to retain the presidency... READ MORE›
IN BRAZIL SOME INMATES GET THERAPY WITH HALLUCINOGENIC TEA
Dozens of other prisoners from surrounding penitentiaries attend Acuda's therapy sessions each day.Inside the compound, the inmates practice meditation... READ MORE›
BRAZILS SLUMPING ECONOMY AND BRIBERY SCANDAL EAT AWAY AT DILMA ROUSSEFFS POPULARITY
These strategies were a shift from the 1990s, when Brazil's government ended Petrobras's monopoly, exposing the company to market forces while keeping it under state control... 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›
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›
BRAZIL ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS DRAW HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ACROSS 18 CITIES
Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians joined anti-government rallies across the country on Sunday, ramping up the pressure on embattled president Dilma Rousseff... 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›
10 PEOPLE KILLED AND A MILLION EVACUATED
Tsunami warnings have been issued in Chile and Peru, following a strong earthquake near Iquique... 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›
NEARLY A MILLION PROTEST BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT, ECONOMY, CORRUPTION
A fifth year of economic stagnation and a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal at state-run energy company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, has fueled their anger... READ MORE›
BRAZIL FOOTBALL CLUB TO OPEN CEMETERY
Fans will be able to choose from up to 70,000 plots at the Corinthians Forever cemetery near Sao Paulo... 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›
DILMA ROUSSEFF FACING IMPEACHMENT IN BRAZIL HAS ALIENATED MANY ALLIES
The other, Dilma Rousseff, rose even higher, becoming the president of Latin America's largest country... 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›
PETROBRAS EX-DIRECTOR ARRESTED, SHARES SINK AMID GRAFT SCANDAL
The headquarters of Brazilian oil company Petrobras R is seen in Rio de Janeiro November 14, 2014... 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›
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›
SENIOR FACEBOOK EXECUTIVE ARRESTED IN BRAZIL AFTER POLICE DENIED ACCESS TO DATA
The company, which is based in Mountain View, Calif., separately from Facebook, does not have an office in Brazil or store the messages on its servers... 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›
BRAZIL SCALES BACK CARNIVAL FESTIVITIES AS DROUGHT AND WEAK ECONOMY PERSIST
In the sambadrome, where tens of thousands gather to watch the samba schools parade, water pressure to the bathrooms has been reduced fivefold to avoid wastage... READ MORE›
SAO PAULO DEVASTATED BY ITS WORST DROUGHT ON RECORD
Brazil water shortage Sao Paulo devastated by its worst drought on record... READ MORE›