Recent News Headlines : Brazil
BRAZIL ORDERS 11.5 MILLION YELLOW FEVER VACCINE DOSES
There have also been three confirmed cases in Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous state, and one each in Espiritu Santo and Bahia, which both neighbour Minas... READ MORE›
BRAZIL SEES SHARP RISE IN YELLOW FEVER CASES
Two million doses of yellow fever vaccine are sent to Minas Gerais state after a rise in cases... READ MORE›
MATT DAMON LEANS ON DAVOS DELEGATES TO SOLVE WORLDA??S WATER SHORTAGE
But that did not stop the Hollywood A-lister Matt Damon taking centre stage to launch a campaign to combat water scarcity... READ MORE›
FRENCH COURT TELLS TUV TO PAY DAMAGES
The commercial court in Toulon, southern France, said TUV Rheinland must pay 3,000 euros to each of the 20,000 plaintiffs... READ MORE›
BRAZIL JUDGE TEORI ZAVASCKI DIES IN PLANE CRASH
Petrobras Brazil judge Teori Zavascki dies in plane crash... READ MORE›
CLASHES GRIP BRAZIL PRISON WHERE 26 KILLED
At least 33 inmates dead in northern Roraima state, just days after prison clashes between rival gangs killed 56 people... READ MORE›
LAMBADA SINGER LOALWA BRAZ FOUND DEAD IN BRAZIL
International hit Lambada was released by French group Kaoma in 1989, with Braz providing the Portuguese vocals... READ MORE›
GANGS CLASH INSIDE BRAZIL PRISON WHERE 26 MASSACRED THIS WEEK
Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters into the yard of the Alcacuz prison in northeastern Brazil as helicopters buzzed overhead... READ MORE›
BHP BILLITON AND VALE REACH SETTLEMENT WITH BRAZIL OVER DAM DISASTER
Last May, Brazilian authorities filed a lawsuit over a mining dam rupture that killed 19 people and left hundreds homeless in the Minas Gerais region... READ MORE›
BRAZILIAN POLICE THWARTS NEW PRISON RIOT
Also on Tuesday, Brazil's federal government authorized Armed Forces to be deployed in prisons to carry out inspections and search for weapons and other forbidden materials... READ MORE›
DOZENS KILLED AND WOUNDED IN ALCACUZ PRISON RIOT
The outbreak of violence at Brazil's prisons began January 1, when 56 inmates were killed in the northern state of Amazonas... READ MORE›
OKSS BRAZIL PRISON VIOLENCE CONTINUES UNABATED, KILLS 32
The breakout occurred after a riot was presumably started to distract guards, the state prison management agency Depen said... READ MORE›
DEADLY BRAZIL PRISON RIOT UNDER CONTROL, OFFICIALS SAY
Inmates stand in their cell in the Pedrinhas Prison Complex, the largest penitentiary in Maranhao state, on Jan. 27, 2015 in Sao Luis, Brazil... READ MORE›
'AT LEAST 26 DEAD' IN NATAL VIOLENCE
On Saturday afternoon, violence erupted between members of rival gangs at Alcacuz prison, starting a riot which lasted until a dawn raid the following day... READ MORE›
BEHEADINGS AS INTER-GANG JAIL RIOT LEAVES AT LEAST 10 DEAD
Inmates beheaded as at least 10 dead as rival gangs fight in brazil prison... READ MORE›
GANG FIGHTING KILLS AT LEAST 10 BRAZILIAN PRISON INMATES
Prison violence has killed at least 89 inmates in brazil this month... READ MORE›
BRAZIL PRISONERS BEHEADED IN RIOT AT NATAL PRISON
Police say at least 10 prisoners have been killed at the Alcacuz jail... READ MORE›
NETFLIX WANTS THE WORLD TO BINGE-WATCH
Five years after the company's inauspicious arrival, Brazil has become Netflix's largest market outside the English-speaking world... READ MORE›
BRAZIL WORRIES THE 'CHINA OF SOUTH AMERICA' IS EATING ITS LUNCH
Added to that is the fact that Paraguay's capital, Asuncion, is closer to Brazil's industrial heartland of Sao Paulo than many of the country's state capitals... READ MORE›
BRAZIL PRISON RIOT LEAVES AT LEAST FOUR DEAD
A prison uprising in the neighbouring state of Roraima left at least 33 dead... READ MORE›
HEARTS, INTESTINES RIPPED OUT IN BRAZIL PRISON KILLING SPREE
What we need is the federal government help, said Castro... READ MORE›
NEW BRAZIL PRISON CLASH KILLS FOUR IN AMAZON REGION
56 killed, many beheaded, in grisly Brazil prison riot Five days later, PCC members killed 33 people at a Roraima state prison... READ MORE›
HEARTS, INTESTINES RIPPED OUT IN BRAZIL PRISON KILLING SPREE
Authorities said that clash involved the First Command and Red Command, which has its base in Rio de Janeiro... READ MORE›
DRUGS GANG 'KILLS 33 INMATES' IN BRAZILIAN JAIL
At least 33 prisoners have been killed in a prison in northern Brazil, just days after 56 died during a jail riot in a neighbouring state... READ MORE›
HEARTS, INTESTINES RIPPED OUT IN GRUESOME BRAZIL PRISON KILLING SPREE
33 inmates were killed in a northern Brazil prison just days after 60 were killed at two prisons in a neighbouring state... READ MORE›
'BARBARIC' DISMEMBERMENT MARKED LATEST BRAZIL PRISON MASSACRE
This is a national crisis, said Uziel Castro, security secretary of Roraima, where the latest massacre happened... READ MORE›
VENEZUELA HELICOPTER CRASH SURVIVORS RESCUED AFTER SIX DAYS
Venezuela's El Nacional paper says that the military crew members were alive and will be transferred to the capital of Amazonas state, Puerto Ayacucho... READ MORE›
MASS ESCAPE AFTER PRISON RIOT IN BRAZIL CLAIMS 56 LIVES
Over 100 prisoners are on the loose and 56 have died after two rival drugs gangs ran riot in a Brazilian prison... READ MORE›
BRAZIL PRISON RIOT A BUTCHERY FORETOLD SPARKS FEAR OF MORE KILLINGS
That same month, clashes between gang members in three prisons elsewhere in Brazil's Amazon left 22 dead... READ MORE›
CHILD PROSTITUTION: THE BRAZIL WORLD CUP'S DARK SIDE
The joy of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil has been diminished somewhat by an alarming child prostitution scourge... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Brazil
BRAZIL CHAPECOENSE FOOTBALL TEAM IN COLOMBIA AIR DISASTER
The team had been due to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana, against Medellin team Atletico Nacional... READ MORE›
BRAZILIAN SOCCER TEAMS PLANE CRASHES
In the world of Brazilian soccer, Chapecoense was an upstart from a humdrum city... READ MORE›
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS ARE KEY TO PRESERVING FORESTS, CLIMATE CHANGE STUDY FINDS
As this report shows, if Brazil enhances its respect for indigenous peoples' rights, they will be able to contribute more to the Paris agreement... READ MORE›
WATCH BRAZILIAN POLICE ATTACK ANTI-IMPEACHMENT PROTESTERS
Riot police detain a man during an anti-impeachment protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA PLANE CRASH: CHAPECOENSE TEAM AMONG 81 ONBOARD
Medellin's airport confirmed that the aircraft, which made a stop in Bolivia, was transporting the first division Chapecoense team from southern Brazil... READ MORE›
A HALF-MILLION BRAZILIANS WANT TO BREAK AWAY AND FORM A NEW COUNTRY
The south of Brazil was colonized by immigrants from Italy, Portugal and Germany, and many take pride in a European sense of organization... READ MORE›
BRAZIL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AIRS HOMOPHOBIC RANT DURING TV DEBATE
The penultimate televised debate before next weekend's presidential election was overshadowed by the homophobic rant of one of the fringe candidates... READ MORE›
56 KILLED, MANY BEHEADED, IN GRISLY BRAZIL PRISON RIOT
Sao Paulo, Brazil - A prison riot in the Brazilian Amazon has left at least 56 people dead with some bodies decapitated and burned, officials said... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS ARE BEWILDERED BY ZIKA'S PATH ACROSS LATIN AMERICA
This may also help explain the relatively low number of babies born with Zika-related birth defects outside northeast Brazil... READ MORE›
BRAZIL OPENS LATIN AMERICA'S FIRST ELEPHANT SANCTUARY
The first elephant sanctuary in Latin America has opened in Brazil to provide a home for an estimated 50 circus animals from across the region... READ MORE›
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›
BRAZIL SENATE APPROVES AUSTERITY PACKAGE TO FREEZE SOCIAL SPENDING FOR 20 YEARS
But we can't let this paralyze Brazil, Temer tweeted on Tuesday... READ MORE›
MURDER OF BRAZIL OFFICIAL MARKS NEW LOW IN WAR ON AMAZON ENVIRONMENTALISTS
Last month federal inspectors shut it down and fined its operators 50m reais 16m for breaching restrictions which barred the mine from any deforestation... 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›
AMAZON TRIBESWOMEN ESCAPE BACK TO FOREST AFTER REJECTING CIVILIZATION
The Awa tribe lives on the eastern fringe of Brazil's Amazon rain forest. It is estimated that the population of the Awa totals just 450 people... 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›
BRAZILIAN WANDERING SPIDER FOUND UNDER A BUNCH OF BANANAS IN WAITROSE HOME DELIVERY
Read more The spider was then put inside two more plastic boxes... READ MORE›
NO, THE WORLD'S OLDEST TREE HAS NOT BEEN ACCIDENTALLY CUT DOWN BY LOGGERS IN THE AMAZON
While logging in the Mats's Indigenous Reserve is indeed controversial and the Amazon rainforest is shrinking, the Rainforest Protection Coalition does not exist... READ MORE›
FLIGHT WAS TAKING BRAZILIAN TEAM TO GAME OF THEIR LIVES
On Sunday, Chapecoense nearly defeated famed Sao Paulo club Palmeiras, which won 1-0 to claim its first Brazilian league title in decades... 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›
FORMER PRESIDENT LULA FACES QUESTIONING BY POLICE OVER BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL
Polls suggest Lula remains Brazil's most popular politician, but his reputation has come under unprecedented attack... READ MORE›
CHAPECOENSE PLANE CRASH: FOOTBALL RALLIES AROUND BRAZILIAN TEAM
Chapecoense's goalkeeping coach Marcelo De Quadros Kunst stayed in Brazil with players who did not travel to Colombia... READ MORE›
BRAZIL SAYS GREEK AMBASSADOR MURDERED BY WIFE'S POLICEMAN LOVER
Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis, 59, was missing since Monday night... READ MORE›
BRAZIL TRANSFIXED AS VOTES ARE CAST ON IMPEACHING DILMA ROUSSEFF
Ms. Rousseff can still appeal to the Supreme Federal Tribunal, Brazil's highest court, though it rejected previous motions to have the impeachment measure dismissed... 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›
LIFESTYLE PROBLEMS OF BRAZIL'S ELITE: WHAT TO TELL THE KIDS WHEN DAD GOES TO JAIL
A magazine article on a wide-reaching corruption scandal's psychological impact on jailed parents' children was met with outrage and ridicule across social media... 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›
HUNGRY VENEZUELANS FLOOD BRAZILIAN TOWNS, AS THREAT OF MASS MIGRATION LOOMS
Brazilian government services are buckling under the weight of the sudden influx of Venezuelan migrants... READ MORE›
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DECLARES ZIKA VIRUS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Zika alone would never be a public health emergency of international concern, he said... READ MORE›
NORWAY BECOMES FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO BAN DEFORESTATION
According to the United Nations, the production of palm oil, soy, beef and wood products contributed to a little less than half of total tropical deforestation... READ MORE›
Related News Headlines : Brazil
BRAZIL OPENS THE FIRST ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN LATIN AMERICA
Maia and Guida are the first guests at the elephant sanctuary... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT ROUSSEFF OUSTED FROM OFFICE BY SENATE
Her vice president-turned-nemesis, Michel Temer, was immediately sworn in as president with Rousseff's allies vowing to fight her removal... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF IMPEACHED IN SENATE VOTE, REMOVED FROM OFFICE
Many lawmakers and Brazilians nationwide, meanwhile, blamed Rousseff for the graft even though she has never been personally implicated... READ MORE›
BRAZIL SENATE MEETS TO INDICT SUSPENDED PRESIDENT ROUSSEFF
To many Brazilians and observers the controversial impeachment process more closely resembles a coup d'etat, Sanders said in a statement issued on Monday... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S ROUSSEFF TURNS DOWN OLYMPIC OPENING INVITE
Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff has decided not to attend the torch ceremony opening the Rio 2016 Olympic Games... READ MORE›
RIO OLYMPICS 2016: TERROR PLOTTERS SAW 'OPPORTUNITY TO REACH PARADISE'
Twelve Brazilian suspects arrested for discussing a potential attack during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro were no joke, says prosecutor... READ MORE›
IN BRAZIL'S POLITICAL CRISIS, A POWERFUL NEW FORCE
Silas Malafaia, an influential Brazilian evangelical pastor, author and televangelist, preaches at his Victory in Christ temple in Rio de Janeiro... 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›
GHOSTS OF BRAZIL'S PAST HAUNT PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT CRISIS
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- As she desperately fights off impeachment, President Dilma Rousseff sometimes compares her removal to the military overthrow of a labor-friendly government in 1964... READ MORE›
PRESIDENT ROUSSEFF IMPEACHMENT VOTE BACK ON TRACK IN BRAZIL
The speaker of the lower house of Congress has reversed his decision and won't annul Rousseff's impeachment... READ MORE›
THERE'S NOT MUCH LOVE FOR BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT, BUT MAYBE LESS FOR HER IMPEACHMENT
As soon as Wednesday, Brazilian senators are expected to vote to open impeachment proceedings against her... READ MORE›
A BRIEF GUIDE TO A BIG POLITICAL MESS
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is greeted by residents after a signing ceremony for new housing units at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on May 6... READ MORE›