Brazil's President Michel Temer has agreed with congressional leaders to delay a key vote on pension legislation in the lower house until the week of Dec. 18,... READ MORE›
I just wanted to throw up when I saw this, said Lena Santana, 48, a black Brazilian who shared her anger over the cover on Facebook... READ MORE›
The prosecutor officially accused Geddel Vieira Lima, the papers said, who was in charge of President Michel Temer's relations with Congress until November 2016... READ MORE›
At a U.S. corruption trial of three former South American soccer barons, lawyers want to make sure that the case doesn't get lost in translation... READ MORE›
Brazil's former senator and presidential candidate Marina Silva speaks during a forum hosted by news magazine Veja in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 27, 2017... READ MORE›
Former Brazil's Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot attends an interview with Reuters in Brasilia, Brazil, November 28, 2017... READ MORE›
In Lima, Toledo's attorney, Heriberto Benitez, said Toledo was innocent of the accusations... READ MORE›
Greenpeace alleges 12 companies continued to trade with Madeireira Cedroarana after its founder was accused of ordering torture and murder... READ MORE›
Pedrosa said he was pressing his counterparts in the Brazilian government on the issues, according to a British diplomatic telegram obtained by Greenpeace... READ MORE›
The accusations contradict Brazil's position at this week's climate talks, where the country's negotiators have urged the world to be more ambitious in cutting carbon emissions... READ MORE›
The governments of Brazil and Argentina have been trying to reach an agreement for two years on a joint tourism promotion effort in China... READ MORE›
Brazilian President Michel Temer said Monday that he will keep on working to get the social security reform approved, even if Brazilian society opposes it... READ MORE›
The Harteaus had recently been living in the southern Brazil city of Florianopolis... READ MORE›
He said Emily Harteau grew up in Sacramento and Adam grew up in Juniper Hills in the San Gabriel Mountains just north-east of Los Angeles... READ MORE›
The family along with other passengers were forced down the Amazon river into an area known as Porto dos Dias... READ MORE›
The family had recently been living in the southern Brazil city of Florianopolis, officials said... READ MORE›
The Bosphorus, also called the Istanbul Strait, divides Europe lower half of the image from Asia upper ... READ MORE›
Former Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during a seminar on public education in Brasilia, Brazil October 9, 2017... READ MORE›
Lucio Prevatti, representative from Shell, places an offer during a deepwater pre-salt oil auction in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 27, 2017... READ MORE›
Brazil's Temer to shuffle cabinet in March, main ally out source... READ MORE›
Oil majors Royal Dutch Shell RDSA.L and Exxon Mobil XOM.N won blocks in Brazil's coveted pre-salt oil region in an auction on Friday... READ MORE›
To please the powerful farm lobby that has two-fifths of the votes in the lower house, Temer agreed to lower fines for environmental damage... READ MORE›
Brazilian lawmakers rejected corruption charges against President Michel Temer on Wednesday evening, shelving a case that had threatened to oust a center-r... READ MORE›
Temer is the first sitting president of Brazil to face criminal charges... READ MORE›
I vote with more than 90 percent of Brazilians who have already convicted Temer's corrupted administration, said lawmaker Luiza Erundina... READ MORE›
These are the Waiapi, an ancient tribe living in Brazil's Amazon rain forest who fear invasion by international mining companies... READ MORE›
Advertising agency accused of appropriating black cultural movement - 'In Brazil Blackisbeautiful is now toilet paper. Where do black lives matter?'... READ MORE›
A Chamber of Deputies committee voted 39-26 Wednesday against putting the president on trial on charges of obstruction of justice and leading a criminal organization... READ MORE›
Temer already survived one vote in the Chamber in August, when deputies rejected a charge for passive corruption against him... READ MORE›
Brazilian president has dissolved Renca to attract investment in region thought to contain gold with critics warning of irreversible damage... READ MORE›
The miners cut the tribe members' bodies so that they wouldn't float, Lorenzi said, then dropped them into the Jandiatuba River... READ MORE›
Last month, the government of Temer, Rousseff's former vice-president, plunged to 3 percent in one poll... READ MORE›
John Knox, UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment, said Human rights are being jettisoned as a culture of impunity is developing... READ MORE›
Temer and his cabinet are closely linked to mining and agribusiness industries that want to reduce protections for indigenous territory, the Amazon rainforest and other biomes... READ MORE›
The judge has not asked for the former president's immediate arrest. Lula's lawyers could not be reached for comment... READ MORE›
Judge says president Michel Temer went beyond his authority in issuing decree to dissolve Renca, after fury from activists... READ MORE›
Globally, the mortality rate for young people decreased 21 percent between 2000 and 2015, with HIV-related deaths in particular falling significantly... READ MORE›
A Brazilian court has suspended a government decree that would open up a vast natural reserve in the Amazon to commercial mining... READ MORE›
The reported massacre would be the second deadliest after 16 Yanomami indigenous people were killed in Roraima state in 1993 by illegal gold miners... READ MORE›
Brazil's Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources said the agents died while on a mission to combat deforestation and illegal gold extraction... READ MORE›
China encourages businesses to invest in Brazil and participate in infrastructure development there, Vice Premier Wang Yang said on Saturday... READ MORE›
'Security guard sacked' The security guard has been identified by police as Damiao Soares dos Santos, 50... READ MORE›
The Amazonian state of Para was the worst affected, with a 229 percent increase in fires from last year... READ MORE›
Trump's actions in Latin America 'criminal,' may lead to war on continent - Rousseff to RT... READ MORE›
The movement said it set up polls in more than 1,000 municipalities across the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Parana... READ MORE›
Brazilian farmers are in the midst of collecting their biggest corn harvest ever and American supplies are also plentiful... READ MORE›
Lawmakers overwhelmingly oppose charges for Michel Temer despite broad popular support, as observers condemn 'bankruptcy of political system'... READ MORE›
BRICS nations, all bellwethers of global trade and investment, constitute a major drive for economic growth... READ MORE›
For the first time in Brazil's history, a female took over prosecutor-general's post on Monday, replacing Rodrigo Janot, who held the position for four years... READ MORE›
Army heads to Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro after schools, businesses and a major road closed during fighting between drug gang members and police... READ MORE›
In the north-eastern state of Bahia, local officials blame the lack of school lunches on budget cuts by the federal government... READ MORE›
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›
A ruling on the right to three territories could have far reaching consequences for indigenous people across Brazil... READ MORE›
According to parliamentary watchdog group Congresso em Foco, the agriculture caucus holds 230 seats in Brazil's 513-seat lower house and 24 in the 81-member Senate... READ MORE›
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- It was the most cinematic moment in Brazil's recent political drama... READ MORE›
He said he aspires to make it easier for young entrepreneurs and small business, particularly in developing countries, to take part in global trade... READ MORE›
In parallel, the European leaders agreed to help Chad and Niger with border control to stem illegal migration... READ MORE›
Brazilian indigenous activists celebrated on Wednesday after the Supreme Court ruled against a state seeking compensation for land that had been declared tribal reserves... READ MORE›
But the day after expelling Venezuela's ambassador in Lima, Peru said force is not the answer... READ MORE›
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