- 04 Jan 2013 00:00 - Nechama Brodie
- The city is committed to the social aspects of the sport and is hooking up a new generation.
- 27 Apr 2012 17:30 - Staff Reporter
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has voiced alarm over the fourth murder of a journalist in Brazil this year.
- 25 Feb 2012 16:58 - Staff Reporter
- Brazil plans to impose strict quality control on imports from China and other Asian nations to prevent the influx of cheap goods.
- 06 Jan 2012 00:00 - Tom Phillips
- Welcome to Brazil's first reality show to delve into the lives of the country's growing class of super-rich.
- 08 Apr 2011 06:57 - Rodrigo Viga Gaier
- The death toll from a school shooting in Brazil was raised late on Thursday as authorities said a 13-year-old boy had succumbed to his injuries.
- 07 Apr 2011 18:58 - Javier Tovar
- A heavily armed man entered a school in Rio de Janeiro and opened fire, killing 10 children and wounding 18 people before taking his own life.
- 17 Jan 2011 17:11 - Staff Reporter
- The death toll from floods and landslides in Brazil rose on Monday to 640, as the military stepped up efforts to reach isolated communities near Rio.
- 07 Jan 2011 02:00 - Tom Phillips
- Town planners are hoping to set a world example.
- 23 Jul 2010 14:23 - Tom Phillips
- Authorities in Rio de Janeiro are under pressure to bulletproof schools in conflict-stricken areas, after a boy was killed by a stray bullet.
- 16 Apr 2010 06:00 - Tom Phillips
- New policing initiatives have made Rio de Janeiro a safer place, but the 'pacification' has been brutal.
- 10 Apr 2010 06:27 - Staff Reporter
- Rescuers pulled more bodies from a collapsed hillside slum near Rio de Janeiro on Friday, abandoning hope of finding survivors from a mudslide.
- 08 Apr 2010 07:21 - Rodrigo Viga Gaier
- Landslides swept away dozens of houses near Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday night, worsening a disaster caused by heavy rains around Brazil's second city.
- 07 Apr 2010 14:04 - Claire De Oliveira
- Flooding and mudslides killed at least 102 people in Brazil, authorities said, as rains paralysed the Rio de Janeiro area.
- 02 Oct 2009 15:16 - Pirate Irwin
- US President Barack Obama let his love for Chicago flow in a bid to capture the 2016 Olympic Games from rivals Rio, Tokyo and Madrid at Friday's vote.
- 02 Sep 2009 14:42 - Staff Reporter
- Rio de Janeiro and Chicago's chances of hosting the 2016 Olympics were boosted on Wednesday as they appeared to come out tops in the IOC's evaluation.
- 25 Jun 2009 13:53 - Staff Reporter
- When residents of a Rio de Janeiro slum heard of plans to build a wall around parts of their community, opposition to the idea quickly mounted.
- 03 Jun 2009 07:05 - Alonso Soto
- Brazilian navy divers rushed on Wednesday to reach the wreckage of an Air France jet and start the grim job of pulling debris from the Atlantic Ocean.
- 28 Mar 2009 18:03 - Staff Reporter
- The government of Rio de Janeiro is building concrete walls to prevent sprawling slums from spreading farther into the picturesque hills.
- 17 Mar 2009 07:44 - Stuart Grudgings
- Rolf Glaser zips his motorbike up the alleyways of Vidigal slum, past a bunch of cheerful drug traffickers, and emerges at a cliffside plateau.
- 01 Mar 2009 07:43 - Stuart Grudgings
- In any endurance event, an unprepared athlete is in danger of hitting "the wall" -- a point when the muscles weaken and the spirit droops.
