Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned the invasions as a “fascist” attack
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is hoping to make inroads into Brazil’s emerging oil and defence industries during a visit there this week.
At least 33 people have died in two weeks of flooding in north-east Brazil, and more than 77 000 people have been left homeless, with officials warning on Wednesday that the…
People around the world are preparing for floods, droughts and other natural disasters in ways largely dictated by wealth and poverty as evidence of climate change mounts, a…
A Brazilian psychic who set officials in Indonesia scrambling after he predicted a huge quake would hit Sumatra island next month reaffirmed on Wednesday that the disaster is…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday launched a massive, -billion initiative to tackle high levels of violence in a country that records more than 40 000…
A lever to control engine speed was in the wrong position and probably a major case of a Brazil’s worst air accident last month, according to flight-recorder data cited by a…
The mayor of a small Brazilian town has begun handing out free Viagra, spicing up the sex lives of dozens of elderly men and their partners. ”Since we started the free…
Brazil, home to the world’s largest rainforest, will ask rich nations to back a plan to help it slow deforestation at global climate talks this week, a senior environmental…
Celebrating a landslide re-election, Brazil’s leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed on Sunday to fight for social justice while spurring economic growth. "The poor…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is set to clinch victory in a run-off election on Sunday but will have to forge national reconciliation after an acrimonious…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was battling to secure the votes needed to clinch an outright victory in Sunday’s presidential election after public disgust over…
Military searchers parachuted down on Saturday to the wreckage of a Brazilian passenger plane that crashed a day earlier in remote Amazon jungle with 155 people on board.…
Rescue teams on Saturday searched for a Brazilian GOL airline Boeing 737-800 with 155 people aboard that went missing during a flight from the Amazon jungle to Brasilia,…
The leaders of Brazil, India and South Africa solidified their ties Wednesday at a summit that highlighted the regional powers’ role as reprasentatives for the developing world.…
The leaders of Brazil, India and South Africa met on Wednesday to discuss a trade agreement between three of the world’s most vibrant emerging economies. The meeting is the first…
Brazil, the world’s largest ethanol exporter, and Britain want to develop the production of ethanol from sugar cane in Southern Africa, officials from both governments said on…
The leader of a militant Brazilian peasant organisation says it will take to the streets to force President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva toward more social and land reform if he…
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday accepted his nomination by the leftist Worker’s Party (PT) to run for a second term in October elections. ”I’m here today…
A corruption scandal centred on Brazil’s governing Workers Party has been gathering momentum on a daily basis since it broke two months ago. But the great paradox of the…
