Brasilia: With less than 50 days left for the Olympics, the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has declared a financial emergency. According to the Interim Governor Francisco Dornelles, the "serious economic crisis" threatens to
A drinking binge gone wrong is no new phenomenon. However, Jamie Ather of Glasgow took it to another level altogether.
Police said Friday that they have identified and are searching for four of the more than 30 men suspected in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl, a case that has rocked Latin America's largest nation and highlighted its endemic problem of violence ag
Brasilia:Brazil's Federal Judiciary sentenced former chief-of-staff and Workers Party (PT) founder Jose Dirceu to 23 years and three months in prison for corruption and money laundering. The decision was announced on Wednesday by judge Sergio
Brasilla: Brazil's Senate has voted 55-22 to impeach the South American giant's first woman president Dilma Rousseff. President Dilma Rousseff is accused of using accounting tricks to hide large budget deficits. Rousseff will be suspended
Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) has worked to ensure local athletes will be ready to bring back a sizeable medal haul in Rio Olympics
Rio de Janeiro: The impeachment process against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will not interfere with preparations for this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Monday. With 109
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff has said that she is "indignant" over a congressional vote to open impeachment proceedings against her and vowed to fight what she called the injustice. She again categorically ruled out resigning.
Brasilia: The Lower House of Brazil's Parliament today voted in favour of impeaching President Dilma Rousseff, a move that could see the country's first female leader removed from power.
Brasilia:At least seven people were killed when a plane crashed into a house in Brazil's Sao Paulo city, the media reported on Sunday. The accident occurred on Saturday as the plane approached the northern suburb
Rio De Janeiro: Police in Sao Paulo have arrested Facebook's most senior executive in Latin America in the latest clash between Brazilian authorities and the social media company its refusal to provide private information about
Rio De Janeiro: The Zika virus, believed to be linked to the serious birth defect microcephaly, presents a "formidable" challenge that will be hard to stamp out, World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan has said."Things
United Nations: World Health Organization (WHO) chief Margaret Chan is in Brazil to assess the Zika virus situation and response, a UN spokesman said.Chan is visiting Brazil along with the director of the Pan American
Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Saturday that the Rio 2016 Olympics will go forward despite the Zika virus epidemic, about which a number of foreign sports delegations that have expressed their
New Delhi: Over 100 bureaucrats belonging to the central and state governments visited foreign countries including the US, Brazil and Malaysia in the past three years.The Personnel Ministry has put in public domain the list
Brasilia: Brazilian researchers found traces of Zika virus in the saliva and urine of patients with symptoms of the disease, which means the virus is potentially transmissible via the two fluids, the media reported on
Rio de Janeiro: The best soccer players from Brazil have come to define the emergence of the football Super League in China. A series of transfers from Brazil's top clubs to the Chinese Super League
Rio de Janeiro: The Brazilian government said that it would renew its special visas for Syrian refugees.The decision was announced by the country's National Committee for Refugees (CONARE) on Monday, Xinhua reported.The emergency humanitarian visas
New Delhi: Rafael Del Col, a blogger from Brazil, lost his wife in a car accident in 2013 and all he was left with was her memories and their little daughter.The guy, who apparently loved
Sao Paulo (AP): At least 19 people were shot to death within the span of about three hours in Brazil's biggest metropolitan area, law enforcement officials said Friday.Alexandre de Moraes, the head of the
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