Revelers from Sao Paolo to Rio de Janeiro got the week-long Carnival of Brazil started this weekend with sparkly costumes, …
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Brazil Plans Undersea Cable to Europe to Avoid U.S. Snooping
European leaders agreed on a plan to lay undersea communications cables between Brazil and the E.U.
Brazil Boosts World Cup Security Force by 70%
Response to safety concerns following massive street protests
Floods in Brazil Kill 32: Officials
Over 50,000 people displaced by deluge
Brazil: Snowden Asylum Not Being Discussed
Without an official request, the country cannot even consider the move
Brazil’s World Cup Raises Fear of Rampant Child Prostitution
The world’s most popular sporting event—to be held in Brazil next year—may be a magnet for sex tourists seeking underage prostitutes
Brazil Developing Cheap Vaccine for Developing Countries
Brazil plans to produce a low-cost measles and rubella vaccine for developing nations
Germany, Brazil Take NSA Spying Gripes to U.N.
Nations want massive American digital surveillance reined in
Greenwald on Snowden Leaks: The Worst Is Yet to Come
Although four months have passed since Edward Snowden’s explosive NSA surveillance leaks, the most revealing details have not yet been published, and could be rolled out in the international media over the coming weeks and …
Rousseff’s Angry U.N. Speech Signals Brazil’s Shift on the World Stage
Latin America’s Doc Deficit: Brazil, a Continental Giant, Still Needs to Import Cuban Medics
A Brazilian prosecutor is investigating whether President Dilma Rousseff’s government violated federal labor laws by recruiting 4,000 Cuban physicians this month to work in remote areas like the Amazon. That’s just the latest …
Brazil Seeks Answers in ‘Amityville’ Copycat Murders
It was a tragic incident, as inexplicable as it was shocking. According to local police, Marcelo Pesseghini, a 13-year-old Brazilian boy in Sao Paulo, took his father’s pistol late Sunday night and shot his policemen parents, …
The Pope of the Poor: Francis Makes Brazil’s Favelas His First Stop
Pope Francis visits Brazil, once a stronghold of Catholicism but now a country where the faith is very much at a crossroads