Hundreds missing after Vale dam burst at Brazil mine, seven bodies found
By Anthony Boadle and Marta Nogueira BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Brazilian rescuers were searching for some 200 missing people after a tailings
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Brazilian honour for Consul Keheyan
The Order of Rio Branco was bestowed upon Garo Keheyan, Honorary Consul of Brazil in Cyprus, on the 26th November, 2018, in recognition and appreciation
Climate: some progress in Poland
By Gwynne Dyer Global warming is physics and chemistry, and you can’t negotiate with science for more time to solve the problem: more emissions mean
Far right, ex-military officer wins Brazil vote, faces leftist in runoff
Far-right Congressman and former Army captain Jair Bolsonaro won nearly half the votes in Brazil’s first-round presidential election on Sunday, as voters’ anger at corruption
Far-right candidate Bolsonaro widens lead in Brazilian presidential race -poll
Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro gained ground over his rivals in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election set for Oct. 7, a new poll showed
Brazil election in turmoil after front runner stabbed (Update)
The run-up to a presidential election in Brazil was plunged into chaos on Friday after a knife attack on far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro put the
Brazil mourns museum blaze, seeks answers to ‘tragedy foretold’
Brazil on Monday mourned a fire that destroyed its National Museum, a cherished historical repository that lacked a sprinkler system and was reeling from years
Neymar histrionics risk making him his own worst enemy
As Brazil forward Neymar broke down and wept uncontrollably on the pitch at the end of his team’s hard-fought 2-0 win over Costa Rica on
Car plows through Copacabana sidewalk, kills baby, injures 15
A speeding car plowed through evening strollers on a crowded sidewalk of Rio’s famed Copacabana beach on Thursday in an apparent accident, killing an 8-month
Mercedes F1 team members robbed at gunpoint in Brazil
Armed robbers held up a Mercedes Formula One team minibus outside the Brazilian Grand Prix circuit in Sao Paulo on Friday night but nobody was
Brazil protesters, police clash in first general strike in years
By Brad Brooks and Anthony Boadle Brazilian protesters torched buses, clashed with police in several cities and marched on President Michel Temer’s Sao Paulo residence
EU, China cut imports of Brazil meat amid scandal
By Brad Brooks and Dominique Patton China and the European Union curtailed meat imports from Brazil on Monday after police, in an anti-corruption probe criticized
At least 33 prisoners killed in new Brazil prison uprising
By Pedro Fonseca At last 33 inmates have been killed in a new prison riot in the Amazon region of Brazil, officials said on Friday,
Bolivia suspends airline as Colombian crash probe points to lack of fuel (Update)
Bolivian authorities on Thursday suspended the license of a tiny charter airline whose plane crashed in Colombia this week after apparently running out of fuel,
Plane in Colombia crash was running out of fuel
The pilot of a plane that crashed in Colombia virtually wiping out a Brazilian football team had radioed he was running out of fuel and
Plane carrying Brazil’s Chapecoense football team crashes in Colombia, 76 dead
Brazilian football team Chapecoense, heading for the biggest game in their history, were on board a plane that crashed into Colombian jungle, killing 76 people,
Two years on from 7-1, Brazil face arch-rivals Argentina
By Andrew Downie Two years after they suffered a humiliating 7-1 defeat by Germany in the World Cup semi-final, Brazil return to the same Belo
Brazil great Carlos Alberto dies following heart attack
Carlos Alberto, who scored one of the greatest goals in World Cup history while captaining Brazil to glory in the 1970 final against Italy, has
Neymar vows to continue showboating despite criticism
Barcelona and Brazil forward Neymar has said he will continue to show off his skills on the pitch even if his showboating upsets opponents. The
Brazilians suspected of importing coke remanded in Larnaca
A Brazilian couple was remanded for eight days Wednesday, by Larnaca court in connection with investigations into the illegal importation, possession, and intent to supply