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Last Minute Victory for Brazil Against Peru in Copa America
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's men football (soccer) team won their opening game on Sunday, June 14th at...
Brazil’s Federal Police to Investigate After FIFA Scandal
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Polícia Federal (Federal Police) has announced the opening of a investigation into possible...
Study Finds Black Brazilians Killed by Gunfire 2.5 More than Whites
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – In 2012, five people were killed by firearms every hour in Brazil, according to a...
Latin America Expected to Grow Less in 2015
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The latest report from the United Nation agency ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and...
Lei Seca Celebrates 6 Years in Rio With Less Accidents
By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The anti-drinking and driving law "Lei Seca" (literally Dry Law) and its accompanying car blitz...
Brazil Coach Dunga Announced Squad for Next Games
By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Seleção (Brazilian national team) coach Carlos Dunga has announced his squad for the upcoming friendly...
Opinion: The Curmudgeon on the Sacred Cow, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s most sacred cow is Petrobras. When calved in 1953, its birthright included a monopoly over...
Vila Isabel Samba School Ready for Carnival 2015
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Well known for their sambas de enredo (Carnival theme songs) G.R.E.S. Unidos de...
Brazil Seeks Closer Trade Ties with U.S., European Union
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – During the next four years Brazil will work toward strengthening its commercial ties with the...
Brazil’s Rousseff Sworn in Promising Priority to Education
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – President Dilma Rousseff was sworn in on Thursday, January 1st, for a second term in...
Brasília Prepares for President Rousseff’s Inauguration Ceremony
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With the incumbent President Dilma Rousseff winning reelection in October, the Presidential Palace makes...
Mercosur Partners Discuss Entry of Bolivia in Bloc
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The 47th Mercosur Summit (Common Market of the South) starts on Wednesday, December 17th, with...
SP International Film Festival Honors Spain, Karmitz
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The 38th edition of the SP International Film Festival starts today in São Paulo and...
Demolition of the Perimetral Highway in Centro Continues
By Kendall Clark, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL- The Porto Maravilha (Marvelous Port) project is well underway with the final section of the elevated...