Brazil

Brazil

Rio 2016: Jaguar shot dead at Olympic torch ceremony

A jaguar has been shot dead shortly after an Olympic torch ceremony in Brazil.

22/06/2016

Brazil

Rio's governor declares state of financial emergency

The governor of Olympic host city Rio has declared a financial emergency.

18/06/2016

Brazil

Brazil's interim president dismisses corruption allegations against him

Brazil’s interim president Michel Temer has dismissed graft allegations against him as dishonest and reckless.

17/06/2016

Brazil

18 people killed after bus driver loses control

At least 18 people have been killed after the driver of the bus they were travelling in lost control of his vehicle.

09/06/2016

Brazil

Team of refugee athletes to compete in Rio 2016 Olympic Games

06/06/2016

Sport

IOC ExCo board meet for last time before Rio Olympics

The international Olympic Committee’s executive board has met for the final time before the Rio Games take place in August.

01/06/2016

Sport

Pele collection to go under the hammer

Pele’s footballing life is to go under the hammer next week at an auction in London.

01/06/2016

Economy

Brazil: boom to bust story continues as GDP shrinks again

Brazil's economy shrank for the fifth straight quarter between January and March. Agriculture, industry and services all declined amid a political crisis and sweeping bribery scandal.

01/06/2016

Brazil

Zika virus: WHO rejects demands to move Rio Olympics

The World Health Organization has rejected demands for this summer’s Rio Olympics to be moved or postponed due to the Zika virus.

28/05/2016

Brazil

Rio police probe 'gang rape' of 16-year-old by 'more than 30 men'

Police in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro are investigating allegations that a 16-year-old girl was brutally raped by more than thirty…

27/05/2016

Brazil

Video - Brazil’s uncontacted Kawahiva tribe on the edge of extinction

Despite winning a campaign to get Brazil to declare a protected area for the Kawahiva tribe – one of the last uncontacted indigenous peoples in the Amazon Forest – campaigners say there is no time to

24/05/2016

Brazil

Brazil in crisis after leaked tape forces out interim President's ally

Brazil’s minister of planning Romero Juca has stepped aside over claims he conspired to obstruct an investigation into the country’s biggest-ever corruption…

24/05/2016

Business Series

Brazil's Petrobras gets new boss with same old problems

Pedro Parente, the new boss of Brazil's scandal-ridden state-controlled energy firm Petrobras, has been talking about the challenges ahead.

20/05/2016

World

Jacques Wagner, a former government minister in Brazil is confident Dilma Rousseff can return to power

Brazil is experiencing an unprecedented moment in its history with the removal of the elected President Dilma Rousseff.

18/05/2016

Business Line

Brazil's economic struggle and the counterintuitive oracle of technology

Brazil's interim president Michel Temerm promises economic as well political calm, but he faces a massive challenge, and Warren Buffett's surprise technology investment choices.

18/05/2016

Brazil

Brazil's Workers' Party tells euronews "world should reject coup"

Brazil’s Workers’ Party has launched a diplomatic offensive against the country’s interim president.

18/05/2016

Sport

Thirty one athletes risk Rio Olympics exclusion after sample restests

The first ever Olympic Games to take place on South American soil is now looming large. The 2016 Rio Olympics begin on August 5th and some 10,000

17/05/2016

Brazil

Brazil will be ready for Olympic Games despite Zika, says minister

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief says the agency is increasingly concerned about the mosquito-borne virus Zika . Margaret Chan noted that

17/05/2016

Brazil

Brazil's interim president woos union leaders

Brazil’s interim president views pension reforms Aims to restore political and economic calm Critics – ‘he’s turned the clock back 30 years’

17/05/2016

Brazil

Rio's mayor says Zika 'not a big issue' ahead of Olympics

With this year’s Olympic Games just around the corner, Rio de Janeiro’s mayor is trying to dampen down fears over the Zika virus. Eduardo Paes says

16/05/2016

Brazil

Brazil: huge fire ravages Sao Paolo favela

A huge fire has caused much damage in a poor district of Brazil’s largest city Sao Paolo. The authorities said at least 120 houses were destroyed

15/05/2016

Brazil

Rousseff attacks Brazil's 'illegitimate' interim government and vows to return

Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff has repeated to foreign journalists her defiant message that she will fight to return to government. The

14/05/2016

Brazil

Brazil's new government sets sights on reversing economic slump

Brazil’s newly installed Cabinet is getting to work, in the wake of Dilma Rousseff’s suspension. The economy is a priority for incoming interim

13/05/2016

World

With Michel Temer at the head, what's next for Brazil?

He’s the man of the moment in Brazil, but relatively unknown on the international stage. Michel Temer has taken the reins as president, for an as-yet

13/05/2016

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Goodbye Dilma!

After the Brazilian Senate voted to impeach her for breaking budget laws, suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff meets and greets supporters at

13/05/2016

Brazil

Protesters march against Temer's new Brazil government in Sao Paulo

Thursday’s events brought a protest – estimated to be at least several hundred strong – against the interim president and his new government in Sao

13/05/2016