Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva misses a judge's deadline to hand himself in to begin 12-year jail term.

Lula da Silva could go to prison within days on a corruption conviction. Incarceration would prevent him standing in October's presidential election.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is still the frontrunner for October's presidential election despite facing a lengthy prison sentence on corruption and money laundering charges

Feelings are running high after the execution-style killing of human rights activist Marielle Franco and her driver

As the country emerges from recession, leading politicians avoid the weekend's festivities at Rio's Sambadrone

Brazilian President Michel Temer has signed a decree giving the country's military full control of security in Rio de Janeiro in response to rising drug gang violence.

If the former president is allowed to run in the October election, a new poll shows he would lead the field with 34 percent of the vote.

Isabelle Kumar talks to Brazil President Michel Temer. They discuss the country's fragile economic recovery and, of course, his country's longstanding battle against corruption

The leftist icon is determined to run in October's election despite failing to overturn a corruption conviction

Brazilian women protest over government plans to further restrict access to abortion. Termination is at present illegal unless the mother's life is in danger, rape is involved, or if the foetus has certain brain abnormalities.

Brazilian President Michel temer survives a corrutption vote in Congress

Brazil has stepped up security in Rio de Janeiro amid a rise in violence by organised crime gangs.

The assets of former Brazilian president Lula has had his assets frozen following his corruption conviction

A Brazilian congressional committee has voted against taking a corruption charge against President Michel Temer to trial at the supreme court. The

What began as a peaceful protest soon turned violent as activists in Brazil clashed with police on Friday during a nationwide strike and

Brazil's top federal prosecutor has charged President Michel Temer with taking multimillion-dollar bribes.

A close vote in Brazil's Superior Electoral Court finds Temer not guilty of receiving illegal campaign funds during 2014 presidential election

Brazil’s top electoral court will today start hearing evidence in a case against President Michel Temer, which could see him removed from