Tag: Brazil

The two were linked to bribery and money laundering tied to Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.

The 46-year-old rapper lives next to City of God, a sprawling complex of slums made famous in a hit 2002 movie of the same name and where the first case of coronavirus in Rio's favelas was reported last weekend. Armed gangs and militias in the slums have imposed strict curfews and are stopping outsiders from entering to stop the virus spreading.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will quit his fractious right-wing Social Liberal Party (PSL) and found a new one by March 2020, PSL...

Brazil's leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva left prison on Friday after a judge ordered his release, startling financial markets and reigniting...

In a positive and heart-warming message former Real Madrid and international defender Roberto Carlos appealed for positivity when engaging with cancer patients.The Brazilian legend...

Pope Francis said on Saturday rapid deforestation and the loss of biodiversity in individual countries should not be treated as local issues since they...

Pope Francis has said that if there is universal commitment to put the Amazon Rainforest fires, they ‘might be contained as soon as possible.’The...

Partit Demokratiku (PD) is calling for Malta to take a leading role in protecting the Amazon by joining France and Ireland in threatening to...

There are no lights in sight but the night sky glows a dusky yellow, for the Amazon is burning.The smell is of barbecue, of...

Germany decided to suspend 35 million euros (32.6 million pounds) in funds sent to Brazil to finance projects aimed at preserving the Amazon forest...