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Brazil police may have killed 30 during strike
Current and former police officers may have committed up to 30 murders during the recently ended police strike in Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia, law enforcement officials there said.
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Carnival float catches fire, killing 4 in Brazil
A fire on a Carnival float has killed four people and injured five in the Brazilian port city of Santos.
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Brazil protests back despite proposed reforms
Protesters returned to the streets in smaller, sporadic protests in a handful of Brazilian cities Tuesday, demanding better education, transport and health services.
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Brazil hires 4,000 Cuban doctors to treat poor
Brazil will import thousands of Cuban doctors to work in areas where medical services and physicians are scarce, and Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota defended the plan Thursday as a way to give "the...
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Rancher sentenced in case of murdered US nun
A Brazilian rancher charged with ordering the 2005 slaying of American nun and Amazon defender Dorothy Stang has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for homicide.
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Deadly crash puts light on Brazil’s WCup troubles
With one thunderous crash, Brazil's troubled preparations for the World Cup are thrown in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, just as soccer gears up for the high-profile setting of the schedule...
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Brazil creates special riot force for World Cup
Brazil has given special training for more than 10,000 members of an elite federal security force to help better control demonstrations expected during the World Cup later this year, the Justice...
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Toilet bowl kills Brazilian football fan
Police say a football fan was killed when he was struck in the head by a toilet bowl hurled from stadium stands as supporters of rival clubs clashed in northeastern Brazil.
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Brazil strikes a threat to a smooth World Cup
World Cup organizers have fretted for a year over the possibility that a resurgence of mass anti-government protests could mar soccer's premiere event.
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Surprising Brazil election keeps zigging, zagging
It's the presidential election that just keeps surprising.
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Flamingo in Brazilian zoo gets artificial leg
SOROCABA, Brazil (AP) — A pink flamingo in Brazil has gotten a new leg to stand on — an artificial one. Zookeepers at a zoo in southeastern Brazil said this week they think it’s the first time a...
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Anti-government protesters take to streets across Brazil
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilians took to the streets of cities and towns across the country Sunday for anti-government protests being watched as a barometer of discontent with the increasingly unpopular...
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Brazil president tries to ease wary nation amid Zika spread
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s president promised a wary nation on Tuesday that no resources would be spared in the fight against Zika, addressing Congress a day after the World Health Organization declared...
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Crowds cheer Brazil’s Silva after being grilled by police
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff joined hundreds of people gathered outside the residence of her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday, one day after police questioned...
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Brazil prosecutors file charges against former president
SAO PAULO (AP) — Sao Paulo state prosecutors said Thursday they filed money laundering and criminal misrepresentation charges against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva because of evidence he...
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Brazil’s biggest party abandons president, quits coalition
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s largest party abandoned President Dilma Rousseff’s governing coalition Tuesday, making it tougher for her to survive mounting pressure in Congress for her impeachment. The...
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AP Explains: Why Brazilian prez faces impeachment
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is facing possible impeachment by Congress. The effort comes amid an angry public mood over the South American nation’s worst recession in decades...
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Brazil’s Supreme Court rejects motion to block impeachment
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a blow to President Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s Supreme Court early Friday rejected a motion seeking to block an impeachment vote against her in Congress’ lower house. It was...
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AP Explains: Why Brazilian president faces impeachment
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is facing possible impeachment by Congress, with the Senate expected to vote Wednesday on a measure to suspend her. The effort comes amid an angry...
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Post impeachment, Brazil’s road ahead filled with challenges
SAO PAULO (AP) — To say that Michel Temer faces huge challenges would be an understatement. Brazil’s 75-year-old acting president must fight the Zika virus, which can cause birth defects and has...
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