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Just three years ago, the manmade fires here were so fierce smoke would blot out the Amazon sky, turning the days dark. Towering rainforest trees exploded in flames, their canopies cleared to let pasture grow for cattle.
Brazilian authorities say a tractor-trailor has slammed into a bus carrying sugarcane cutters, killing at least 33 people and injuring 13 others.
Bruno Maragato went through the Roman Catholic Church's rites like so many others before him in this most Catholic of nations: baptism, first communion, confirmation.
Newly crowned Miss Universe Leila Lopes wants to help her native Angola further escape a history of war and impoverishment and said she plans to focus on combating HIV around the globe.
Netflix launched its movie and TV streaming service in Brazil on Monday, the beachhead for a push into Latin America that is seen as key to the company's continued growth after recent setbacks in the United States.
Marcio Christiansen reeled off tales of the growing ranks of rich Brazilians who visit his luxury Ferretti yacht showroom, where clients sip espressos on an oversized sable sofa and electronic music bubbles in the air.
When Altaiza Silva lost her job cleaning houses two years ago, she thought she would have to pull her daughters out of school and put them to work, likely perpetuating the cycle of poverty that's claimed generations of her family.
Silas Xavier pulls credit card bills from a pocket on the door of the taxi he drives, more from the glove box and still more from a pouch behind his seat, waving them as his voice rises in frustration and desperation.
An American on the U.S. Marshals' list of most-wanted sex offenders was captured in Brazil on Tuesday, authorities said.
The massive Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon rain forest won approval from Brazil's environmental protection agency on Wednesday, clearing the way for construction of a project fiercely opposed by environmentalists, indigenous activists and celebrities including film director James Cameron and rock star Sting.
Stocking shelves in a Chinese grocery store, Thiago warned that he didn't want to be caught chatting during working hours. Within seconds, however, the Brazilian unleashed a pent-up flood of complaints about the owners, who lingered just beyond hearing distance.
Another rural activist was found shot to death in the Amazon on Thursday, just three days after Brazil's leaders discussed how to stop the region's deadly disputes over logging and protect those whose lives are threatened.
Brazil's lower house passed legislation Tuesday night that would loosen restrictions on how small farmers use their land in the Amazon forest, but lawmakers dropped a change that most worried environmentalists.
A 114-year-old Brazilian woman is the world's oldest living human, Guinness World Records said Wednesday.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, a key player in London's winning bid for the 2012 Olympics, said Friday that the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics can help Brazil reduce its economic and social problems if the government handles them well.
First lady Michelle Obama met with about 50 Brazilian youth ambassadors, took in a martial arts-dance presentation and was wowed by a group of female samba drummers during the first day of her and President Barack Obama's five-day tour of Latin America.
It's the eternal Latin American lament: The region's superpower neighbor either ignores it or pushes it around.
At least 16 people were electrocuted when a power line fell atop a packed pre-Carnival street parade in rural Brazil, police said Monday.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with Brazil's leaders Monday looking to bolster ties before next month's visit by President Barack Obama and foster teamwork on economic issues such as confronting China on its currency.
A widespread blackout cut power to millions of people across Brazil's northeast Friday, but officials insisted the outage should not raise worries about the energy supply in a nation that will host an Olympics and a World Cup.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is meeting with international leaders on her first full day in office.
Brazil's president decided Friday not to extradite an Italian fugitive and former leftist rebel convicted of four murders carried out in the late 1970s, despite strong words from Italy, which wants the man to pay for his alleged crimes.
Plopping her swollen ankles upon a purple couch, 72-year-old Dilma de Lima exults in the new government-built apartment she now calls home after a lifetime of misery in Brazil's slums.
A former U.S. ambassador described Brazil's efforts to build nuclear submarines as "white elephants" and said concern over its sovereignty in the Amazon region veered into "paranoia," according to cables released Wednesday by WikiLeaks.
The drug gang leader jabs the muzzle of his 5.56-mm Sig Sauer assault rifle around as he talks.
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