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Seattle Man Killed Attempting to Dribble Soccer Ball to Brazil
A Seattle man hoping to dribble a soccer ball all the way to Brazil has died in a tragic accident shortly after starting.
Brazil’s No-Blame Game: How Impunity Imperils the Country’s Image
A lack of accountability casts a shadow on Brazil’s preparations to show off its progress with the World Cup and the Olympics.
Prosecutors File Murder Charges in Brazil Fire
(SAO PAULO) — Eight people have been charged in connection with the deadly nightclub fire in southern Brazil that killed 241 people earlier this year,...
Controversy Brews Over Beer Ice Cream Ad in Brazil
Brazilian watchdogs are not screaming for this ice cream.
China, Brazil Signing Local Currency Trade Deal
(DURBAN, South Africa) — China and Brazil plan to sign a deal to do up to $30 billion of trade in their local currencies, as the five-nation BRICS forum of...
A Q&A With Neymar, Brazil’s Stay-At-Home Soccer Superstar
Neymar, Brazil’s latest football sensation, sat with TIME Editor-at-Large Bobby Ghosh to discuss his career, his life — and why he continues to resist the...
Brazilian Company Has Patent on ‘iPhone’ Brand
Brazil's patent authority has taken a bite out of Apple with an announcement Wednesday that the iPhone name in Brazil belongs to a local company called Gradiente...
WATCH: Thousands of Spiders Hang in the Sky over Brazil Town
This is definitely not recommended viewing for arachnophobes. Twenty-year old Brazilian web designer Erick Reis got a shock when he left his friend's house in...
4 Killed in Brazil Carnival Float Fire
(SAO PAULO) — A fire on a Carnival float has killed four people and injured five in the Brazilian port city of Santos. A fire department official says the float...
How the Santa Maria Fire Could Mark a Turning Point for Brazil
Many of the dead in the fire were young science and engineering students--just the kind of experts the country needs to advance into the ranks of the First...
Raw Video: Chaotic Emergency Response in Brazil As Nightclub Fire Kills 245
Chaos descended on the southern Brazilian town of Santa Maria Saturday night after a massive fire swept through a busy nightclub. As of midday Sunday, at least...
Brazilian Prostitutes Learning English Before 2014 World Cup
The oldest profession in the world is brushing up its resume before English-speaking soccer fans flood their country
Tale of Two Corruptos: Brazil and Mexico On Different Transparency Paths
Mexico complains, often rightly so, about being overshadowed by Brazil, but Transparency International's corruption index is a potential reminder of why one...
Prosecutor Fights to Get ‘God Be Praised’ Taken Off of Brazil’s Currency
Jefferson Aparecido Dias, is seeking a court order to make the central bank replace Brazil’s entire stock of the bills with new notes that do not bear the...
Brazil’s Largest Corruption Trial Yields Its Most Important Guilty Verdict
It’s a landmark decision that could help reform the perniciously entrenched culture of graft in Brazilian politics. On Wednesday, Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled...
Google Executive Arrested as Brazil Bans Anti-Muslim Film
The search engine giant grapples with two legal setbacks in one of its largest markets.
‘Big Love’ in Brazil: Three-Person Civil Union Approved in Sao Paulo
As the issue of gay marriage continues to prompt heated debate in the United States, a different type of controversial union is driving the conversation in...
Q&A: Aldo Rebelo, Brazil’s Sports Minister, on Hosting the World Cup and Olympic Games
London’s Olympic torch has been extinguished, and the world’s attention now turns to Rio de Janeiro—the Brazilian city that will host both the 2016 Olympics, and...
Brazil Biologists Investigate Death of More Than 500 Penguins
The penguins don't appear physically injured or malnourished, and the researchers found no traces of oil on their bodies.
