Brazil is experiencing its largest protests in more than 20 years, as more than 200,000 demonstrators take to the streets of Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and four other major cities to rally on a range of social issues. … Continue...
Brazilian authorities must exercise restraint in dealing with spreading social protests in the country, the United Nations human rights office said today in the wake of reported clashes between demonstrators and police in Rio de Janeiro and Belo...
Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians poured into the streets of at least 25 cities across the country Monday, blanketing the streets of major cities like São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and climbing to the roof of the Brazilian National Congress in...
The fight set to headline UFC 163 on Aug. 3 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil has hit a major snag.Anthony "Showtime" Pettis (16-2) had dropped weight to take on featherweight champion Jose "Scarface" Aldo (22-1) for his title, but a knee injury to Pettis...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Russia's foreign minister says his nation hasn't received an asylum request from the American who has identified himself as the person who leaked details of a secret National Security Agency surveillance program.
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Brazil: Last Friday, the Vice President and Dr. Biden made the final stop in their three-country trip in Brazil. While in Rio de Janeiro, Vice President Biden delivered a speech about the strong ties between the United...
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Later today, Vice President Biden will return from Brazil, the final stop on a three-country trip focused on reinforcing partnerships in the Americas.
During his visit, he delivered a speech in Rio de Janeiro about the...
RIO DE JANEIRO—In the sunshine, this is a city of bright colors, fast movement, soaring vistas. But in the rain—and it can rain very hard indeed—the colors fade to grey, the traffic slows to a halt, and the vistas disappear into the fog. In...
The mayor of Rio de Janeiro apologized on Monday after punching a constituent in the face for calling him the Portuguese equivalent of “excrement.” According to 247 Brasil, Mayor Eduardo Paes was dining at the Japanese restaurant Yumê in the...
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This week iRobot, the maker of the military PackBot robot, announced that it had secured multimillion-dollar contracts with the organizers of next year's World Cup, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro and 12...
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OGX 2013 First Quarter Results
RIO DE JANEIRO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. (Bovespa: OGXP3), Brazil's largest private oil and natural gas exploration company,...
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — The skies over Rio weren’t that friendly for an alleged drug trafficker on the run from the authorities.
Police were in hot pursuit of Marcio Pereira (known as the “Mathematician”) through a densely...
As a fellow for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Wake Forest University graduate Jawad Wahabzada will travel to Rio de Janeiro to film a short documentary about families being relocated from their homes to accommodate the millions of...
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian global miner Vale SA signed an accord with the Argentine government to leave the $6 billion Rio Colorado potash mining project where it suspended work in December, a company press spokeswoman told Reuters on...
Filed under: Budgeting, Education, Planning, SavingMelanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty ImagesTatiana Coelho (l.) and Rute Honrado chat with children in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mothers in Brazil have been found to talk...
The Brazilian state of Rio De Janeiro has become the tenth in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage. Marriages conducted in any of these ten states are recognized nationwide. Same-sex marriage is also legal in the national capital of Brasilia....
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ByConrado Foglio Bonda:Petrobras (PBR) is the second largest company in terms of market cap in the Brazilian stock exchange, second only to beverage giant Ambev. PBR is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro and operates as an international oil and gas...
Russia and Brazil will discuss the possibility of the joint development of an advanced surface-to-air missile system, Parana, at the LAAD 2013 defense exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, Russian state-owned defense firm Rosoboronexport said on Monday.
Fergie keeps her baby bump colorful while taking a stroll along the beach on Thursday (April 4) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
“Will never forget playing this beach w/ the Peas 4 New Year’s. #tbt Bye Rio. I love you,” the 38-year-old...
Ready to make her way back to the United States, Lindsay Lohan departed on a flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Tuesday evening (April 2).
Arriving at the airport surrounded by bodyguards, the “Liz & Dick” star tried to keep a low...
