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Fed Chairman Refutes Brazil Saying US Measures Boost Global Economy

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has defended the central bank’s measures to bolster the ...

How to Explain Brazil’s Hundreds of Thousands of Kids Living in the Streets?

Historians will find it difficult to explain Brazilian society’s great disdain for its children. ...

In Brazil, the Carnaval Seems to Be Over. Next Stop: Hangover

Carnaval in the historic Brazilian city of Olinda is a non-stop, noisy affair that ...

A Brazilian Fairy-Tale Musical Comes to the Rio Stage. Can Broadway Be Far Behind?

Over the past few seasons there has been an explosion of films, television series, ...

Brazilian President Takes Her Country Back to the Closet on LGBT rights

LGBT rights activists have burgeoned onto the scene of civil society movements across Latin ...

Brazil Cuts Key Rate to Record Low to Jumpstart Economy

The Brazilian central bank on Wednesday slashed its interest rate for the 10th time ...

Brazil’s Supreme Follows the Money and Condemns Lula’s Top Aide for Corruption

Brazil’s Supreme Court continued the trial of Penal Case 470, the mensalão, second part ...

With 20 Parties, Everyone Gets Something from Brazil Municipal Elections

With more than 20 official political parties, election results in Brazil are always mixed. ...

Brazil to Use Half a Million Electronic Machines and Biometrics for Sunday’s Elections

A total of 501,923 electronic voting machines will be operating in Brazil’s 5,568 municipalities ...

José Dirceu, Lula’s Chief of Staff, Was Mensalão’s Mastermind, Says Brazil Supreme

Brazil’s ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s chief of staff masterminded a vote-buying scheme ...