One victim was visiting Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue. Another hopped into an Uber for a night out in ...

André Corrêa do Lago, the newly appointed head of this year's United Nations climate conference, faces a tough road.

January, a dashcam video went viral of another Uber driver begging rifle-toting men for mercy after being diverted into the Cidade Alta favela with his terrified passenger in the backseat.

All-Star pitcher Cole Ragans and the Kansas City Royals have reached agreement on a three-year contract extension, per ...

The Brazilian government on 12 February formally approved an ambitious effort to strengthen Brazil's defence technological ...

Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday vowed "reciprocity" in response to a 25-percent levy on steel imports ...

A New York man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly hiring someone to kill his estranged husband, a wealthy art dealer, who was ...

Singer Joss Stone on the unifying power of live music, a spring U.S. tour alongside Melissa Etheridge and working with Shaggy on the reimagined single 'Loving You.' ...

Carlos Diegues, the renowned Brazilian filmmaker, died Friday in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Academy of Letters said. He ...

Federal prosecutors indicted Daniel Sikkema Tuesday for allegedly offering another person to kill his estranged husband, ...

By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Chinese electric carmaker BYD acquired mineral rights for two plots of land in a ...

An anti-imperialist Brazilian journalist discusses the challenges and opportunities currently facing the region.