Brazil begins to collect blood and urine samples from 20,000 people for massive medical study
Critics believe that researchers may try to use results for unethical purposes
Murder of Spaniard in Brazil thought to be linked to environmental crimes
Gonzalo Alonso Hernández complained to authorities about illegal hunting activities near his home
Controversial Brazilian law offers rape victims right to an abortion
Religious leaders believe women who have not been assaulted will misuse measure
Pope Francis launches crusade against social inequalities and injustice
Jorge Mario Bergoglio begins first official visit to home continent Thousands swarm pontiff’s vehicle as it enters Rio de Janeiro
Pope Francis to launch his “social gospel” program from Brazil
Francis has chosen his home continent as the platform for his message to millions of young people
Intelligence agents arrested in Brazil for providing protection to drug traffickers
The intelligence officers were paid up to 150.000 dollars a year
Violence breaks out in Brazilian favelas ahead of Pope Francis visit
Rocinha was thought by police to have already been "pacified" thanks to special units
Anger at Brazilian politicians’ misuse of official planes
Congress speaker used plane to attend Confederations Cup match
Pope will broach protests during upcoming Brazil visit
Country’s Catholic leaders have sided with the demonstrators in their demands for change
“We want Maracanã returned to us”
Protestors at the Brazil-Spain match complain that soccer has become a sport for the privileged
Biggest protests in 20 years sweep across Brazil
More than 240,000 take to the streets to demand better opportunities and justice
Brazilians take to the streets in protest at hefty transportation hikes
Nationwide demonstrations come as the economy and Rousseff’s approval rating both sour
Brazil frees nearly 3,000 workers from slave-like conditions
Afro-Brazilians still face discrimination due to longstanding social deprivation
Fear in Brazil over World Cup homeless “cleansing”
Human rights groups protest hidden agenda against street dwellers
Domestic employees “emancipated”
Brazil sets down strict standards for workers in households who have never had the same labor rights as others Many families treated them like “slaves”
Lula da Silva keeps mum on corruption investigation
Prosecutors order inquiry to determine whether ex-Brazilian president took part in political payoff scandal
Dirceu sentenced to over 10 years for role in Brazil's 'mensalão' case
Corruption proven to have been rife in Lula's government
Lula da Silva's right-hand man convicted in massive graft case
Dirceu was once Brazil's second-most powerful politician
Brazil court hands down convictions in corruption case
Supreme Court finds 12 members of four political parties guilty
Court halts Brazilian hydroelectric plant
Environmentalists had condemned the dam, saying it would devastate wildlife
Brazil sends 9,000 soldiers to southern borders to combat drug smugglers
Analysts believe move is a menacing warning to the Paraguayan government
Brazil’s biggest bribery trial opens
Party officials connected to Lula da Silva are accused of political payoffs
Unesco seduced by Rio's spectacular landscape
First city to be given such heritage status
The Brazilian painting a sorry picture of Spain’s border controls
Deported artist goes on hunger strike to protest treatment at Barajas
Brazilian leader stuck between a forest and a hard place
Rousseff threatens to veto law that will change the Amazon protection code
Brazilian military generals warn Rousseff in an open manifesto
Strains between president and top brass intensify after document is published Former minister Valdésio Guilheme de Figuereido one of three generals who signed the statement
Striking police in Brazil set off murderous nationwide crime spree
Law enforcers agree to give the protest a break until after Carnival
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