São Paulo

A former fishing town became the promised land of hippies, artists and alternative travelers — though today, it is also an exclusive destination for celebrities

The clan’s eldest son is presenting himself as a moderate version of his father, while the traditional right is calling for a candidate who is not from the family

The South American giant is exceeding the government’s most optimistic forecasts. For now, locals are welcoming the influx despite signs of gentrification in cities like Rio de Janeiro

A study compared civil service salary caps in 11 countries as Congress debates public administration reform in a nation with particularly high social inequality

One of the two suspects has been arrested after taking artworks that were part of an art book titled ‘Jazz,’ and which had already been stolen in the past

The Rio de Janeiro gang, the target of a bloody police operation, was born in prison almost half a century ago

Governor Castro is considering vetoing the measure, which was in effect in the 1990s and is being reintroduced just as police fatality rates have fallen

The former president of Brazil, who is not required to appear, is monitoring the Supreme Court’s final deliberations from his home, where he remains under house arrest

Traditional communities in southern Rio de Janeiro and northern São Paulo are organizing to offer visits that focus on local culture and steer clear of mass tourism

The Brazilian president prioritizes negotiations in the trade dispute, but announces that if the White House carries out the threat, he will respond with reciprocal levies

Police warn of increasing radicalization among young people through virtual platforms that encourage suicide, animal torture, and self-harm

Brazilian suburbs can experience temperatures up to 46°F higher than nearby neighborhoods. Climate change exacerbates inequalities and has a particularly strong impact on people of African descent

Two exhibitions allow viewers to appreciate the similarities and differences between the work of the American icon and the tropical version

Tahrir Square in Egypt, the 15-M movement in Spain, Occupy Wall Street in New York… Perhaps the most iconic image of the 2010s is that of streets taken over by massive protests. These days, it’s almost impossible to find any trace of them. Journalist Vincent Bevins tries to explain what happened to those days when the world seemed to be on fire

An exhibition in São Paulo rescues the visual identity of dozens of people freed by self-taught lawyer Luiz Gama in the 19th century

The results will allow progress in precision medicine for people with Black or Indigenous ancestry who until now have been underrepresented in scientific studies

Using artificial intelligence, a vast municipal video surveillance network scans the faces of passersby day and night, hunting for fugitives and criminals

Konstantin Rudnev was attempting to board a flight from Bariloche to Buenos Aires accompanied by six women

A price comparison with Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Chile shows the consequences of using the exchange rate as a strategy against inflation

The Brazilian president is doing well and being monitored in the ICU of a São Paulo hospital after the operation

Health authorities in Rio de Janeiro are reviewing samples from 288 donors after discovering that two HIV-positive people were declared fit to be organ donors

For a third time, police are calling for a 24-year-old businessman who killed an Uber driver while going at 93mph to be remanded in custody. He had earlier had his license revoked for reckless driving

The soccer player, who died in 2011, was one of the protagonists of the Diretas Já campaign 40 years ago to restore democracy after the dictatorship

The grand gathering of contemporary art celebrates marginalized identities with a ground-breaking edition in which artists from the global south, many of them largely unknown, are in the majority