By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
The Brazilian government says it's undertaking a four-year, $33 million study of its vast Amazon rainforest to compile a detailed inventory of the plants, animals and people that live there.
The arrest of a top Google executive is reviving a debate about Brazilian laws that hold services such as YouTube responsible for the videos posted on them, making the country a hotbed of attempts to stifle digital content.
Fernando Lugo emerged early Sunday to denounce his ouster as Paraguay's president as a "parliamentary coup" and a "foreordained sentence" that was not based on proper evidence.
The Brazilian government says construction work at World Cup stadiums is on schedule in all 12 host cities.
A government watchdog group is warning Brazilian authorities that planning delays could compromise the 2014 World Cup.
Brazil and FIFA have put their rift behind them. Now it's time to get to work.
A Brazilian government agency says it wants a TV ad starring a lingerie-clad Gisele Bundchen (jih-ZEHL' BUN'-chen) to be taken off the air because it is sexist.
A Brazilian government agency says it wants a TV ad starring a lingerie-clad Gisele Bundchen (jih-ZEHL' BUN'-chen) to be taken off the air because it is sexist.
The Brazilian government is optimistic about the pace of preparations for the 2014 World Cup despite its own report indicating many projects have not begun.
Brazilian lawmakers plan to limit the powers of FIFA and IOC over projects related to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
Brazilian lawmakers have limited the powers of FIFA and IOC over projects related to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
The Brazilian government confirmed this week the existence of an uncontacted tribe in a southwestern area of the Amazon rain forest.
Landless activists have invaded three farms and several government buildings in Brazil and vow more seizures to pressure Brazil's new president into speeding redistribution of land.
A small executive jet crashed at Rio's domestic airport Thursday, but no one was killed or seriously hurt in the accident, authorities said.
An Air France passenger jet from Rio de Janeiro to Paris that made an emergency landing in northeastern Brazil because of a bomb threat is scheduled to take off again Sunday night after no explosives were found on board, a company spokesman said.
