Brazil

Brazil vows $2.5B to revamp airports

Brazil's airport authority vowed Thursday to spend about US$2.5 billion to overhaul the country's largest airports, which critics warn are unprepared to handle millions of additional travelers expected during ...

Brazilians chase civil servants' "train of happiness"

Late into the night, students diligently rehearse exam questions at dozens of schools in downtown Brasilia that offer people the chance for a better, more prosperous life -- that of a Brazilian bureaucrat.

Brazil boy bites pit bull to fend off attack

An 11-year old boy is in Brazil's media spotlight after sinking his teeth into the neck of a dog that attacked him.

Wetlands could unleash carb...

As the globe warms, water from wetlands is likely to evaporate, while rising sea levels could change wetlands' salinity or completely inundate them.

Brazilian paper and pulp company Suzano to invest more than US$6 billion to increase output

SAO PAULO, Brazil : One of Brazil's largest paper and pulp companies says it will invest U$6.6 billion over the next seven years to increase its output.

Verena Signs Binding Letter of Intent to Increase Ownership in the Conceicao Project

The Project is currently held by Mineracao Rio Tocantins Ltda. which, in turn, is jointly owned by GKM and Verena .

Is mankind killing penguins washing ashore on Brazil's coast?

The discovery of hundreds of young penguins washing up along the Brazilian shoreline over the past month has sparked a scientific mystery over what may have led the birds thousands of miles astray.

Drunk Driving Gets a Lot Tougher in Brazil: Alexandre Marinis

Candlelight dinner? Forget the wine. Think the way to your heart's desire is through her sweet tooth? Don't overdo the liquor-filled chocolates.

Brazil simplifies Chagas treatment

A Brazilian government laboratory said Monday it will begin producing child-sized doses of a drug commonly used to treat Chagas disease, which kills thousands of people each year across the Americas.

Climate worries about wetlands drive Brazil meeting

Washington/Rio de Janeiro - Worries about the rapid disappearance of the world's wetlands and its potential effect on global warming tops the agenda of 700 world experts who meet starting Monday in Cuiaba, ...

Wetlands could unleash "carbon bomb"

The world's wetlands, threatened by development, dehydration and climate change, could release a planet-warming "carbon bomb" if they are destroyed, ecological scientists said on Sunday.

Alumina raises costs of Brazilian aluminium joint ventures

Australia's Alumina has raised the estimated costs of its two Brazilian aluminium joint ventures, blaming the continued appreciation of the Brazilian real against the US dollar and higher material and ...

Brazil official's Nazi reference rocks WTO talks

Some pre-negotiation jabbing turned into a potentially damaging diplomatic incident Saturday when Brazil's foreign minister said rich countries' deception in trade talks reminded him of tactics used by Nazi ...

Brazilian comedian Goncalves dies at 101

Brazilian actress and comedian Dercy Goncalves, known for her vulgar wit and scandalous behavior, has died. She was 101.

Rio de Janeiro's Hospital Sao Lucas says Goncalves died Saturday of respiratory problems after being hospitalized the same day with pneumonia.

Goncalves was known for speaking her mind, often peppering her conversation with obscenities. In 1991, she shocked Brazil by parading topless on a Carnival float. She was 84 at the time.

Goncalves kept working late in life and made several TV appearances after turning 100.

'Save our wetlands'

Moves around the world to drain marshes and other wetlands to make space for farming could be hastening climate change, scientists gathering in Brazil from Monday will be hearing.

Suspect held in theft of Picasso prints

Sao Paulo, Brazil- Police have arrested a suspect in the theft of two Pablo Picasso prints from a museum in Sao Paulo and recovered one of the works, police and a museum official said Saturday.

Hundreds of baby penguins found dead in Brazil

More than 400 penguins, most of them young, have been found dead on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro state over the past two months, according to Eduardo Pimenta, superintendent for the state coastal protection ...

Brazilian director swaps Saramago for Shakespeare

After more than a year poring over Jose Saramago's book "Blindness" for the upcoming movie of the same name, Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles is embarking on a new literary journey with William ...

Brazil Supreme Court frees corruption-probe banker

More than 130 Brazilian judges have criticised the Supreme Court for ordering the release of Daniel Dantas, a prominent banker who is facing corruption allegations.

Brazilian Teenager Confesses To 13 Murders

A teenaged boy has confessed to 13 murders in Brazil's southeastern state of Espirito Santo, the "Folha de Sao Paulo" newspaper reported Thursday.