SÃO PAULO – A city council member in São Paulo has announced plans to subpoena a well-known priest and human rights advocate whose work has been praised by Pope Francis before a panel investigating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brazil has pledged a series of sweeping measures to help a homeless population that has soared tenfold over the past ten years, ...

(Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s government will provide cheap credit and financial aid to help rebuild homes and businesses lost to record-breaking floods in the southern part of the country, while keeping ...

He’s got barely one percent in the polls so far, but 35-year-old leftist Guilherme Boulos says Brazil is ripe for a new face willing to take on the corrupt and powerful in October presidential ...

GUARUJÁ, Brazil (Reuters) - Supporters of jailed former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for a short time on Monday occupied the three-floor beach apartment that the leftist leader was ...

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – A city councilman in Curitiba, Brazil, presented a motion to the mayor suggesting homeless people should be sterilized. The document was approved by the council and sent to the ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Thousands of homeless workers on Wednesday marched peacefully on Brazil's Arena Corinthians stadium, which is to host the opening game of the soccer World Cup next week, pressing ...

ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil, (Reuters) – Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul yesterday, with at least 90 dead, ...

A group of homelessness activists briefly occupied Monday the seaside apartment at the heart of the corruption case that saw ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva imprisoned earlier this month. About ...

Officials in the southern part of the country have rescued more than 12,500 animals in recent weeks since catastrophic floods inundated cities and towns. By Ana Ionova and Jorge C. Carrasco Ana Ionova ...