Seventy five people died as a result of lightning strikes in Brazil in 2008, the Brazilian government has said.

The payments on the $246.9 million loan were made on Thursday, the foreign ministry said in a statement. As a result, Brazil will now send back its ambassador to the Ecuadorean capital of Quito next week.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reveals in a newly published interview that he never reads newspapers or magazines.

Slavery may seem like a quaint notion in a 21st century world, but that distinction is lost on up to 40,000 Brazilians who find themselves toiling for no real wages and can’t leave the distant work camps where they live.

Rio de Janeiro police have regularly launched large operations in Brazil’s favelas, or slums, in their battle against drug gangs over the years, but authorities say the occupation of Santa Marta, a relatively small, contained neighborhood, is part...

A Brazilian Air Force plane will leave Friday with 14 tons of food and medicine for the people in the Gaza Strip, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

A senior advisor to the Brazilian president on Tuesday called the Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip “state terrorism.”

El éxito creciente de Brasil como primera potencia de la América del Sur ha suscitado, como era de esperarse, temores en algunos vecinos y resquemores -por no decir envi-dias- en otros.

Backed by fire from air, sea and land, Israeli troops and tanks continued to push deeper into Gaza on Monday after rebuffing diplomatic efforts to end the 10-day assault.

International investors are buying Brazilian, Indian and Indonesian bonds, driving the biggest monthly gain in emerging-market debt in at least three years, as central banks cut interest rates to support their economies.