Brazil

Chemical container blaze restricts Brazil’s Santos port

Up to a dozen containers carrying chemicals caught fire at a terminal at Brazil's largest port of Santos on Thursday…

Brazil changes tack on renewable energy sources

Brazil made a bold pledge before the United Nations General Assembly in September, promising to slash green house emissions by…

Restaurant gas blast injures eight people in Brazil

Blast occurred in a restaurant in northern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, injuring eight people, destroying more than 50 buildings.…

Rio racing against the clock in one-year Olympic countdown

(Reuters) -- Rio de Janeiro is up against the clock to finish preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games as the…

HSBC to shed up to 50,000 jobs

(Reuters) HSBC will shed almost 50,000 jobs and take an ax to its investment bank, cutting the assets of Europe's…

Brazil says execution of Brazilian in Indonesia complicates relations

THE Brazilian government on Tuesday (April 28) said it received with "profound consternation" the news that a Brazilian citizen had been…

Activists gather at Indonesian embassy in Manila in a last-minute appeal for clemency for Veloso

Activists and supporters gathered outside the Indonesian Embassy in Manila on Tuesday (April 28) in a last-minute appeal for clemency…

Rare white lion cub born at Brazil zoo

A rare white lion cub has been born in a zoo in southern Brazil, the first for the Latin American…

Google and an Amazonian foundation team up to launch Amazon Street View

Google and has teamed up with the Sustainable Amazon Foundation (FAS) in Brazil to create Amazon Street View so people…

Indonesia to push through with execution of drug criminals

Despite repeated pleas from Australia, Brazil, and France, Indonesia refused presidential clemency for those who were sentenced to death due…

Brazil election poll shows very tight presidential race

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:50pm EDT (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff is running neck-and-neck with her…

Germany wins over Argentina in World Cup 2014

Germany won against Argentina in the finals of the 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [youtube id="MFYEZHsDzWo"]

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