AP - Some 2,000 Brazilian army soldiers and a contingent of elite federal police are patrolling the nation's third-largest city as a state police strike enters its fourth day.
2012-02-04 08:35
2012-02-03 15:51
Olympics, World Cup preparation bring evictions (AP)
AP - Like most Brazilians, Evandro dos Santos' devotion to soccer borders on the religious. Even when he wasn't watching a game, he loved hearing the roar of the crowd in nearby Maracana stadium — this nation's temple to the sport.
2012-02-02 23:15
2012-02-02 23:15
Brazil's minister of cities steps down (AP)
AP - Brazil's minister of cities resigned Thursday amid allegations of irregularities, the eighth member of President Dilma Rousseff's Cabinet to step down since June.
2012-02-02 06:33
Building collapse, blasts spark worries about Rio (AP)
AP - Enormous buildings suddenly collapse in this Olympic city's center, killing 17. A manhole explodes near Copacabana Beach, severely burning a pair of American tourists.
2012-02-01 13:50
Brazil's Rousseff meets with Fidel Castro in Cuba (Reuters)
Reuters - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff met with Fidel Castro, the revolutionary hero of her youth, and held talks with his younger brother, President Raul Castro, on Tuesday in a visit to strengthen financial ties with communist-led Cuba.
2012-01-31 21:14
2012-01-31 04:30
Brazil leader arrives in Cuba to talk trade, ties (Reuters)
Reuters - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff arrived in Havana on Monday for a two-day visit focused on trade, but nagged by Cuba's ever-present human rights issues.
2012-01-31 04:30
Brazil's Rousseff focuses on economy in Cuba visit (AP)
AP - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is in Cuba for a visit emphasizing economic cooperation.
2012-01-29 02:31
Hope fades for survivors in Rio building collapse (AP)
AP - Firefighters pulled more bodies from the rubble of three collapsed buildings in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, raising the death toll to at least 17 as hopes faded for finding anyone alive almost three days after the disaster.
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