Brasília News

Brazil  —  Brazil's Supreme Court has tentatively voted to send an Italian fugitive home to face prison sentences for political slayings in the 1970s. The justices can still change Wednesday's initial 5-4 vote to send Cesare Battisti back to Italy....

Israel President Shimon Peres has embarked on a state visit to Brazil and Argentina, accompanied by an entourage of Israeli businessmen, his office said. Representatives of Israeli companies dealing in water technology, agriculture, communications, medical equipment and defense accompanied...

Nearly two dozen world leaders will gather in Pittsburgh this week for the Group of 20 summit of industrial and emerging nations. Traditional economic powers like the United States, Japan and western European nations have usually dominated the agenda at...

Finding the discount on a new Renault hatchback irresistible, lawyer Roni Figueiro of Porto Alegre, Brazil, took the plunge, plunking down $22,200 last week for the first new car he has ever owned. Prodded by government incentives, consumers like Figueiro...

Battisti, who maintains his innocence, announced his refusal to eat in a letter transmitted to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva by a senator, Jose Nery. "I put my life in the hands of Your Excellency and the Brazilian...

Since Monday, Mr. Zelaya, who was forced from office in late June, has been seeking refuge in the Brazilian embassy in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa. “The international community demands that Mr. Zelaya immediately return to the presidency of his country...

Mr. Scarnati said yesterday that legislative staffers continue to work to write bills that would implement the nearly $28 billion budget deal announced late last week. But he says he does not expect legislative action to be completed by Oct....

Singer and pop icon Madonna will give a concert in Rio de Janeiro this coming New Year's Eve, Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes announced Friday.     The singer will perform at the famous Copacabana Beach, a mecca for more than 2 million...

They said about 40 other prisoners were injured at the jail in the coastal town of Joao Pessoa. It was not immediately known how the fire started, but some reports suggest it followed a riot over attempts to transfer an...