Brazil Politics News

A Brazilian university expelled a woman who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students when she wore a short, pink dress to class, taking out newspaper ads Sunday to publicly accuse her of immorality. The private Bandeirante University in Sao...

A hoaxer pretending to be Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was interviewed by Portuguese-language radio stations before being found out. An interview he did with Angolan state radio was broadcast on air for a few days before the...

Scores of relatives of the 228 people killed in the June 1 Air France jet crash dedicated a memorial in an upscale beach neighborhood Saturday amid strong criticism that the airline has failed to provide them with the answers or...

The CBS news program 60 Minutes to be aired on Sunday said it had learned that the 2007 blackout in Espirito Santo State, which affected over three million people, and a smaller incident in Rio de Janeiro in 2005, were...

In Saturday's match, the Saudi giants, who defeated Japan's Nagoya Grampus 8-3 on aggregate in the semi-finals, will have a chance to regain the AFC Champions League title they won in 2004 and 2005. The Korean powerhouses, who beat Umm-Salal...

President Shimon Peres is scheduled to leave for South America on Monday for state visits to Brazil and Argentina. His visit to Brazil will be just ahead of that of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is due to arrive there...

ArcelorMittal will replace China's BaoSteel as Vale's joint-venture partner after the Chinese firm pulled out of the project. Mittal said that although there is currently a global surplus of steel-making capacity, his company is confident about the sector's future growth...