Brazil Conflict & Tragedy News

A Brazilian anesthetist accused of involvement in almost 10,000 illegal abortions was found dead in her car after apparently committing suicide, authorities said Monday. The body of Neide Mota Machado, whose medical license was revoked earlier this year, was found...

Stealthily, cleverly, implacably, the officials of Sao Paulo – its 20 million inhabitants make it one of the world's largest cities – are after their prey. Since the first day of 2007, morning, noon, night and at weekends, Argus-eyed, they...

Gleiston Porcino De Andrade, 38, told several of his victims.

Santa Barbara artist Warren Schultheis didn’t really have a studio space for a big exhibit or the financial means to get one, but he had a vision: a show of works by contemporary artists responding to the question, “What will...

With simple shout-a-long choruses such as "How do I get I get my tomahawk back?"...Following suit, gospel outfit Blood Warrior (the side project of O'Death's Greg Jamie), freak folk brother/sister duo This Frontier Needs Heroes and gothic Appalachians Beat Circus...

We knew Castro Halloween was dead, but official word Friday from the San Francisco Police Department puts the final, um, nail in the coffin. Here's what the department (whose public affairs office now actually puts out press advisories!) has to...

Currency plays a big role in multinational companies earnings...The plunging dollar has certainly been benefiting companies that are being paid in stronger currencies. Little attention has been paid to foreign companies that will gain profoundly over favorable forex.

United States jail awaiting trial for murdering his wife and another man, after he was recently captured in Brazil. Derrick Yancey, a former DeKalb County sheriff's deputy, fled to Brazil shortly after being indicted for the murders of 44-year-old Linda...