Brazil

Brazil

• Tom Cruise makes visit to Rio's Maracana stadium

  Tom Cruise took time off from promoting his latest movie in Brazil by visiting Maracana stadium and meeting former Brazilian soccer star Zico. 

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  Bolt to run 150-meter race at Copacabana beach

  Usain Bolt will have Copacabana beach in the background when he tries to break his 150-meter world best in a street race this weekend in Rio de ... 

• Brazilian doctor suspected of killing patients

  Brazil's health ministry says a doctor is suspected of killing seven terminally ill patients in a southern Brazilian hospital. A ministry press ... 

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  BRICS plan development bank to fund infrastructure

  Leaders of five of the world's emerging economic powers agreed Wednesday to create a development bank to help fund their $4.5 trillion infrastructure ... 

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  Disabled surfers brave the waves in Brazil

  One minute, Renata Glasner is watching the waves crash on Leblon beach from her wheelchair. The next, she's plowing through the turbulent waters on ... 

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  Carlos Slim's company wins Olympic TV rights

  Mexican magnate Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, secured the Latin American broadcast rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics on Friday. The IOC ... 

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  Indians, police clash in Rio over World Cup preps

  Pandemonium broke out in the shadow of Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium on Friday as riot police raided an old museum that authorities want razed ... 

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  Museum to showcase contemporary Latin American art

  Long a cultural backwater, Rio de Janeiro has taken another leap toward becoming an art hot spot with this week's opening of a museum built around one ... 

• Correction: Pope-Latin America story

  In a story March 14 about the significance the election of Pope Francis to Latin America, The Associated Press misidentified the president of El ... 

• Brazil's new oil revenue law goes into effect

  A new oil law that gives a greater share of royalty revenues from Brazil's vast oil fields to non-producing states went into effect Friday and ... 

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  Catholics overjoyed at 1st Latin American pope

  Tears and cheers erupted across Latin America on Wednesday as an Argentine cardinal became the first pope from the hemisphere, and many expressed hope ... 

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  Holy rivals? Brazil ponders Argentine pope

  Bitter rivals in soccer. The butt of one another's biting jokes. The samba versus the tango. Brazil and its neighbor Argentina are bitter rivals in ... 

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  Conclave to elect next pope opens amid uncertainty

  Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to elect the next pope amid more upheaval and uncertainty than the Catholic Church has seen in decades: ... 

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  Nadal faces another test at Indian Wells

  Rafael Nadal is not sure how his injured left knee will respond to his first hardcourt match of the year at the BNP Paribas Open. Nadal is a two-time ... 

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  A look at how meeting could affect world's species

  Elephants, rhinos, sharks and manta rays are among the animals that could be getting more international protection at the triennial meeting of the ... 

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  Cardinal Scherer: Modern ways, traditional message

  Cardinal Odilo Scherer is known for prolific tweeting, appearances on Brazil's most popular late-night talk show and squeezing into the subway for ... 

• Brazil: police puzzle over 7 gift-wrapped skulls

  Police in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo are baffled by a macabre puzzle: someone has been leaving gift-wrapped human skulls around town. 

• Brazilian rock star found dead, possible overdose

  Police say the vocalist of one of Brazil's most popular rock groups has been found dead in his Sao Paulo apartment. Inspector Itagiba Vieira tells ... 

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  'Operation Condor' trial begins in Buenos Aires

  Argentina began a long-awaited human rights trial Tuesday focused on Operation Condor, the 1970s conspiracy launched by Chilean dictator Augusto ... 

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  Catholics ponder future with new pope

  Faithful attending Sunday Mass on five continents for the first time since Pope Benedict XVI's retirement had different ideas about who should next ... 

• Brazil's GDP grows 0.9 percent in 2012

  The Brazilian government says the country's gross domestic product grew just 0.9 percent in 2012. It's the worst result since 2009, when the economy ... 

• Brazilian priest investigated for alleged abuse

  A Roman Catholic priest is being investigated for allegations of sexual abuse of three young girls in his parish in southeastern Brazil, police said ... 

• Hirsute in a huff over Gillette ads in Brazil

  Hate that hair? In Brazil, beware. A self-regulatory council for Brazil's advertising industry is looking into complaints against razor maker Gillette ... 

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  Pro-Cuba protesters halt dissident's Brazil event

  Boisterous protesters backing the Cuban government blocked the Monday screening of a documentary featuring Cuba's best-known dissident, the blogger ...