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Brazil's 'pop-star priest' gets mammoth new stage
Brazil's "pop-star priest" is already packing in the crowds at the newly opened mammoth sanctuary that he built for his campaign to stem the exodus ...
Europe takes on Google, looks to Brazil with hope
European news organizations bleeding money and readers are trying to avoid extinction by asking governments in France, Germany and Italy to step in ...
Sentencing begins in Brazil corruption trial
A political corruption trial seen as a turning point toward cleaner governance in Brazil is nearing its end, with the country's Supreme Court starting ...
In Latin America, incumbents increasingly dominate
After four election wins, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is on track to completing at least 20 years in power, and supporters such as street ...
BMW to build plant in Brazil
Officials say German automaker BMW AG will build a factory in southern Brazil. Santa Catarina state Gov. Raimundo Colombo says BMW will invest ...
Hit soap opera ends in Brazil, but no blackouts
Brazilians plopped down in chairs gathered around sidewalk TVs and sat down to meals with sets looming over their tables Friday night as the country ...
Brazil: Saving endangered monkey helps forest
Three tiny flaming orange monkeys crouched on a tree branch, cocking their heads as if to better hear the high-pitched whistles and yaps that came ...
Latin American company bids for Portugal airline
Portugal's government says Latin American company Synergy Aerospace is the only candidate in the running to buy state airline TAP Air Portugal.
Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer hospitalized
Renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer was hospitalized in Rio de Janeiro's Hospital Samaritano, but his doctor said Wednesday that he was "fine" ...
Crack addicts rounded up after Rio slum takeovers
Days after police stormed one of Rio de Janeiro's most dangerous shantytowns to seize back territory long held by a powerful drug dealing ...
Anderson Silva stops Stephan Bonnar at UFC 153
Anderson Silva stopped Stephan Bonnar with a knee to the body with 20 seconds left in the first round Saturday night, winning his 17th consecutive ...
UnitedHealth plans overseas growth with $4.9B deal
UnitedHealth Group Inc. will spend about $4.9 billion to buy a majority stake in Brazilian health benefits and care provider Amil Participacoes SA, ...
Tunneling through the Andes to speed global trade
South American engineers are trying to tackle one of the continent's greatest natural challenges: the towering Andes mountain chain that creates a ...
Olympic champs highlight Brazil equestrian event
Seven Olympic champions and nine out of the world's 10 top-ranked riders are in Rio de Janeiro for Latin America's most important equestrian event, ...
Brazil wants safer and more fuel-efficient cars
Brazil says it will grant tax breaks to companies that produce safer and more fuel-efficient cars. Trade and Industry Minister Fernando Pimentel ...
Slave settlements winning rights in Brazil
Luiz Pinto was seemingly everywhere on the patio of his family's hillside home as diners tucked away the last of their pork and beans and a band sent ...
Arrest of Google Brazil head stirs debate over Web
The arrest of a top Google executive is reviving a debate about Brazilian laws that hold services such as YouTube responsible for the videos posted ...
Court serves injunctions to Chevron and Transocean
A federal court has served Chevron Corp. and driller Transocean Ltd. with preliminary injunctions ordering them to suspend operations in Brazil until ...
Brazil judge orders arrest of Google president
A Brazilian judge ordered the arrest of the head of Google's operations in Brazil for failure to remove YouTube videos that attacked a mayoral ...
Rio employees accused of stealing London documents
In an embarrassing episode for the host of the next Summer Olympics, 10 employees of Rio de Janeiro's 2016 committee have been fired after being ...
Mexico's President- elect wants to modernize Pemex
Mexico's president-elect says the private sector must be allowed to help modernize his country's state-owned oil company to increase productivity and ...
Norwegian king's sister dies in Brazil at age 82
Norway's royal palace says King Harald's sister, Princess Ragnhild, has died. She was 82. The palace says Ragnhild died Sunday at her home in Rio de ...
Brazil: Cemetery of African slaves honored
Wearing full-skirted white dresses and turbans, the religious leaders chanted blessings and sprinkled water on the concrete floor of a modest house ...
Coldplay, Rihanna, Jay-Z close London Paralympics
Farewell, London. Good luck matching that, Rio. Coldplay, Rihanna and Jay-Z rocked the Olympic Stadium on Sunday night to give the biggest-ever ...