Brazil News

Chelsea are still on track to sign Neymar from Santos and Ramires from Benfica, though Blues owner Roman Abramovich is refusing to pay an inflated price for the Brazilian pair.

Brasilia, Jul 30 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Paraguay's Fernando Lugo on Friday will attend the opening ceremony for a project to build power lines between Itaipu and Villa Hayes.

Eager to capitalize on growing interest in Brazil's real estate, the government has expanded the organization focused on tourism and property investment, newly named ADIT Brasil.

South American football powerhouses Argentina and Brazil are set to play each other twice a year, in joint plans proposed by the countries' respective governing bodies.

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi shows a picture of himself during a news conference at the Chigi Palace in Rome March 24, 2010.

The United Nations has added Florida's Everglades National Park and rain forests in Madagascar to its list of World Heritage sites in danger.

Heavy rainfall at many of Brazil's main shipping ports is preventing the transportation of raw sugar, placing prices at four-month global highs.

Brazil is poised to begin one of the most technically advanced deep-sea oil drills ever.

Young children are supplying an increasing demand from foreign tourists who travel to Brazil for sex holidays, according to a BBC investigation.

BRASILIA, Brazil , July 29, 2010 - The United Nations' World Heritage Committee has decided to remove Ecuador's Galapagos Islands from its list of globally important sites in danger, despite an expert recommendation to the contrary.

Net income at Oi , Brazil's largest phone group, beat analysts' expectations in the second quarter due to a surge in revenue from its mobile and pay-TV units, and lower operational and financial expenses.

From Miami to Brasilia, American will fly 182-seat Boeing 757 aircraft that accommodates 16 business class and 166 economy cabin passengers.

Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya has submitted a strongly worded letter to World Heritage Committee members outlining Thailand's fierce objections to Cambodia's management plan for the Preah Vihear temple.

Nicaragua, Brazil Set Conditions For Honduras' Return to OAS BRASILIA - The presidents of Brazil and Nicaragua Wednesday set conditions for Honduras' return to the Organization of American States , saying it must first condemn last year's coup that toppled President Manuel Zelaya.

THREE generations of the Teixeira family live in three tiny rooms in Eldorado, one of the poorest favelas of Greater SA o Paulo, the largest city in the Americas.

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The eighth annual Premiere Brazil! film festival, a collaboration between The Museum of Modern Art and the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, introduces New York audiences to original and accomplished recent work by both new and established Brazilian filmmakers.

The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization took the decision at a meeting in Brazil's capital Brasilia.

Not so for Gillian Galford, a recent graduate of the Brown-MBL Graduate Program in Biological and Environmental Sciences and her colleagues, who take a big-picture approach to greenhouse gas emissions.

For Seu Jorge, a record can be measured by the strength of its groove. Seu Jorge is on the phone from a tour stop in Atlanta, and is in a particularly festive mood.