But Monike Cristina, who plays the role of Chocolate, says grit and strength are needed too
A monthly party sees crowds of up to 50 000 letting their hair down in São Paulo and other cities
The election of Brazil’s right-wing president has let loose his followers’ queerphobia
A passionate Brazilian football fan has drawn nationwide attention for narrating her local team’s football matches live to her blind and autistic son
Despite a plea from the UN, the country’s court ruled that Lula da Silva can’t run in the presidential elections
Despite being behind bars, Lula leads the voting intentions of a third of the electorate, according to polls
Brazil might have all the trappings of a new place, but the spectre of slavery makes it feel familiar
Sao Paulo’s infernal traffic jams have sparked a new app that opens the sky to commuters: Voom, a helicopter taxi service.
The Minhocão highway’s closure has given a semblance of peace and quiet to central São Paulo.
Paulistanos are quickly learning to use water wisely as the reality of the drought hits them.
Youngsters from a slum in Sao Paulo have thrown down a World Cup gauntlet: they have challenged the winners to play a match against them.
Three days before the city hosts the World Cup kick-off, protesters set fire to garbage piles, prompting police to fire stun grenades and tear gas.
Glamour and squalor coexist uneasily here, but one thing unites rich and poor: everyone’s furious about Fifa World Cup Brazil.
Four people died after a carnival float in the Santos caught fire, striking a sombre tone for the final day of exuberant carnival celebrations.
Officials and authorities in São Paulo have raised concerns over the death of a soccer supporter in Brazil and think it might increase fan violence.
The boom in biofuel production in Latin America, particularly Brazil, is benefiting corporations but not local people, said environmentalists.
São Paulo puts on a display of Japanese culture for visiting Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito.
An earthquake measuring 5,2 on the Richter scale shook southern Brazil overnight, scaring many but causing no significant damage or casualties, officials and media said. It was…
A Roman Catholic priest who floated off under hundreds of helium party balloons was missing on Monday off the southern coast of Brazil. Rescuers in helicopters and small fishing…
Investigators on Monday were going through the charred debris of a Learjet that crashed in São Paulo at the weekend, killing the pilot and co-pilot and six members of a family in…
