A small islet located just a few meters from the port of Rio de Janeiro, with its beaches covered by about 80 tons of trash, serves as a stark reminder of the failure of the renewed promise by the ...

The actress and director discuss ‘I’m Still Here’, their portrait of a family torn apart by political persecution — but still defiant ...

The remains of a long-lost WWII warship have been identified after more than 80 years when it was attacked and sunk by Nazis in 1944. The ship was carrying 270 men and 100 were killed in battle.

That same year, Oliveira and Pinho founded Mães de Manguinhos (Mothers of Manguinhos), a collective that organizes protests against police brutality, helps mothers report their children’s ...

What if every citizen could have a say in how the issues that affect their lives and communities were dealt with? Or could ...

Brazilian students returned to class this week with a new task: staying away from their smartphones as a new law restricting ...

Religion serves as a powerful organizing force for crime gangs in Brazil and much of Latin America, offering a mixture of ...

Red wolves once ranged far and wide across the U.S., helping them earn the nickname “America's wolf.” But there are now ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

The launch of this global initiative was one of three priorities of the Brazilian G20 Presidency. There is no world leader ...

A World War II ship torpedoed by Adolf Hitler has been discovered along the coast of Rio De Janeiro using sonar imaging. More ...

A World War Two ship torpedoed by Adolf Hitler has been discovered along the coast of Rio De Janeiro using sonar imaging.