Brazilian prosecutors have brought new charges against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, adding another accusation to a series of corruption charges.

Brazil’s impeachment of its president will serve little on its own, but must be the catalyst to drive changes in a country languishing, writes Luiz Felipe d’Avila

A committee of Brazil’s lower house of Congress has voted 38-27 to recommend the impeachment of president Dilma Rousseff, who faces charges of breaking budget laws to support her re-election in 2014.

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was detained for questioning in a federal investigation of a bribery and money laundering scheme that police said had financed campaigns and expenses of the ruling Workers Party.

Adopted by a Mormon family in Utah, L’Wren Scott’s interest in design stemmed from her dramatic height, writes Rachel Marie Walsh

Away from the glitz and glamour of Costa do Sauipe, protests rage at the inequality encapsulated by the World Cup in Brazil — but few will listen to these grievances

FIFA president Sepp Blatter is convinced that “running away” from racism is not the answer to solving the problem.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has promised to address the latest allegations of bribery within the organisation.

BRAZILIAN President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned down an extradition demand for an Italian ex-militant, Cesare Battisti, considered a “terrorist” by Rome for murders committed in the 1970s.

A former Marxist guerrilla who was tortured and imprisoned during Brazil’s long dictatorship was elected president of Latin America’s biggest nation.

A FORMER Marxist guerrilla chosen by Brazil’s most popular leader in history to succeed him was the front-runner in yesterday’s presidential election and hoped to pull off what even her predecessor couldn’t: a first-round win with no need for a runoff.

Brazilians are going to the polls today in national elections that could see front-running candidate Dilma Rousseff become the country’s first female president, succeeding her popular ally and mentor.

FLOODS after days of driving rain have killed at least 39 people in northeastern Brazil, and left 1,000 unaccounted for and another 100,000 people homeless, authorities said.

STUNNED rescuers wrenched a survivor from the rubble after 12 days entombed in Haiti’s quake-ravaged capital, where desperate crowds clamoured yesterday for more and quicker relief.

RIO DE JANEIRO claimed a stunning victory in the race to host the 2016 Olympics as favourites Chicago slumped to a crushing defeat.

Rio de Janeiro claimed a stunning victory in the race to host the 2016 Olympics as favourites Chicago slumped to a crushing defeat.

SPORT and politics converge in a potent mix today with the credibility of the US President on the line as International Olympic Committee (IOC) members choose the venue for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

More than 5,000 teary-eyed Brazilians marched to the site of a plane crash that killed 199 people, blaming the government for the nation’s deadliest aviation disaster.

VOTER outrage over alleged corruption and dirty tricks have left Brazil’s president facing a tough runoff for a second term, after his main rival staged a surprise comeback.

Brazilians are poised to re-elect their first working-class president tomorrow, a poor farmer’s son who became a radical union leader and has governed as a centrist, stunning the world by stabilising a notoriously unpredictable economy and bringing millions out of poverty without raising taxes.

FOR generations, the women of Guaribas, Brazil, would trudge more than two miles a day to a spring, wait hours in line, occasionally quarrel when the flow dropped to a trickle, and then head home balancing buckets of water on their heads for drinking, cooking and bathing.

Brazil’s ruling politicians have been shaken by a scandal involving prostitutes, suitcases full of lobbyists’ cash and an apparent violation of bank secrecy laws that brought down the finance minister and again raised questions about the leadership of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Music stars including Abba and Celine Dion are to compete against each other to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest.