Recife, Brazil News

One of the first things I learned on my first trip to Brazil, in 1996, was how to make a phone call.

When Isabel Moises moved from Lisbon to So Paulo last year to take an executive position with beer company Heineken, she was following the same path taken five centuries ago by the Portuguese explorers who discovered Brazil.

An extradition agreement with Brazil in a 2003 local murder case is being carefully reviewed by a defense lawyer after the charge against his client was upgraded by a grand jury Wednesday to first-degree murder.

Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA failed to secure a $10 billion loan from Brazil's state-development bank needed to pay for its 40 percent stake in a Brazilian oil refinery, its partner, Petrobras, said on Tuesday.

With: Irandhir Santos, Gustavo Jahn, Maeve Jinkings, W.J. Solha, Irma Brown, Lula Terra, Yuri Holanda, Clebia Souza, Albert Tenorio, Nivaldo Nascimento, Felipe Bandeira, Clara Pinheiro de Oliveira, Sebastiao Formiga, Mauriceia Conceicao.

Carnival in Salvador, the capital city of the northeastern state of Bahia is regarded by many enthusiasts to be on par with Rio in terms of revelry.

On January 26, 1500, Spanish sailor Vincente Yanez Pinzon spotted land. He named the cape the Cabo de Santa Maria de la Consolacion.

While most of the world considers Carnival synonymous with Rio's Sambodromo shows, there are celebrations happening all across Brazil , notably in Sao Paulo and Salvador.

Six crew members aboard an American Airlines jet bound from Brazil to Miami International Airport were hurt Sunday night, and a planeload of passengers was shaken up, by what those aboard called major turbulence.

Brazil has returned to the US nearly 47 tonnes of hospital waste that had been intercepted last October in the northeastern state of Pernambuco by customs agents, an official said Sunday.

Two days ago U.S. President Barack Obama announced plans to make life easier for Brazilians wanting to visit the United States by eliminating the need for certain categories of traveler to undertake an interview prior to entry.

The UK is launching its strongest diplomatic offensive in Latin America for two centuries, the foreign secretary has said as he visits Brazil.