Brazil News

A logging truck enters a deforested area on the outskirts of Novo Progresso, Brazil.

Passengers leapt to the aid of the pilot of a Brazilian jet, subduing an attacker on a flight from Montevideo to Sao Paulo, a officials said Sunday.

The TAM Airlines jet was en route from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Sao Paulo when a man who some passengers said was wearing a TAM identification badge got into the cockpit because the door was open.

Hundreds of decked-out dogs - and a few brave cats - got in on the Carnival fun at Rio de Janeiro's annual pet-friendly parade: Labradors in pink tutus or engineers' overalls cavorted with Maltese terriers with fairy wings, and poodles in superheros' capes sniffed sausage dogs dressed up as Salome, with sequin-covered harem pants.

The TAM Airlines jet was en route from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Sao Paulo when a man entered the cockpit an hour into the flight.

Brazilian producer Katia Machado has boarded "Amazonia Eternal," a doc on Amazon-based initiatives that balance ecology and economics.

Police in Brazil's Bahia state voted on Saturday to end a strike that unleashed a crime wave claiming more than 150 lives, raising hopes for peaceful carnival celebrations but leaving concerns about security ahead of the 2014 World Cup.

She may be five months pregnant with her second child, but model Alessandra Ambrosio looked as glamorous as ever in her native Brazil yesterday.

A Brazilian drag queen passes between two policemen during the performance of 'Banda de Ipanema', the most traditional street band of Rio de Janeiro's carnival, in 2007.

In this Jan. 24, 2012, file photo, Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the inauguration of the new Minister of Science and Technology at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil.

Bulgaria's Customs Agency has detained a total of 4.6 kg of cocaine in two separate drug shipments at Sofia International Airport , the institution announced.

Vendors wait for customers at the entrance of a store at the Pelourinho neighborhood in Salvador, Brazil, Thursday Feb.

We can forget about fixing the planet's ecosystems and climate until we have fixed government systems, a panel of leading international environmental scientists declared in London on Friday.

The adjectives often invoked - gigantic and organic, warm and brutal - hint at contradictions that would seem impossible to resolve into anything as appealing as Brazilian Modernism.

There's a lot to see in a country with 4,600 miles of coastline and nearly half the landmass of South America.

A strike by Rio police a week ahead of Carnival celebrations is drawing attention to a deeply troubled force in which low wages help fuel corruption, extortion and lethal violence, experts said Friday.

The body of Brazilian journalist Mario Randolfo Marques Lopes was found on Thursday in the city of Barra do PiraA in Rio de Janeiro state, according to news reports .

Brazil stood ready to deploy troops on the streets of Rio de Janeiro on Friday, as a strike by the state's police force threatened to disrupt upcoming carnival festivities and raised new questions about security before the 2014 World Cup.

Sheyla Hershey was driving home to Humble from a Super Bowl party Sunday when she lost control of her Ford Mustang and crashed into a tree.

Santos had starlet Neymar to thank for their 4-1 come-from-behind victory over Botafogo in the Brazilian Campeonato Paulista.