A bridegroom has fatally shot his new wife, his best man and then himself after announcing to horrified guests that he had a “surprise” for them. Witnesses reported that 29-year-old sales manager Rogerio Damascena did not give any previous...

The Sao Paulo Art Biennial may be renowned for celebrating the best of Brazil’s avant garde, but international critics say one of this year’s featured exhibits — a series of charcoal sketches depicting the imagined assassinations of...

Brazil’s state-run energy company, Petrobras, has raised the $70bn (£44.6bn) necessary for the world’s biggest-ever share offering, as it seeks to explore and produce the country’s massive offshore oil reserves. Getting to the...

An area of close to 42,000 hectares (103,703 acres) of Brasilia National Park was destroyed by a forest fire that broke out over the weekend, authorities said Monday. The fire, the biggest in the last three years near the Brazilian capital, has wiped...

Flamengo has fired star Bruno Fernandes via a telegram he is expected to receive at the prison where he is being held for allegedly killing a former mistress, the Brazilian press reported Sunday. “We sent a telegram to the prison by mail because we...

Haiti’s leader on Monday called for an influx of international aid to organize elections this year as the impoverished Caribbean country rebuilds from the January earthquake that devastated the capital. President Rene Preval made the comments...

One of Toyota’s most popular cars, the Corolla, has been banned from sale in one of Brazil’s biggest states, which says the model is a safety risk. The Minas Gerais regional government stopped sales of vehicle, claiming an acceleration...

A top activist for land reform in Brazil’s Amazon has been murdered, police said Thursday. The killing came hours after a delay in the trial of a man accused of masterminding the slaying of another rain forest activist, American nun Dorothy...

A baby died in a Brazilian hospital while the two doctors there to perform a cesarian started fighting instead, news reports say. Authorities are now looking to see if the baby girl could have been saved had the fistfight not occurred.

A Brazilian woman who was bullied by fellow students and expelled by her university for wearing a miniskirt had the last laugh on Monday when she was transformed into a star of Rio’s annual Carnival. The image of Brazilians as an easy-going...