SÃO PAULO – A city council member in São Paulo has announced plans to subpoena a well-known priest and human rights advocate whose work has been praised by Pope Francis before a panel investigating ...

He’s got barely one percent in the polls so far, but 35-year-old leftist Guilherme Boulos says Brazil is ripe for a new face willing to take on the corrupt and powerful in October presidential ...

A group of homelessness activists briefly occupied Monday the seaside apartment at the heart of the corruption case that saw ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva imprisoned earlier this month. About ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Four people died on Monday after a fire at a shelter for the homeless in a city in southeastern Brazil, Sao ...

STORY: Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul on Tuesday. The deluge has left at least 90 dead and over a hundred ...

GUARUJÁ, Brazil (Reuters) - Supporters of jailed former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for a short time on Monday occupied the three-floor beach apartment that the leftist leader was ...

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – A city councilman in Curitiba, Brazil, presented a motion to the mayor suggesting homeless people should be sterilized. The document was approved by the council and sent to the ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — A right-wing Brazilian politician’s push to have the Sao Paulo government investigate a city priest has prompted a strong defense from Roman Catholic leaders and ...

At least four people died on Monday in a fire at a homeless shelter in southeast Brazil caused by a suspected arsonist, authorities said.

At least 10 people were killed Friday in a fire that broke out in a defunct hotel being used as a makeshift homeless shelter in the city of Porto Alegre in southern Brazil, officials said.

The heavy rains that have pounded the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul since the end of April have flooded 31 churches in the four vicariates of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre. “Due to the height ...