Team official: Ronaldo going to ...   Dec 09, 2008 16:56:24

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — Ronaldo has agreed to play with the Brazilian team Corinthians, a return home for the three-time FIFA player of the year whose ...View Full Article Read More

Vale Halts Output at 2 Brazil Ir...   Dec 09, 2008 16:56:24

The two plants can produce 7.3 million metric tons a year, Rio de Janeiro-based Vale said today in a statement. Iron ore and pellets are raw materials used ...View Full Article Read More

Brazil protesters say 9000 have ...   Dec 09, 2008 16:56:24

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) -- Protesters took to the fabled Brazilian beaches of Copacabana on Tuesday to draw attention to the 9000 people they say have ...View Full Article Read More

Brazil’s Economy Unexpectedly Qu...   Dec 09, 2008 16:56:24

Brazil’s $1.3 trillion economy grew 1.8 percent from the second quarter, the national statistics agency said today in Rio de Janeiro. ...View Full Article Read More

Brazilian film's black market su...   Oct 23, 2007 11:04:04

**Scroll down for Rio Videos  RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) — A Brazilian film on Rio's war on drugs will hit theaters a week early after producers found that it became a huge success on the black market, selling one million illegal DVD copies."Elite Troop," an action drama on the war pitting cops against drug traffickers from Rio's slums, will be released Friday instead of October... Read More

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Rio governor asks for army's help   Apr 12, 2007 10:04:10

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Gov. Sergio Cabral Filho has formally requested that the army intervene to contain the violence that has been spiraling out of control in Rio de Janeiro. Cabral made the request as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visted the city. Offers of federal troops to help quell the violence were rejected under the previous governor, who was replaced Jan. 1."There are 6,0... Read More

Brazilian Pop Star Gil Tours U.S.   Mar 29, 2007 12:22:41

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Gilberto Gil, one of Brazil's leading luminaries, is a founding father of the Tropicalism movement, whose everything-plus- the-kitchen sink ethos is largely responsible for the harmonic and rhythmic complexity of Brazilian music. But today, he's carrying just an acoustic guitar along on his first North America tour in eight years. At 64, the musical alchemist, ... Read More

Rio de Janeiro police killed in ...   Mar 16, 2007 03:03:04

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A policeman killed Friday in a standoff with a Rio de Janeiro drug gang was the 12th officer slain in eight days in a new round of bloodshed in the Brazilian city. Politicians on Thursday ordered an investigation into the killings, part of a crime surge since December involving drug traffickers, security forces, vigilantes and robbers. Most of the 32 p... Read More

Oliveira joy as sister is released   Mar 14, 2007 02:03:18

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Police raided an apartment in a poor district of Sao Paulo and freed the kidnapped sister of AC Milan striker Ricardo Oliveira. Maria de Lourdes Silva de Oliveira was found alone Monday and appeared to be unharmed five months after she was abducted October 4 by two hooded gunmen who broke into her home in South America's biggest city, police said ... Read More