Stan Lehman
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 00:00
Supporters of the bill, which would loosen restrictions on the amount of forested areas that could be legally cut, are confident it will pass Brazil's lower house, though a vote on the measure has been delayed three times before.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 00:00
The office of Brazil's attorney general says it is analyzing a series of messages posted on Twitter calling for the death of President Dilma Rousseff.
Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 00:00
Un ex oficial militar argentino que presuntamente tomo parte en 1976 en una masacre de opositores a la dictadura militar en su pais fue arrestado el miercoles en Brasil, dijo la Interpol.
Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 00:00
Ramirez Abadia was flown before dawn from a prison in central Brazil to the Amazon region jungle city of Manaus, where he was handed over to U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agents
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 00:00
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Police in southern Brazil fired rubber bullets and tear gas Wednesday at protesters who tried to invade a supermarket to protest high food prices, part of widespread demonstrations across more than a dozen states.
Police commander
Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 00:00
Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia had proposed to tell authorities where he has hidden $30 million to $40 million in return for avoiding a prison term in Brazil, for his wife's release from jail and for speedy extradition