Goias, Brazil News

Two law graduates from the South East held in Brazil for insurance fraud have been acquitted after a successful appeal, their lawyer said.

This Feb. 6, 2009 file photo shows U.S. citizen David Goldman speaking by cell phone in Brasilia, Brazil.

In this frame taken from a TV Globo video, a person points at a X-ray of a 2-year-old boy showing needles inside his body in a hospital in Ibotirama, northern Brazil, Tuesday, Dec.

A Brazilian federal court is hearing arguments on whether a 9-year-old boy living in Brazil should be returned to his father in New Jersey.

A federal appeals court in Brazil on Wednesday is expected to decide a child custody case that has reached the highest levels of governments in Brasilia and Washington.

Friction between the United States and Brazil over thorny issues related to Iran and Honduras look set to feature when a senior US diplomat's visits Brasilia on Sunday and Monday.

"Stop the corruption!" is the heartfelt plea expressed by Brazilian Bishops in a letter, a copy of which was sent to Fides.

Brasilia, Dec 9 Legislators close to the government will try on Wednesday, for the fourth time in the past 30 days, to put to a vote at the Senate's floor the protocol for the entry of Venezuela in the Southern Common Market .

Brazil's largest city of Sao Paulo has been hit by severe floods for the second time in less than a week.

President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes his seat for the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China.

The secret video tapes could not be more damning. A newspaper owner shoves 30,000 reals in cash into his underpants.

Brasilia, Dec 3 Brazil and Germany have agreed to reinforce political dialogue based on the Action Plan of the Strategic Alliance on world administration, climate change, disarmament, defense and sustainable development, among other affairs.

A week of Brazilian films kicks-off this Friday at the National Cinema Centre. Family business: A scene of Two Sons of Francisco.

Video showing a key oppositionA party governor apparently taking a kickback has cast a freshA spotlight on Brazila s persistent political corruption and couldA hurt the opposition in next yeara s presidential race.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged his Iranian counterpart on Monday to elaborate on nuclear non-proliferation talks but backed Iran's right to develop a peaceful nuclear program.

President Barack Obama has met tonight with his war council. It's the tenth meeting he's held as he weighs whether to send tens of thousands more U.S. forces to Afghanistan.

" Presidents of Iran and Brazil highlighted the necessity to establish cooperation between the two countries in all fields, particularly in industry, trade, energy, and technology and set a $25 billion trade volume goal for the next five years.

China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin met in Brasilia on Thursday with Brazilian Federal Senate President Jose Sarney, exchanging views on bilateral ties and cooperation.

When Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva -- dubbed by U.S. President Barack Obama "the most popular politician on earth" -- hosted Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Brasilia on Monday, he was doing what Mr.

Salesman leave their workplace during a blackout in the Ipanema neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Nov.