Mato Grosso, Brazil News

"Jaguar, jaguar!" The driver fails to suppress his excitement as he slams on the car brakes.

Professor H. Lynn Beck recently published his first book, "Henry and Anthony." Beck said that he felt the need to publish his work after years of classroom storytelling.

Dan Owsley, David Parham, Bill Alexander, Mary Spencer and Bill Spencer during their volunteer trip to Cuiaba, Brazil.

This article in The Economist deserves praise for, if nothing else, a comprehensive view of the issues involving the Amazon and the debate over methods to protect while developing it in a sustainable fashion.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has announced the 12 Brazilian cities that will host the 2014 World Cup matches.

A cattle farm in Mato Grosso, Brazil. A new report from Greenpeace names a series of high-profile companies that it says profit from products supplied by Brazilian farms set up on illegally deforested land Photograph: Daniel Beltra/Greenpeace Hide British supermarkets are driving a new wave of rapid destruction of the Amazon rainforest by using ...

Fans in the 12 Brazilian cities chosen to host 2014 World Cup matches erupted in joy after the announcement was made Sunday.

San Matias is one of the most remote Jesuit Mission towns in the Chiquitania region of Santa Cruz, and is located on the border with Brazil, about 285 kilometers East of San Ignacio.

Kiltegan Father Derek Byrne, originally from Dublin, has been chosen as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Guiratinga in Brazil.

The Illinois Soybean Association is accepting applications for its Soy Ambassadors Leadership Program, according to an association news release.

Brazil's Federal Police seized on late Wednesday a shipment of 645 kilograms of cocaine in Mato Grosso state, in the country's mid-western region, local police said.

Forty years ago The Sunday Times alerted the world to the genocide of Amazon Indians.

The 12 Brazil venues which will host 2014 World Cup games will be announced by FIFA on March 20.

Business Wire - Nexans , the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has been awarded a 26 million Euro contract by EBTE, the Alupar company responsible for the construction and development of the electric ...