Brazil has the world's third largest prison population after the United States and China, with 726,712 inmates as of June 2016
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led Brazil through a historic boom from 2003 to 2010
Brazil has the world's third largest prison population
Michel Temer was the second ex-president of the Latin American country to be caught up in a sprawling anti-corruption probe
The ruptured dam, 42 years old and 86 meters high, had been in the process of being decommissioned
In his inauguration speech before Brazil's Congress, he calls for "a true national pact" to restore his country's lackluster economy.
"I congratulate my friend Brazilian president-elect Jair Bolsonaro for his intention to move the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem, a historic, correct and...
Haddad, who leads the socialist Workers’ Party, will pick up most of the voters whose first-choice candidates have fallen by the wayside, but Bolsonaro...
The museum, located in the city's north, was closed to the public when the fire broke out.
The 72-year-old has been leading polls in Latin America's largest economy.
During this season, a number of people travel to their villages to join their family members in one big Christmas party and new year celebration.
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